We have a new foster dog for the time being, he is a very happy smiley little dog who is very well behaved and is very good natured, he is around 5 years old and loves to go out for a walk,At the moment though Suzie the cat is giving him a wide berth.Billy arrived with us yesterday in the San Fulgencio animal rescue vehicle, and was enjoying air conditioned comfort in the back, hopefully he will soon be found a new permanent home.
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Maybe not my business as its San fulgencia, but had to make a general comment on recent events there. Not about corruption, let me make that clear, no comment on rights or wrongs, who done it and who didn’t. I prefer to leave that to the courts. However something did seem worthy of a posting, see what you think out there.
You will all no doubt have seen the story of British councillors take the reins, if only for a day. Even the good old BBC took a moments rest from the Brand/Ross story to take a look. The details seem a little fuzzy with at least one British guy saying that he had not been Mayor for a day. The one point that does seem to be clear is the fact that these two representatives of the people who do not speak much Spanish at all. Now I would have thought to be effective as a politician in any country you would need a very good command of the language. I know I would never give my vote to someone who in reality would not know what the heck was going on. May be that’s why one of them was made councillor for animals, do dogs bark in Spanish?
No joking a side, it maybe very noble and not a little brave to stand for election to represent your community, isn’t it just a little short sighted to do so if you cannot understand what is going on in the meeting you will attend.
What surprises me is that there is not some sort of ruling about competency in the official language of the country in which you are standing. Surely that would make sense.
Time still stands still on the Vega Baja, passing by San Fulgencio we met up with these old guys and their bullock cart, on the way to do the weekly shop? The beasts were certainly content with their task but they were not in a hurry, so they may not get there for a while. Drink driving is obviously not an issue when you´re leading a bullock cart.
