The Condrey Prize

A British entrepreneur was given a prize – organised by La Voz de Almería and the town halls last week – in a local gala in Northern Almería (surprising enough to me – such a thing would would never happen in Mojácar) and this honour has upset some of the local Brits. 
Gordon Condrey, who has been in the area with his Spanish wife for at least thirty years, began promoting Albox and the surrounding area of the Almanzora Valley to his fellow Brits back in the mid-nineties. Not all of his deals were ‘sweet’, and they included homes which would later figure among the 300,000 ‘illegal homes’ as created by the Junta de Andalucía in around 2007 (we remember Helen and Len Prior).  
The mayor of the nearby municipality of Arboleas, who chose Gordon for the 2019 honour, seems popular enough with his foreign residents. But maybe not. The story can be found at Almeria Hoy here and at Murcia Today here. Neither article features a reply from either Mr Condrey or the Arboleas Town Hall.
It probably won't in Thursday's Weenie either.