Valencia councillor ‘caught shopping for wine online’ at flood relief meeting
by Ashifa Kassam in Madrid from Environment | The Guardian on (#6TX9W)
Jose Mari Olano says sorry after cameras appear to capture him scrolling through bottles of wines and spirits
A People's party (PP) politician in the city of Valencia has apologised after cameras appeared to capture him shopping online for wine and spirits as his fellow city councillors debated additional funding for areas affected by October's deadly floods.
Nearly three months after flash floods ravaged part of the Valencia region, turning streets into rivers, sweeping away cars and killing more than 220 people, many continue to reel from the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century.
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