Describe A Car Accident

Politics and Territory: The territory of Powerlessness and subjection

of Robert Lamm, Il Secolo XIX, 2/3/2011

I have followed with much sadness triggered the debate in recent weeks by the position of Professor Roberto Mazza, a spokesman for "Stop the use of the land" on the mingling of technical and administrative offices in the politics of the territory of several municipalities of our province.

In summary, Mazza said something that is before the eyes of all and that is that many technical departments of municipalities of our province are not able to carry out an effective policy of defending the territory than the aggressive plans of private .

This implies a very severe trial against the policy which has its own strategic autonomy and that has not been able, despite ruling for decades, virtually without opposition, at least within the institutions, to create the conditions for the birth and affirmation of a "management" high profile public and professional culture, strong technical competence and autonomy.

You might have expected praise and support for the positions of Professor Mazza, instead, we have seen so much silly target of criticism as apodictic, all the cliches: "We are very good and we say it alone" or on that ' another, an "evergreen" the worst policy, "if you know something, go to the Prosecutor of the Republic".

The problem, in fact, it is mainly the judiciary, even if it was not uncommon, it is, and if you continue on this path, it will be; the real issues are, first, the inextricable mingling among administrators and officials, including political and technical structure of the Government, on the other hand, the total absence of planning a high autonomous choices and, protection of public goods, environmental , landscape, cultural and architectural, which are the true wealth of our province.

long time I abandoned the policy in which, however, I have always played a marginal role, perhaps because incapable of dealing with public officials who have ruled in recent years, standards of courage, competence and autonomy.

then I would just like to offer a small personal contribution to the debate of clarity.

If the whitewashed tombs that today they tear their clothes and ridiculous attacks to promote Mazza have the intellectual honesty to accept the challenge, I am willing to be listed in a public venue, in prose or in poetic form, perhaps in rhyme, all cases of technicians who are also political leaders and public administrators and public officials who are also engineers of the territory, served with wives, husbands, partners, friends and relatives.