Since Friday, the Granada City Council has a brand new councilor. Sandra Rodriguez Salas joins the PSOE group in order to replace Jose Maria Corpas. Sandra, who was an independent student, joins the PSOE group without a portfolio. The remodeling of power in the government team is scheduled for September.
According to media reports, the new mayor indicated that she will be coming “to occupy an office” because it is “impossible to replace Jose Maria Corpas. She stressed that her first words were for Jose Maria Corpas and Lola (his wife). He also expressed his appreciation for the “great responsibility” and honor that this position entails for her. Being a councilor in my town is something I am proud to be a Granadan, a woman, the great-granddaughter, Francisco Ramirez’s councilor, and a transwoman who is a member the LGTBI collective. She said that she comes to work to add, to work for Granada.
Paco Cuenca, the mayor, said that the woman was “trained, ready, capable, and committed to the growth of this city”. Since the final reorganization of the city will be in September, he explained that it has been incorporated without specifying an area. Jacobo Calvo was elected second deputy mayor at the plenary session on Friday. Cuenca stated, “After the loss Jose Maria Corpas, we have had to rebuild the group to fill those gaps.”
