Jan's Update

Hi everyone,Two members of Abusos Urbanisticos No (AUN) managed to speak to theSpanish Prime Minister, Mr Rodriguez Zapatero, during his visit to theUniversity of Alicante last week on Thursday, 23 September. Mr Zapatero was talking to a group of students and their parents. They took the opportunity to go up to him and introduce themselves. They drew his attention to the abusive application of the Valencian land law, which allows developers to take the homes and land off small householders.They told him: "Presidente, no nos falles contra los abusosurbanísticos", ("Don't let us down on urbanistic abuse") using the same words said to him on the night of his electoral victory. They gave him a letter signed by the President and Vice-President of AUN, together with a file containing the European Parliament report, recent press cuttings and the contact web site and e-mail for AUN. He gave them his full attention and promised he would reply to the letter. As he moved on for the rest of the ceremony, he said he was aware of the effects of the law. One of the members was also able to talk to Mr Pla, head of theValencian Socialist Party, and Ms. Leyre Pajín, PSOE's number one in theMarch elections for Alicante, and gave them copies of a letter from AUN and file further detailing land law abuses in Valencia. The same two members also managed to speak to the King of Spain when he visited Alicante two weeks ago. Abusos Urbanisticos No wishes to thank Jose Crespo and Janice Batterbee for their incredible support and congratulate them for their wonderful initiatives! Congratulations and many thanks, Charles Svoboda