"Why does the City Council have this neighborhood so neglected? Are we second- or third-class citizens because we are on the periphery?". This is the question asked by a resident of the capital's Argana neighborhood, who wanted to denounce through La Voz the "neglect" to which he believes this part of the city is subjected. Under the title of "Shame and more shame", this reader lists the shortcomings of the neighborhood.
The enumeration begins by referring to the works that are undertaken every summer in schools "to improve the quality of educational facilities." "What a coincidence that one more year, despite its poor condition (unpainted facades, broken fences, broken goal, lack of trash cans, window bars without fire protection measures...) in the CEIP Argana Alta only the replacement of a broken window at the end of June has been carried out," he says. "The center's courts were painted this year, after more than a decade, according to comments from the teachers themselves," he continues, while lamenting that "in other centers in Arrecife, these had already been painted on more than one occasion."
Among the shortcomings of the neighborhood, this resident points out that the sports center has been "closed for several years." "We don't have a community center, the sidewalks from the hospital roundabout to the Yayo plumbing roundabout are pitiful on the opposite side... but of course, we are not cruise passengers. If not, they would put a cobbled sidewalk up to the Town Hall, like they do for them from the boat," he ironizes.
Among the criticisms, this resident states that the Police do not pass by the school and in the courts you can find "bottles, condoms, excrement (canine and human), urination...". "It is the neighborhood park," he explains, stating that "parents have even been seen breaking the fences to let their children in."
This citizen points out that "apparently, the only thing the neighborhood is good for is for City Council workers who do not work in it (painters, welders, electricians...) to come to have breakfast in the area's cafeterias," as he assures that "no one controls them" there and breakfast "can be very long." "Then it turns out that the blame for all the ills that affect us lies with others. No, gentlemen, the blame for what happens is ours for not complaining as we should or where we should," he claims.
