the Reactions were many and strong when it was known that the Municipal and moderniseringsdepartementet has decided that the border between the municipalities of Forsand and Strand to be moved. It implies namely that turistmagneten Preikestolen in Rogaland in the future end up in the Beach and not in the new Sandnes municipality.
Professor Håvard Hansen at the Norwegian school of hotel management believes that ultimately it will not have as much to say for the Project that the municipality loses, the pulpit rock.
– It’s more about pride, that one has lost the battle about where blyantstreken to go, ” he says to Stavanger Aftenblad.
Strong reactions
Discussion about the pulpit rock has been a central figure in the kommunesammenslåingsdebatten in Rogaland. Evil tongues have claimed that the desire to be able to promote the municipality with turistmagneten was hovedmotivasjonen when the Project went for merging with the Forsand. The new alignment means that the area to the north of the Lysefjord where the pulpit rock is located, shall belong to the Strand municipality. The reactions did not wait on themselves.
– Hallelujah, it exults the former Forsand mayor Ole Tom Guse (KrF) on Facebook. He was in his time strongly opposed to the merging of the municipalities. And while Sandnes-mayor Stanley Wirak (Ap) said he is not in their “wildest imagination” had thought this was going to happened, called the vice mayor Pål Morten Borgli (Frp) kommunalminister Monica Mæland (H) a tragedy for Sandnes.
a Little late on Monday evening as he, however, seemed to take it all with more humor, when Sandnes municipality celebrated nyanskaffelse in the church.
– Wow at. 20.24 we get still the message that the Project gets its pulpit, wrote Borgli on Facebook.
Sell Stavanger
Professor Hansen points out that either Preikestolen geographically belongs to the Beach or Sandnes, is it still Stavanger that have marketed themselves and lived good days on the tourist attraction.
–Either you like it or not, it is Stavanger, which is the gateway to the famous pulpit rock, ” says Hansen.
the Change will take effect from 1. January 2020, at the same time as Forsand and Sandnes be merged into the new Sandnes municipality.
