So much for those EUR70,000
Not to be smug about it or anything, but it appears that my estimate of the day’s takings in the till at Magic Kiosk (see previous post) was off the mark by just EUR170. And I did think it was odd that cash would be confiscated. So it turns out that it’s been handed to the company after all, and that Pace signed a receipt for it.
The Times, Saturday, 10th January 2009 – 13:45CET
Cash found at Magic Kiosk returned to operator yesterday – governmentThe Government Property Division said this morning that during the removal of Magic Kiosk yesterday, €530.18, five diaries and keys were returned to the operator by officials from the Lands Department in the presence of a police inspector
The government said in a statement that all this was documented in a receipt signed by all parties involved. The operator also declared in writing that, as far as he knew, there was no other cash on site. Food was donated to the Dar tal-Providenza.
The government said that the operator had had more than enough time to make the necessary preparations to evacuate the place. He had been informed that the lease had expired partly in 2004 and partly in 2008 so he had no right or title on the land.
For the past four years, the government said, the operator had been occupying part of the site without having title to it and the Lands Department informed the operators through a judiciary protest last July that the lease was not going to be renewed.
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Just out of boredom, I do hope this will not be the end of hearing about the alleged EUR 70,000 in Magic Kiosk’s till. Anybody who runs a shop knows that at the end of a day’s work a shopkeeper takes what is referred to as a z-reading from the cash register, which is basically a synopsis of the day’s takings. So I’m going to sit tight and wait for Mr. Pace to show us all sceptics his z-reading of EUR 70,000. And if he doesn’t have it, well I guess he’s going to have a lot of explaining to do to the VAT and Income Tax Departments.
Why would anyone want to leave 70,000 Euro in the cash register overnight?
Bye-bye to this ugly glass structure which so much reminded me of those horrid eighties.
Just read your article on The Malta Independent. Thank you for reproducing the facts, Daphne. Presumably you’ll be uploading it here too. It is good for people to remember or if too young, to know what type of world Malta was then. It is all too easy to forget for some. I hope the Bonellos get the compensation that is due to them. What irks me though is that the Maltese tax-payer is always left carrying the can for such injustices – the Pace family or the family of Patrick Holland should pay that compensation. They are the ones that benefited from the corruption. It is time that people are made personally responsible for their actions.
It looks like an odd 70,00 euros appeared and disappeared – like Magic! Well, at least the place went out with one final vanishing act.
Now we will see if he lodges a report about the missing thousands of Euro.
If he does, he could be accused of false reporting .
Off topic: I am really looking forward to your comments about George Abela being the next Prez.
[Daphne – The funniest comments I’ve read are those from people claiming that this is ‘another success for Joseph Muscat.’ It’s actually one in the eye.]
@ Daphne
Yes, I saw them too and I couldn’t believe what I was reading since at the end of the day the buck stops with Gonzi or am I wrong?
So if this is the case, Gonzi should be the one to heap such praise. But the Lil’elves would rather throw themselves in the path of a bull(s)’ (hehe) stampede than admit to such a thing
Some malicious people have defined this appointment as another clever move by Gonzi to ensure Abela does not succeed Joseph Muscat after Labour’s next election defeat. Having said that, I am sure Dr.George Abela is more than competent for the job and will prove in a short time to be a people’s President. I wish him well.