A proposal for the salaries of politicians: “You don’t perform, you go off on the road”

The opinions on the coat of arms of Logroño continue for another day. They are also happy to rectify the bike lane through Bretón and congratulate the good telecare service. Not to change, there are requests to expand bus lines and fix streets and, as a novelty, a forceful proposal for politicians’ salaries.

Today we begin the section with María’s call, who criticizes the change in the coat of arms of Logroño “that the City Council wants to carry out.” «I like it better with a crown and with the legend. Furthermore, the towers they have drawn now seem very artificial to me, like a computer drawing.

A regular walker from Lardero asks that “please fix the paved road once and for all, Calleja Vieja I think it’s called, especially the big holes in the section between the prison and the climb that goes up to the highway.” As he says, “it’s a shame the way that area is, with many and very deep potholes, which make it dangerous for vehicles and cyclists.” He assures that it has been like this for a long time and that “it seems incredible that they have not already repaired it, with how painful it is.”

Another resident of Logroño wants to convey through the Reader’s Telephone that he would like to “request that bus line 5 include a route that covers Portillejo Street and Fuenmayor Street.” He argues that “since they put the entire route to Valdegastea, this part has been left hanging quite a bit, and this affects those of us who come with purchases or the elderly.” He believes that “this line could be modified and go up through Valdegastea but down through Fuenmayor.”

Now let’s go with a thank you, the one directed by María for the telecare service. “My mother – she says – is a user and twice when she has had problems she has called and they have behaved very well, they have been very concerned and have treated her affectionately,” she says. “Thank you because the work they do is very great and we are very happy with them.”

We continue with a reply regarding a previous call in which a reader complained about the “excess” of radars on the N-111 highway. The caller states that “it is impossible to travel on this road, from Piqueras to Logroño, without seeing at least half a dozen overtaking in a continuous line.” And he adds: “What is needed are fewer accidents and fewer recklessness and whoever commits them should pay with fines.”

A regular citizen of the section refers to “the great salaries of politicians”, from the presidents of autonomous communities to mayors, ministers and other positions. «I – he affirms – would give all of them a salary for productivity, you improve a lot, you earn a lot; “You don’t give up, to whistle on the road.” And he also refers to the deputies and senators, “who have invented investigative commissions in which they charge another amount of money as a bonus for being on them without getting anything clean and to that we add per diems and trips and other emoluments.” In conclusion: “We are in a world of scoundrels and the culture of hitting the ball.”

Another resident of Logroño states that he was glad that the mayor rectified the announcement to create a bike lane on Bretón Street. “Now the only thing left,” he adds, “is to reconsider and recover the bike lane on Avenida de Portugal.” And he leaves as a tagline: “We will end up losing the 6.5 million euros of European funds, but we will not find out.”