LA LÍNEA (Agencies) One of the towns lovely squares, Plaza Cruz Herrera was remodelledn not long ago. The new fountain, or rather, the restored fountain, was unveiled with great pride - but caused gasps among many of those attending. Since then, it has been a war of words and accusations from all political fronts. What happened to the beautiful old Seville tiles that had adorned the fountain since 1928? They were apparently replaced by some made by the local pottery employment scheme, to the indignation of those whose opinion centres around the fact that La Línea will have its 141st birthday next July. The Councillor in charge of public works, Alfonso Escuadra (PP), agrees -for once- with the mayoral candidate Gemma Araujo (PSOE) in that 'it is necessary to conserve what little patrimony we have'. But Escuadra is unable to explain the whereabouts of the old tiles, or even why they were removed in the first place and has opened an internal investigation to find them. That was about six weeks ago and the tiles refuse to appear. Indeed, he maintains that any restorer -and there is one on the municipal payroll- knows that it is "unnecessary to remove them, that they should be restored in situ.">
