You would be forgiven if you thought that they were members of opposing parties but the Valencia Regional president and the Alicante Provincial President are actually members of the PP.Their supporters make up two factions within the party and that is always going to cause problems .

Now the political infighting has claimed another victim this week when Ibi council sacked one of its own members .One of the councillors had been investigating alleged irregularities in urban development abuses carried out by some of her PP party colleagues .She was dismissed from the council last Monday at a specially convenrd meeting .

It seems that she handed a dossier over last week to party heads at the provincial government detailing serious irregularities in the way the Ibi council had administrated certain development projects .

The dossier is said to show how the council used its power to change the concession to carry out a PAI plan parcial development scheme from one developer to another .Those named in the dossier include the mayoress .

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The Fitur tourism fair has been taking place in Madrid and the Provincial President and the Regional President have been sounding very up-beat about the year ahead on the Costa Blanca , saying that the area is well placed to ride out the storm of the economic crisis .

Sadly there was a reality check at the end of last week when it was revealed that hotel bookings for the summer were down by 20% in relation to bookings at the same time last year .

The Valencia president thinks tha the staging of big events is one way of tackling the crisis and he quoted the upcoming Davis Cup match betweeb Spain and serbia which will take place in Benidorm .The  ticket sales will begin this month and the price of the tickets will begin at 90 euros .

Hotel owners feel that a more accurate prediction of the summer will happen after easter .They all feel that a good Easter season will be crucial to 2009 .

Another of the big events was announced this week and the World Medical and Health Games will be based in Alicante this year .The event attracts more than 4000 visitors and competitors take part in 24 different events .

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Cartagena has been chosen for the fifth and final Audi Med Cup , so says the town hall .The sailing event is a series of mini-regattas and is one of the best and most famous in the world .The town hall is delighted that the harbour city has been chosen to host the event and also to be the final leg of the championship .

The competition takes place in France , Italy , Portugal and Spain , with two of the five legs taking place in Spain .The event begins in May in Alicante and finishes in September in Cartagena .

On May 11 it will start in Alicante until May 16 , Marseille from June 8-13 , Sardinia from July 20 -25 , Portugal from August 17-22 and September 14-19 in Cartagena .Each of the venues has been chosed for a great geographic location , meteorological and sea conditions .The city facilities for the spectators and participants has also been taken into account .

The last time the event was in Cartagena it generated 9 million euros in revenue , of which 5 million went directly into the city and its businesses .Virtually everyone feels that this is a positive thing for the city and also for Murcia generally .

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