In Tinajo there is something that works perfectly: the ability to live in two realities at the same time. On one hand, there is the official reality. That in which everything goes well or is in the process of being solved. Where management is impeccable, municipal facilities are in good condition, services function correctly and the municipality advances with a firm step towards a bright future.
A reality so perfect… that, if this continues, at any moment they will give us a European award for municipal excellence. And not just any one, no: one of those that recognize perfect planning, exemplary, effective and efficient management.
The problem is that this reality… it's hard to find, because it only exists in the imagination of those who govern us.
And then there is the other one. The one that doesn't need speeches, just walking through the different villages of the municipality. The reality of the neighbors, that of daily life. Because while those with the highest responsibility talk about how well everything is going, there are things that draw attention and speak for themselves:
Sports facilities that seem forgotten, like the court in front of the Plaza del Calvario, without goals or hoops. Perhaps it's a new trend: imaginary sport.
The tennis court, to call it something, converted into extreme tennis: broken net, deteriorated walls, damaged fence and holes in the court itself. Here the opponent is not who you have in front of you, it is the facility itself. Freestyle.
The soccer field, with serious deficiencies in the changing rooms, even reflected in referee reports, in addition to daily maintenance that leaves much to be desired. But yes… three murals are made so that attention goes elsewhere. Focus shift technique.
Then we have the pavilion, where pigeons are already part of the facility and feel at home. Sometimes they even show themselves too participative, to the point of interrupting matches. A whole “sports innovation”: playing by dodging what falls from the ceiling, be it feces or the multiple leaks that appear every time it rains and force more than twenty containers to be placed on the court. Retro touch.
And what to say about the park where it is preferable not to bounce the ball because it bounces in any direction, defying all logic. Groundbreaking.
But not everything is sport. There is also the day-to-day, the Tinajo that doesn't appear in photos: areas that do not precisely reflect regular cleaning, collection of belongings that does not always respond as it should, or gardens with scarce maintenance. To this is added a hyper-selective cleaning service that works by zones: impeccable on the avenue… and considerably less lustrous as soon as you move away. Shop window effect.
And in this ongoing situation, we arrive at the playgrounds, which generate more concern than tranquility. Especially the La Santa park, where, with the improvement being linked to the teleclub work, the children are already growing up. An endless story, like that of the teleclubs of La Santa and El Cuchillo, which have been in that indefinite state between eternal construction and silent abandonment for more than four years. Or the famous paddle tennis court, announced and sold since 2023, started at the beginning of 2025 and paralyzed again at the end of the same year. Pause mode.
The only green shoot in terms of infrastructure is found in a project that shines, and shines well: the Plaza del Calvario. A space that was not precisely born from the local sphere, although that does not prevent photos from appearing later as if everything were the result of municipal management. If it works, it is shown. If not, it is explained.
And that's how it goes for us! Without visible progress or a clear direction. With facilities that do not advance while time does. Public spaces that await maintenance with infinite patience. Political decisions that generate more doubts than solutions. Resources and opportunities that, simply, have been lost along the way.
Everything is part of the reality that is not told, but that exists. In the official version, however, everything continues to go well, very well. So well… that the European award almost no longer sounds like a joke.
The one that is said… or the one that is lived?
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