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Urgent re gypsum mining San Miguel but affecting all areas locally!!
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The Vecinos of San Miguel are coordinating a campaign to stop the proposed gypsum (plaster) mine which will be over a large area of land near to San Miguel.
A meeting was held today at Puerta del local de la asciacion de vecinos in San Miguel in which we were all asked for our help to stop this. They are all volunteers and need as much help as they can get.
There is only until the 16th October - NEXT TUESDAY!! - to ensure the protest is officially logged to ensure the investigation pre mining does not go ahead. If it can be stopped at this stage it would be preferable and also have more chance of stopping it.
A protest is being held in San Miguel starting from the asociation, which is on Calle 19 de Abril , no 47, this coming Sunday at 12.00 - it is so important for the protection of our area that as many people as possible attend and sign the petition and also make our local representatives from the council and regional government aware of the strength of feeling against this mining.
If it goes ahead there will be blasting on the surface, dirt, dust, an incredible amount of lorries and associated traffic which will not just affect the San Miguel area. Tourism is likely to be affected, house prices will definitely be affected and there will be compulsory purchases of property within the areas where they want to mine. The dust and dirt may well affect your health. Definitely our right to a peaceful home life will be affected. So far there is no idea which ports the lorries will use, Cartagena was suggested, but for convenience the company involved will surely want somewhere nearer.
We are also in an earthquake area - what effect will blasting and mining have on our safety and our property? There is bound to be an effect on the wildlife and birdlife within our areas. There are so many implications and this is why we must all do our best to help the organisers of the protest before we find that it is too late .
I have no wish to be alarmist but this isn't going to go away without our doing something about it. Lets all write to the local newspapers - ok then, email! - our councillor for the environment and lets ensure that our local mayor comes out in public and states his support for his neighbours who are the people he represents. I am going to try to find email details for him, the environment councillor and anyone else who needs to be aware that this is not what we want and we expect our representatives to fight hard for us to make sure it does not go ahead. If you know these details please put them on here and then we can all contact them.
Please tell everyone you know about it, make sure your neighbours know and try very hard to turn up on Sunday, don't lets leave it until its too late - you know what they say about people power!!
