Boss, sit down and grab a coffee, because I've got a story that'll make you realize just how slick some people are around here! You see how everyone's wondering why nothing gets done in this country? Well, look here: we get a designated prime minister and it already comes out that he was doing business on the side as mayor. Adrian Veștea, the man who was supposed to get us out of the crisis, is in the middle of a scandal with signed documents for a real estate developer who bought his land for 630,000 euro. Bro, that's the limit!
Listen to what happened, because it's pure slickness. In May 2007, a company with Norwegian capital appears, North Capital Baltikum SRL, which wants to build a luxury hotel complex, something like 'Cold Mountain Luxury Resort'. And guess where? Right next to the filming location of the movie 'Cold Mountain' with Nicole Kidman, which won an Oscar. And on August 12, 2007, this company buys a piece of land from Adrian Veștea, who was then mayor of Râșnov. The price? 2.1 million lei, about 630,000 euro. That's what appears in his 2008 asset declaration. Man, isn't it nice to be mayor and sell the land yourself to the developer? But wait, it gets worse: Veștea personally signed the urbanism certificate and the building permit for that project. That means he was both the seller and the mayor giving the approvals. On the documents, his signature appears twice - as owner and as mayor. Now that's efficiency!
The project was supposed to be something like 'capitalize on the film's success', to turn the area into a top tourist destination. The filming was in Valea Glăjăriei, 15 kilometers from Brașov. If you look at Brașov, that county with ultra-low unemployment and foreigners buying everything, it's like adding salt to the wound. But what do you think? The plans fell through, construction never happened, the land just sat there useless. Those Norwegians probably realized it's Romania and ran for the hills.
The investigation also says that Veștea allegedly offered a profitable contract to a former associate, also while he was mayor. Now, after being nominated prime minister, the journalists from Snoop started digging and asked him what's up with this. And him? Nothing, he keeps mum. He didn't give any official response. Probably waiting for the wave to pass, because that's how we do it here, bro. I for one don't buy this story. If you ask me, this smells like 'everyone looks out for their own interest, and we're left with a sour face'. What can I say, it's like something out of a Bulă joke. So I'm off to explain to Mioara how we got scammed with a designated prime minister who's better at business than running the country. She stays quiet and makes big eyes when she hears about 630,000 euro, but says that's why we don't build our own houses, because these guys steal right under our noses.
