Resolve to stop talking and start doing in 2020, writes Mijas Councillor Bill Anderson in his end-of-year missive
Brexit: the black hole which will determine our future
COVID-19: Even Baldrick had a cunning plan but expats in Spain are suffering from a distinct lack of anything...
We are in our fourth week of quarantine, and for many it is starting to bite
COVID-19: We don’t all support the Spanish Government and don’t dare tell me ‘if you’re not happy go home’,...
I WAS surprised to read in an Spanish newspaper last week that Brits in Spain support the measures taken by President Sanchez regarding the ...
OPINION: Why Mijas needs to see serious change in 2019
Political stability, better health care and expat rights are some of the new year wishes, Bill Anderson hopes for in 2019
DIARY OF A COUNCILLOR: Interesting times for Mijas’s first foreign elected representative
By Bill Anderson
ON July 5, 2019, I became the first foreigner to hold the post of Town Councillor in Mijas. I wasn’t sure what...
OPINION: The few people who disobey coronavirus lockdown threaten us all
It’s not right to take liberties with other peoples’ lives, fumes Mijas Councillor Bill Anderson
‘TYPICAL SPANISH’: Why British expats in Spain need to stop using this derogatory phrase
By Mijas Councillor Bill Anderson
I HAVE supported the British community in Spain in a number of articles over the years. During the COVID-19 crisis,...
Under the current town hall in Mijas rural dwellers get nothing
IF you live in an urbanisation you may feel exploited by the heavy taxes you pay and the few services you receive.
There has...
Councillors ‘rebel’ to hold true to the promise made with the voters of Mijas, writes Bill Anderson
We will support the new Mayor in any way we can for the benefit of Mijas and its residents
Maldonado’s Mijas is like nowhere else says Bill Anderson as just five are running the town council
The amount of money being wasted in Mijas is like nowhere else, writes Bill Anderson
Q&A: Angel Nozal on why he should be running Mijas
Mijas Matters' Bill Anderson puts politician Angel Nozal in the hot seat
‘I will work hard for you’, promises Bill Anderson, the first ever Brit to serve on Mijas Council
What I do know is that parties will need to work together, whether in coalition or informally to move Mijas forward
‘The best of times, the worst of times’: a look forward to 2021 in Spain by expat councillor ...
By Bill Anderson, local councillor in Mijas
WHAT a year! Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? As we enter 2021, I think...
Why I’d rather be a sincere human being than a good politician, says Mijas Councillor Bill Anderson
‘PEOPLE don’t want to hear the truth, and have their illusions destroyed’, wrote the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
I have learned, however, the difference between...
MIJAS MATTERS: Open your eyes to what’s really happening in the town
Get on the voters’ roll now, writes Bill Anderson
OPINION: Why privatising everything in Mijas simply won’t work
Bill Anderson takes a look at the history of privatisation in Mijas
Mijas town hall figures just don’t make sense, writes Bill Anderson
MIJAS continues to be a hotbed of controversy, dodgy dealings and endless poor decision making. So, what has been going on?
The Ciudadanos party...
The International Vote is important in Mijas, where a third of the population are foreign, writes Bill Anderson
He built the first stretch of boardwalk on the entire Costa del Sol which can be, and is, enjoyed by everyone regardless of their social status
MIJAS MATTERS: Get out to vote!
British expats need to get involved in the political process
Mijas matters: Wake up!
The town hall needs a change, and fast, writes Bill Anderson
Spain, Stop thinking of number one and let’s get through this coronavirus thing together, writes Mijas councillor Bill Anderson
Let’s just stop focussing solely on our own needs and wants for a couple of weeks and get through this together
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