The law....or not?

It seems to me that the issue of the new "harbour" at the Hotel Mirabello, Agios Nikolaos is pretty simple.

It is either an illegal construction which is outside the law governing changes to the coastline, or it is not.

First the Council of State decide to suspend work. Then they decide to let it go ahead. If this is a straight legal matter it is either right or wrong. Which one is it? Isn't that what courts of law are for? It can't be half right and half wrong.

Of course, it will be built, and when it is finished it will be too late to do anything about the environmental effects. As usual, the blackmailing rich and powerful have won the battle, threatening job losses and closure of other hotels in the area if they don't get their way. It is still astonishing that one hotel company have been allowed to wield such economic power in a city the size of Agios Nikolaos.

Turtles, fish and seabirds don't have the resources to fight them but it is sad to see that the apathetic people of the town have allowed themselves to be coerced into allowing this to proceed.

There are already new coastal developments like this in Elounda, two in Vathi and now this ....

And the local authority has the audacity to say that it cares about the environment.

Neither the Mirabello nor Agios Nikolaos need this to advance their tourism. What IS needed is effective marketing and someone in control who knows a lot more about tourism than a dentist or a cake-maker.

And where the hell are Greenpeace when you need them?