Tenerife Budget for 2008 Now with 30% More!

If there's one thing calculated to cause animosity between the two provinces in the Canary Islands, it's Santa Cruz de Tenerife getting more of something than Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Getting it is one thing. Announcing "Now With 30% More", like the active ingredient in a whiter than whitening washing powder is something else, mind you. :)

(I'm waiting for the tremors to be felt right over this side of the island. :)

Nevertheless, the Cabildo (Tenerife Island Corporation) have announced their 2008 budget figures and the report says that the 906 million euros is 30% superior to that of their counterpart in Gran Canaria. This, of course, is justified on the basis that "Tenerife is the motor of the Canary Islands' economy," providing the most income and having the greatest number of jobs.

More than 102 million euros is going to Tenerife bus company, TITSA.