LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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  Dear Editor

I read in issue three of your leaflet an article with the title “WE’ RE BAAACK: RESTAURANTEURS RETURN FROM EARLY ‘RETIREMENT’”. First of all there is no mention of the name of the person who wrote it. Second and most importantly you have unfortunately showed through your leaflet the one side of the story and you mentioned my name, without even asking me about my side of the story. You preferred to accept without any crosschecking the story told by the family Bowes. This story, unfortunately for you and myself is not at all true. The only thing you managed to do with publishing it, was to mislead the people reading your issue in believing that my family, friends, advisors and I are a ‘gang’, which intended to cause damage to a nice English couple. This is not true. The true story is that I together with four other people started a negotiation process with this couple in order to buy the Neraida business. It is true that as soon as we saw the place, we said it was what we were looking for and so we started to talk about the sale price and all other details. We even contacted a lawyer in order to guide us as far as the legal proceedings are concerned. Before, however, giving the Bowes the final answer we asked them to give us their financial books together with the contact address and phone number of their bookkeeper and the landlord of the building, because we wanted to make sure that we were talking about a healthy business which could support us and that the landlord would agree to change the tenancy agreement under our names without any further changes. Although, the landlord did agree to this change, our bookkeeper was worried with the financial books of the business. He was of the opinion that it was not a safe investment and that it was not worth investing in. After that, we decided not to proceed with the sale and we immediately informed the Bowes about our decision. We never ever told them that we were buying the business unconditionally. In all our meetings our position was clear: we are interested in buying the business as long as it is proven to be a good investment for us. We did agree to the price quoted by the Bowes, but we mentioned to them that we are not going to go through with the sale unless our legal and financial advisors give us the ‘green light’. How could we invest in a business without a thorough check beforehand? I would also like to say that the estate agents who acted for us are very proffesional and would have no doubt or hesitation in reccomending them to other prospective clients. I understand their disappointment when we told them we are not going to go through with the sale, but there was no bad intend on our behalf. We just protected ourselves. Anyone would do that in our position. And we never told them to plan a farewell/retirement party before the conclusion of the deal. Nor were we in need of free food, as they say. We are perfectly capable to feed ourselves and to pay for our food. We are not looking for free food, and this is a great insult to me and my family. I would ask you to publish this answer, because I do feel the need to set the story straight. And I would ask you to double check next time the stories told by your readers, before publishing anything that would constitute libel for other people.

Sandra Cunliffe (Clarke)

Dear Mrs. Cunliffe:

We are happy to give you the forum to present your side of the story. However, as a professional journalist, and the author of the article, I stand by the original story as published in issue three.

Editor
       
 
       
  Dear Editor

Please add me to your list of interested subscribers. I have a house in Kokkini Hani and I use it at various times throughout the year. Your wonderful newspaper would keep me up to date on all the local news and gossip. Regards,

John Field

Dear John:

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  Dear Editor:

Why, this season, do we seem to be continually short of water in Kokkini Hani? Having a restaurant to run creates enough normal problems on its own without the added hardship of not having enough water, or sometimes no water at all, for all the necessary sanitation needs. Then, in addition to everything else, we must take the time and energy to cart huge containers of water from Gouves. This has not been a serious problem for quite a number of years so why this year? Has something changed or are there more hosepipes per square metre than before? Tony & Christine Bowes
Kokkini Hani

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bowes:

According to the Water Works office in Episkopi, one of the main water well sites has broken down and is beyond repair. They are now drilling for water in a new area. They refused to commit as to just how long this will take. Until then, residents will only get water every third day.

The Editor