Dear friends, the response
election April 13 and 14 has determined
as is known, in addition to the change of majority in
national level (did not in itself new, as is the advent of majority
that every political election
Italians change majority), including a net foreign exchange
at Brescia. It 's the first time, in fact, that in our city
the center-right won the elections even
Municipal League and representatives of militancy or ex-MSI
sit in council.
In this picture of defeat, a large number of voters
was not intended, with their preference,
confirm the mandate of the Municipal Council. Therefore,
after five years in the majority, is waiting for me inside
Group of the Democratic Party led by Emilio Del Bono
a similar period in opposition.
that period, for truth, which started with these letters
(Which is most of you already received since 2003), I intend to describe
help, realizing my personal commitment
and - in general - the main political and administrative affairs
that intersect the work of
City Council.
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First , and unlike the previous mandate, the Commission
of which I am now part is the 'Budget, Tax
, Programming and Relations with
participate'.
Commission is a challenging, both for the work load
(marked by weather
law on obligations relating to the budget) for the technicality of the issues addressed
. But it is also a
Commission of great interest, primarily because
any significant decision in terms
administration is faced with the coverage requirements
economic Furthermore, because the theme of the relationship with the investee companies
is strategic in a commune
like ours, which has a broad portfolio of investments (ASM,
now A2A; Mobility Brescia, Brescia Transportation
with the chain and Synthesis, Central Dairy, Consortium Brescia Markets;
Centre St. Philip, to name only the most
important), and a time like the present, where
many services are increasingly outsourced, ie
entrusted to entities outside the public administration but
that this remain in a strong bond (both economic
either direction), and in which the municipality by direct manager of
services becomes in many ways more of a holding company.
Finally, there is another aspect that I emphasize as
exciting to be part of that committee and
that is the fact that, by statute, the Budget Committee is the only
whose presidency it
opposition ( in our case, this responsibility
touches former councilor Fabio Capra): this allows, while not sharing
roles of government, the scheduling of meetings and
to choose items on the agenda.
fact, if there is one aspect that I had positively involved in
previous experience in the commissions 'Education, Culture, Sports and Politics
youth', it was the fact that, being part of the same Party
the committee chairman,
I often had the opportunity to contribute significantly
organization of work of the committee,
the choice of topics, guest ... This
therefore promises new possibilities for the Commission to this
mandate.
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Among the first acts covered by the new Council
particular importance was the approval of
programmatic lines of office. In fact, despite the election of Mayor
made directly by citizens and
despite the Mayor must file when a program administrative
application, the law provides that
program guidelines must still be approved by the Council early
mandate. The opinion that I expressed
on programmatic lines of
Mayor Paroli was very negative, not so much why not share it
what is written (as in all things,
there were subjects on which I agree
along with other, predominantly, on which I disagree, even
heavily), but because the program There was
submitted a photocopy of what was presented to voters
: that full of slogans (and the same errors
: sic), rather than arguments weighted, thin
to capacity despite the issues and challenges to
City are numerous and challenging, the result of many
juxtapositions of subjects rather than an expression of the overall project
and guidelines.
The poverty of this document was further corroborated by the figure
which has made the Mayor:
intervention to limit improvisation,
not prepared, just not up to expectations
audience.
But even more surprising was the debate that followed
. I remember in 2003, over fifty
advisers and assessors, had intervened in more than thirty (for me, for example
, was the first intervention), therefore
demonstration of the fact that the discussion had been
widely shared (and not only by the minority, which has
only sixteen seats in the Council).
year (Board 20 June), plus a dozen
actions by the opposition (including my own, the full text of which is attached
), no new
by the Executive. And only five directors by a majority (of which three also
League). More than the fact that we file related
comments have all been rejected, however
regardless of the merits of the same, what I found really frustrating was
arguments and reasons
without un'interlocuzione true with the majority.
course remains the hope that the substance of the problems
we're going to face higher provisions
this attitude, but certo la prima vera occasione di
confronto non è stata certo un buon viatico.
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All’interno delle Linee programmatiche, come detto, vi
erano temi controversi: v’è n’è però uno, in particolare,
che mi ha particolarmente, e negativamente, impressionato.
Mi riferisco alla previsione, nell’ambito del tema dei
Servizi sociali, per cui il Comune si impegna a destinare
un bonus di mille euro per ogni nuovo nato, purché i
genitori, residenti a Brescia, siano italiani.
Di fronte a questa affermazione, istintivamente,
first even after a more thoughtful reflection, I felt strongly called into question
with
expressing my opposition force. I believe this forecast
discriminatory, and as such conflicts with the values \u200b\u200b
Christians (much-ballyhooed by the center-right, to the point
mention them explicitly in the so-called Charter of
values \u200b\u200battached to the program guidelines) and the principles,
lay the our Constitution.
The reasons given in support of this forecast are
were also contradictory to each other, as well as questionable.
The wording, however, mentioning the requirement of the plural
parenting Italian, exclude
clamorosamente le coppie miste ed anche quelle di cittadini
della Comunità europea (che come noto possono persino
candidarsi alle nostre elezioni amministrative).
Di qui, insieme al forte sostegno dei gruppi di
opposizione, mi sono fatto portavoce di un’osservazione che
omettesse il riferimento all’aggettivo ‘italiani’, perché
di fronte al bisogno o di fronte alla promozione della
natalità non si possono ammettere limitazioni basate sulla
nazionalità dei genitori. L’osservazione è però stata
respinta dall’intera maggioranza, con la scusa che non era
politicamente legittimo modificare un programma che era
stato endorsed by the victory of the candidate that
the Mayor had proposed.
The theme is back at the center of our attention
last session of the Council (June 30), the
because the changes to the budget proposals contained
the creation of a fund of € 1.2 million bonus for new born to
. See if 1200 were born in 2007 alone
Italian parents!
We then proposed an amendment that would increase to about 500 000 €
the fund, so you can
cover all families with a child born in 2008: the
resources to fund what were, but not the will
policy to do so. So much so that the amendment
was rejected.
But we do not give up: the resolution establishing the fund
, and which will govern the arrangements for payment,
not yet been prepared. We hope to nell'Assessore
Social Services, which for ethical convictions and ideals
certainly not in favor of discriminatory actions
(although we were expecting a
his stance in the discussions above), and we will, however, to introduce a
income ceiling beyond which they dispense
bonus to cover - with the same resources - all
situations of real need and necessity.
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The next meeting of the Board will be Monday, July 21.
Approaching the summer vacation, I take this opportunity to wish every one of you
serene holidays.
Federico Manzoni
fmanzoni@comune.brescia.it
c / o piazza Loggia 3-25121 Brescia
