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The proposed ordinances drafted by the municipal government stress the importance of social equality: it is fairer that those that use services pay for them than share their cost among all citizens. It is a policy that aims to balance services in a more equitable manner, and ensures their proper use by citizens.
At the same time, the Ordinances of 2012 also include a wide range of discounts aimed at segments that suffer most because of the crisis and the current difficulties, and that are a top priority for our government. Actions that benefit the whole municipality and surrounding areas from a social standpoint, such as the regular use of the waste collection centers, rehabilitation of facades or the removal of architectural barriers, among others.
In reference to the Real Estate Tax (IBI), the municipal government - even considering the pitiful plight of municipal finances - has kept the increase in the same terms as the CPI, ie, 3%.
Unfortunately, there are those who want to confuse maliciously the people of Sitges, making totally biased interpretations of tax ordinances and public prices that are entirely packed with lies and fabricated information. I refer to the main opposition group, the PSC. They answered to the responsible initiative of the New Majority with a writing filled with fabricated information, in no way extracted from the document approved by the Municipal Plenary Meeting.
It is quite sad that the PSC of Sitges is basing its policy in lies in an attempt to confuse the people of Sitges with false information (such as the lunacy that "the increase of taxes is 23 %"!!!). Indeed, if the financial and economic situation of the City is in a very critical condition (do not forget that our City is among the 10 Catalan municipalities with the worst economic data, according to an external report) is due to bad management, suicidal expenditures and overinflated staff. The legacy of eight years of socialist rule. The new municipal government, however, has accepted the difficult challenge of redirecting the situation, without placing the burden of past errors on the shoulders of the inhabitants of Sitges. And these municipal ordinances passed by the Municipal Plenary Meeting, are a good proof of our intent.
In addition, I will take advantage of these lines to affectionately greet the new era of the Sitges Heritage Consortium. The Consortium was incorporated last Thursday under the direction of Vinyet Panyella, with the clear goal of finishing the refurbishment works of museums according to the criteria established by the City Hall and the Provincial Council, that avoid breaking our historical waterfront or damaging our heritage, as was the intent of the past proposal prepared by the socialist government.
