Endesa turns off Santa Cruz' Christmas lighting for "lack of correct paperwork"

[Janet]

Endesa says that it has cut off Santa Cruz' Christmas lighting a day after it was turned on because it doesn't have a contract, essential for billing purposes, and because the connection was illegal since it lacked a boletín. The electricity company said it was similar to the case of La Laguna's ice rink and that it made no distinctions between public administrations or private individuals, and was only interested in legality.

Having been on the receiving end of the electrical requirements for "legality" here myself, I find I'm snorting somewhat at that: was Santa Cruz so remiss as to fail to complete the right paperwork? Some might say the problem could have been that their failure was merely in not crossing the right palm. In the words of Francis Urquhart, "I couldn't possibly comment". It seems a shame, though, that Endesa couldn't have resolved this, if it were simply a matter of "paperwork", without taking the Scrooge route of Christmas miserliness. JA

[Nova]

Oh how embarrassing 

[Guanche]

Endeas's not the only one whose upset with the council. Trouble at the coffee shop this morning. All the shop owners had  a meeting while we were there. The council had put up the Christmas lights, but all at one end of the street!! shock horror. At our end there were no festive lights at all. Petitions were flying about to get the lights evenly distributed on the street. Watch this space