A few hours later the pro-corrida mobilization on Saturday 19 November, the city of Mont-de-Marsan published an account of the event on its Facebook page. In this post full of these emojis that we use the most to write SMS, the municipality has announced … “nearly 2,000” participants! This number seems a bit far from reality: according to the police there were 800, at all costs a thousand…
A few hours later the pro-corrida mobilization on Saturday 19 November, the city of Mont-de-Marsan published an account of the event on its Facebook page. In this post full of these emojis that we use the most to write SMS, the municipality has announced … “nearly 2,000” participants! This number seems a little far from reality: according to the police there were 800, at all costs a thousand according to an assistant of Charles Dayot present at the procession. It remains to be seen whether the 86 people who ‘liked’ Council’s Facebook post were included in the tally…
Head upside down
Attacked by Russia on 24 February, Ukraine received, from the very first moments of the war, support from the Department of the Landes, in a concrete way, through the validation of a relief fund of 50,000 euros or, more symbolically, with the installation (at local time) of the Ukrainian flag on the facade of the Department hotel, in Mont-de-Marsan. But this Wednesday morning, the banner was turned upside down for an unknown reason: the yellow of the wheat fields was in fact above the blue, symbol of the sky. After a few hours of not-so-bad aberration, the flag was upright again. This is better.
Hi, Dax, this is New York!
When the very chic American magazine “The New Yorker” puts Dax on the world map, in its November 23 issue, it is not to talk about rugby, fairs, bullfighting or even duck fat… “The Village Landais, located in Dax , in southwestern France, is part of a movement to make memory care units less like hospitals and more like small neighborhoods.For non-English speakers it is an article on Alzheimer’s Village, which after being the subject of media exposure in magazines all over the world, he questions the author of the article, passing through France, and who finds it hard to imagine an existing structure in his country: “In the United States, one out of four nursing homes faces a shortage of employees…” The great resignation, overseas, is not just a mental glance!
The Calientes see red
The president of the Calientes did not appreciate that the dacquois Tchancayre wondered about the absence of his favorite orchestra during the demonstration to support the bullfight. And he specifies that they did not participate due to lack of personnel: “After consulting the members, it seemed impossible to us to present a lineup consistent enough to meet the organizers’ expectations. Los Calientes uphold legitimate claims in favor of bullfighting and beyond local traditions, and some members even participated, anonymously, in Saturday’s parade. In the meantime, there are many opportunities to listen to the Calientes: USD matches, arenas, any sporting or cultural event in general, in short… If the Calientes are the mirror of society and consequently, we can find, on the margins, people who are passionate about bullfighting, that never stopped the group from responding!
A third sub-prefect approaches
On Saturday November 26 in Gabarret, the prefect Françoise Tahéri announced to the public Territorial economic meetings in Haute Lande-Armagnac, composed mainly of elected officials, the arrival in 2023 of “a privileged interlocutor” to work with them on the theme of the day, “the house and its challenges”. “In fact, we will have a new sub-prefect who will take over his duties in 2023. This will clearly be one of the axes of the mission that I will set for him”, developed the state representative in the department. After this declaration it was not possible to find out more about the date of his arrival, nor about the breadth of the territorial and thematic prerogatives of this future third sub-prefect. Will he be assigned to the prefecture, the sub-prefecture? Closer to the interior Landes? From the Pays de Born, whose demographics are exploding? It’s a pity that once he’s in office he no longer knows where he lives as he will have to do.
