Black Friday
Well, it was Black Friday in the Town Hall. The day has come when 34 workers are due to be made redundant. This includes road sweepers ( of which there are only two, so now there are none) and maintenance and office staff. While we know that the Greek beaurocracy has always been heavy on staff and things need to be streamlined there comes a point when the council cannot function without enough staff. The Town Hall was very busy this morning, many people in there for different business. By the way if you go in looking for the "Social Services" they are now in a new office in the basement. They are also under threat and expect to be disbanded in the next couple of months! Our council at least has paid it's workers unlike some other municipalities on the mainland. I have a friend who has not been paid for 12 months. Why do they continue to go in to work? you may ask. They live in hope that they will be paid eventually! If they leave they will not get paid and th...