IBI Update , WiFi and Recent Paper article.

Firstly the WiFi server is properly operational again. As from today. So no more free WiFi, for those who have been able to connect without a password for the past few weeks! As a result anyone whose payment was due and has not paid will also be unable to connect. Andreas was pulling his hair out this morning with so many callers querying the WiFi situation. Regarding the IBI process. As you know Salvadore has done all the work for this and has been submitting the files for all the properties, effectively on behalf of all house owners. The Hacienda in Almeria on receiving these files does one of two things, either it examines and accepts the files, in which case they will raise the IBI bill or, they will not accept it for any number of reasons. If they do this for your property they will send a letter to the householder which will bear the heading,"ACUERDO DE NO ALTERACION DE LA DESCRIPCION CATASTRAL." If you receive one of these letters please take it as soon as you can into the Town Hall and ask to give it to Andreas for Salvadores' attention. He is compiling a file and he will resolve the issues. I have also asked the Correos to forward any undelivered letters from the Hacienda to me and I will try and get them to the correct person. Just to save them getting sent back! I have had passed to me, by a couple of people, a report from the online newspaper elalmeria.es dated the 10th April. This article had given rise to some concerns about a court ruling regarding the nulling of a Plenary session of the Town Hall held in 2007. I have discussed the case with Candido and there are (as usual) a number of falsehoods and anomalies in this article. First of all this is not news, the court ruling it refers to was November last year! Secondly the document that it refers to was a paper which was approved in Pleno to allow the expansion of the urban areas, however, the document was never used and had no effect on any licences. The Pleno meeting could actually, if the opposition parties of PP and PSOE had supported the PA administration, stopped any of the issues which have given rise to all our problems. But they did not and that was why the court ruled that the Pleno could not approve the document. Apparently in normal events a simple majority can pass by-laws in Pleno, however, in events concerning loans or urban issues, it has to be an absolute majority and, as PA only had 5 councillors then, with PP 2 and PSOE 4 and the PSOE councillors all staying away from the meeting and only one PP politician attended, and he voted against, then it was not an absolute majority (which would have needed 6 votes for). Additionally one full paragraph of the article is completely false. I asked if people should be concerned about the ruling and Candido said that there was no impact in this ruling whatsoever as stated above it was for a document which was never used or even considered. Still places on the visit to the Spanish Legion Base on 10th May.