CC MEMO -- High Commissioner

In follow up to our previous post, this from today's Valencia Life subscription newsletter:

At a small ceremony in Madrid yesterday, Ricard Perez Casado, who was the Socialist Mayor of Valencia between 1979 and 1988, was officially sworn in as the Government Commissioner for the Americas Cup. After the ceremony, Mr. Perez Casado, who will assume the rank of UnderSecretary for the event stated that Valencia would ‘definitely’ be ready in 2007. He added that he was ‘personally interested’ in making the Americas Cup a success for Valencia.