Orlandi, "revolution" Salsa interview Massimiliano Franzoni, director of the Journal of Bicester (
www.ilgiornaledifidenza.net ) and the design of the spa town of Salsomaggiore Change.
Matteo Orlandi is about a year and a half to school policy councilor of the town of Salsomaggiore. He has a history of militancy in the Green and is now launching arena the next administration with the civic project "Changing Salsomaggiore. This is a project that makes the bottom-up participation with the use of all the technological tools (social networks, e-democracy, internet, etc.) essential to its base. There are many points of similarity with the Mayor "scrap" in Florence, Matteo Renzi, Salsomaggiore, but is to be scrapped or just a facelift? The birth of the project Change Salsomaggiore is just dedicated to a complete revolution in the way of thinking about policy and administration of the city. A facelift, now is no longer sufficient because sauces and suffering and the reasons are unknown. It 'a city who has lived too long lying on welfare and has not been able, over the past twenty years, to keep pace with the changing world of tourism. When INPS brought in the city being treated in an "automatic" was all easy, but that was the time when planning the future of the territory. It 'not a vision and a desire for renewal, and now we are paying the consequences. The politics of blame, but certainly can not be the only defendant: Many hotels and commercial activities remained the same as decades ago, many premises are unoccupied as the owners, despite the recession, continue to demand high rents and out of the market, the tissue Social very crumbled and consists of a myriad of people and groups who are struggling to communicate with each other. Each of the blame to another, without taking their responsibilities, and also who has done a good job, investing resources, you hear a white fly because the others are struggling to keep pace. That's why I really need to change Salsomaggiore start from scratch, putting the cards on the table in front of all citizens and involving the community towards a new future of sauces. The potential is there and all of this beauty with a territory that in addition to the Spa and its stunning waters, has great cultural heritage, a unique, excellent food and wine fine, you can really do so. Cities much smaller and less "treasures" have been able to reinvent itself and enable new forms of economy and tourism. The policy should take the lead, putting the whole of society around him, creating a strong network. We have proposals, ideas, projects and a group of Salsomaggiore, composed largely of young people, who really wants to restart the city. And we're optimistic because we love Salty.
Confusion reigns in the center left and especially in the Democratic Party. Ceriati sunk, apparently did not own the stuff, the Democratic Party committees to reintroduce the First Republic, the rest of the guide is the navigator Ernesto Cocconi, and rejects the primaries. All others are watching. Change Salsomaggiore but wants to place in this center-left? I am a strong supporter of the primaries, although in the past to overcome (where made) were not always the strongest, but rather names the candidates fielded by the party's most influential and the most votes. Recently, however, are seen throughout Italy experience different: it has made a policy less tied to political parties and elections for the smartest people have prevailed, even though the top losers could appear on the paper. Where there is dialogue and democracy is never wrong, whatever the result is always a victory for politics and for the city. This is Changing the basic idea of \u200b\u200bSalsomaggiore and in fact next Wednesday will decide together which way to go. Is a 'group currently comprises 20 people, but growing, open to everyone, where everyone has one, and really where we discuss every move to be undertaken. For many politicians this long-running method is unusual and many still insist on asking: "Matteo Orlandi what will?". I will not decide, but the coordination of Change Salsomaggiore. It would be interesting to compare with the other parties by comparing the programs, but unfortunately there are still a few around, talking over the names of projects. We work for over 6 months on a public document, available for download by all our website www.cambiaresalsomaggiore.it.
Matteo Orlandi, although very young, is not a new policy. Come and experience as commissioner of the judge? How do you judge the actions of this administration and the center-left in particular, that review did you get the mayor Massimo Tedeschi? I did a little 'experience, it is true, particularly in administration, where the 9-year presidency of the Park Stirone helped me. But there is always something to learn and you should never stop playing this game, accepting new ideas and new challenges. These 14 months have been important Councillor because I have allowed Salty to know in more detail and get an idea of \u200b\u200bthe strengths and weaknesses of the city (and between them stands the administrative machinery that must be reviewed from the bottom if you want to change Salsomaggiore). I can not give votes to the current administration for making part would be how to judge himself, and it is not correct, nor objective. Will be the citizens to have their say in the coming May elections. I tried to do my best, asking achievable goals and to be implemented quickly, but with an eye to the future. The islands free wi-fi, the City Card for schools, the project e-democracy, the establishment of a new school, the creation of the City Council Boys, the various activities on equal opportunities, are some of the initiatives that I could work and I was fully operational. But I think that the mandate of the Committee and the Mayor should be judged by the context in which it resides. As I said, Salsa is a city very difficult and complicated, which is facing a crisis exacerbated by the local world. It 's a company town where the public has a certain role but if the individual fails to do its part the objectives become even more difficult. The duty, which will be the next mayor will be to make a profound transformation, breaking up the old logic and making a sort of "reset". Maybe it was lacking in recent years but it may be that there were still conditions, particularly in the popular will, to get back fully into play.
You are the developer of virtual surveys. Certainly the e-democracy is the future. Do not you think however that there may be risks in a virtual participation? You asked citizens to Salsomaggiore if I want to do without Miss Italy but have not proposed alternatives and the risk, apparently real, is that via the festival of beauty Salsomaggiore remain naked. tool e-democracy has been important to its main objective: to encourage participation, the exchange of ideas, local democracy. The fact that you have chosen the way of open voting highlights this aspect. If we wanted to do only the surveys could be safely remain anonymous, but the goal was to invite Salsomaggiore to "put a face" like a public meeting. Of course, we're just getting started and the project must still grow, but it was an important first step. On the issue of Miss Italy it was a survey of popular will. It must be said, however, that e-democracy is an anchor for the Committee and the City Council, but does not replace the decision-making operations. With the project we Salsomaggiore Change tried to imagine different scenarios through a series of proposals to replace Miss Italy. With the resources allocated to the competition could do great events throughout the season: we assumed approximately € 80,000 per month, a respectable figure to put on festivals, conferences, events of national importance. I'm talking about the past, though, because with the wretched of the government cuts money for the event in all likelihood there will be even more and the problem takes on another dimension. Without Miss, and even without the funds to organize alternatives, the crisis threatens to worsen. And 'why should rethink the role of tourism Salty, pointing to new target and featuring the seasons according to specific themes that exploit the potential of salsa and country. We need to change, revise, rethink. And that's what we propose to change Salsomaggiore.
Massimiliano Franzoni
