The award, the waste and the consequences. |
Harry Morskate | 31 Mai 2010 |
| Our community received a prestigious award
for efforts towards the restoration of the castle and Le Hameau
Medieval. We should all be proud of it. In the compte-rendu of the Council meeting of February 26 we read: "Mayor welcomes, this result and explained that this award gives weight and recognition to this project. Paradoxically, it is local, ie common community of Commons, ie the most interested, we just had to adhere as much as desired. All agencies agree as to their exterior excellence and quality of this project and does not mind to spontaneously get involved financially." "Mayor proposes to do justice as it should be this distinction and asks whether the entire council with the people involved moving to get this award." Subsequently, it is decided that a very large delegation from the council is to go to Paris (cost over € 4.500) to receive the price. The justification for the mayor: "The cost of this operation will be largely offset by the amount of price money: € 4.500, - ". It is not at all questionned whether 'as it should' means:
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This is very different
of these words published in Le Midi Libre: "This association has
intelligent federate all the dynamism and local expertise, fully
deserves this award" (Midi Libre
Édition du vendredi
12 mars
2010) The very large delegation from Dio et Valquieres excited not only astonishment in Paris, but Madame Albrecht, presidente de L'Association Societe pour la Protection des Paysages et de l'Esthetique de la France was, according to usually well-informed sources, even slightly shocked. The mayor: "A further effort to explain the merits of this initiative will be needed before the third part of the work" This is indeed necessary, especially after this blunder. But the first goal should be a better and clearer exploitation of the meaning of the project. This knowledge should also be properly communicated to the local population. Lack of transparency, high taxes coupled with the wasting of money and the appearance of entanglement of interests, result in the present lack of sufficient support of the local population for this project of restoration. In this context, the initiative of a second appeal for "to launch a second subscription for Le lavoir de Dio. Who can be a few euros, is the ability to access the second time a grant from Fondation du Patrimoine" can also be questioned. Two years ago the inhabitants of Dio et Valquieres gave about € 700,- to € 1..000,- and the Fondation du Patrimoine € 5.000 ,- for the restauration of 'Le lavoir de Valquières'. But why should citizens and the Fondation du Patrimoine still contribute to a restoration while the municipality in the meantime is wasting the price money of € 4.500,- and several thousand more euro;s collecting a prize in Paris and, another example, spending € 6.000,- for a project Parc Photovoltaique, where, apparently, there is private interest of Le Maire Jean Paul Arnaud? The mayor has much to explain about these issues and it is already clear that the actions of the municipality has damaged further the confidence and support of the locals and others. |
