Ten years of glorious socialist government in San Bartolomé administering the simple, but profitable routine. Ten years that have resulted in a municipality frozen at the level of absolutely necessary infrastructure and that are demanded daily by those who once trusted them and also by those who did not.
Despite the years of the 21st century, it seems that the municipality has stagnated in time due to the lack of investment in new services and infrastructure, as well as the government's inability to generate enthusiasm, confidence and social development. If San Bartolomé advances, it is not due to the work of the current municipal officials, but to the greatness and drive of its people, men and women who continue to fight day by day to preserve our traditions; for those who take risks and undertake; for those who voluntarily help in social matters; for those who donate their time to teach the love of sports among the little ones; for so many people who are not heard by a Socialist Party that has governed San Bartolomé for a decade and whose only response to their problems is a lot of verbosity and empty speeches.
Advances? Of course, there are. It would even be ugly if absolutely nothing had been resolved in all these years,... so what's the problem? The harsh reality: the reality of continuing without a General Plan, the reality of not having a health center in Playa Honda; the reality of not carrying out the necessary maintenance at the Ajei School, the reality of continuing to wait for the El Quintero School, the reality of continuing with the Circunvalación street half-finished and the Polvorín de Güime road without a solution, the reality of the deception of the Playa Honda swimming pool...? A never-ending list that the socialist Mayoress, María Dolores Corujo, does not want to talk about and does not like to talk about.
This is the San Bartolomé of everyday life, the B-side that hides a government team that boasts of having 9 million euros in surplus in the bank, as if that were a sign of good management. Doing things well is investing the money that is contemplated in the budgets and not accumulating it precisely because of the inability to execute it. It is not a good government that which has kidnapped the development of the municipality and its future.
Even so, I refuse to resign myself and think that our future is written and that it will be the same. To paraphrase Nelson Mandela, "we are the masters of our destiny and the captains of our souls."
I am convinced that we will be able as a municipality to recover lost time, to ensure that our young people can develop their life projects and have the security that they will have the necessary tools to build a promising future, so that our elders have a dignified retirement, for which they have worked and fought so hard. They are the living history and remind us that with effort and enthusiasm there is no barrier that we cannot break.
Both should be an example and guide for a government that really cares about the people, listens and really fulfills the commitments it makes with the residents of San Bartolomé.
By Juan Rivera, spokesperson for the Popular Party in San Bartolomé.
