In my article What are CLARO´s aims and what are they expecting to achieve? I referred to the letter by Mary la Zenia that appeared in the CoastRider newspaper and my expectation that it would appear in the other local papers in the Orihuela Costa area. Well it has appeared, all be it in a much edited version, which doesn't do justice to the letter, in the Round Town News 16th April issue. I have not seen it published in the other local papers, but this may be due to an oversight on my part.
I have still not read any direct response from CLARO to Mary la Zenia's letter in the local papers, a bit disappointing.
However in it's previous weeks edition the RTN published an article entitled No guarantee, but worth a try in which Bob Houliston's, chairman of CLARO, response to criticisms made about the 'Save Cala Mosca' petition was reported. It was no more than another opportunity for CLARO to promote itself.
The article reports that acusations have been made about the petition but, wrongly, gives no details of them. How is the reader supposed to know what they are? Wouldn't it have been a more impartial article to have spelt out the case being made, and questions being asked, against the continuation of the campaign by CLARO.
In the final paragraph it states 'Bob Houliston confirmed to RTN that he will personally hand over the petition to the EU Petitions Committee next week in Brussels'. Any reader of the article would be lead to believe, make the assumption, that he (BH) is making a special journey to Brussels to carry out this commendable dead. Now this may be true, but is it a coincidence that he has family, who he visits, living in the Brussels area. Perhaps it is a convenient hand over of the petition!
Is the public being continually mislead on this matter?
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