Madrid Residents Vexed by Bureaucratic Blight, Surf's Up Anyway
In a display of unparalleled municipal wisdom, Madrid city hall is bravely forging ahead with a new cleaning equipment facility in a residential area, despite residents and even a school successfully arguing it needs a proper environmental assessment. Apparently, noisy bells aren't the only thing causing a racket in Europe; the bureaucratic tone-deafness is truly deafening. Good thing the waves here are epic, because who cares about a little urban blight when you've got a perfect barrel?