26 May 2008 5:12 PM:
Hi, have now been resident in Los Olivos for 5 weeks.
After 5 weeks of living here why are we paying Ramon ? Why are we proposing to make payment to Ramon compulsary for all?
A contract by the way that will be worth 13,440 euro's per annum to him! (14 euros x 80 apartments x 12 months ] this Item is proposed for the AGM in July .
Lets say at present he earns say 20 apartments paying him ( my estimate ) 15 euros x 20 apartments x 12 months ] a sum of 3,600 euro's per annum.
A substantial increase for Ramon and greater potential of purchasing power for the community { ie you, me, us }.
Why then was a decrease off 1 euro the outcome of the negotiation ? Was the negotiation carried out with the benifit of the community as a priority ?
You would think that negotiating a contract of this value ,on the communities behalf ,would have resulted in a better deal than a decrease of 6.7%
The result will be an increase to the community charge of 37% approx at the end of a year when we have seen the value of our £1 decrease
by 14% against the Euro.
Has anyone considered people on fixed income, people with mortgages they are all here in this community!
Over the past year while living in the UK I was a firm believer in Ramon's services mainly based on facts and rumours along with rumours and facts from people
already living here. By the way I have paid Ramon over the past year up to the end of June 2008. I have now changed my mind.
The last and I believe the only break-in to date was prior to Christmas 2007 at an apartment with little security. The other theft as far as I know occured opportunistically when a door was left open, something which will happen anywhere. Both occured during the day. Are there villians and muggers waiting on street corners, probably, but not seen any on Huerta Nueva ! Some have said that we need security services as the Local Police from Los Gallardos do not work at night and that they would have to come from Vera which I would estimate to be 10-20mins away but would they attend straight away for a break in, probably not, bit like UK really! I have no experience of response times from Police, Fire or Ambulance here for other incidents.
Remember the deal is for a high intensity presence after dark, offered by Ramon after the price was negotiated. Do we require this high intensity when all the problems have been during the day !
I've gone public on this as there are people living here worried that this is a done deal, it isn't but it could be if you vote to accept it at the AGM.
If you think that the service being offered has been negotiated at a competitive price in the best interests of the community and that we need this level of security then vote yes. If not then your vote should be NO - but please make sure you vote - thank you.
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