“The reason Venice is dying is because it is like a cow that milks money…” (heard in Venice, 2016) Many people around the world know that there is a crisis in Venice, but how does one explain that the crises are in fact many, and that none of them are the popular notion that Venice … More Venice Is Not Sinking – It’s Being Sold Off! (A Brief Guide to the Crises in Venice)
Five Minutes for Venice For those of us living far away from Venice it’s hard to know what to do sometimes when we really want to help somehow. It can be hard to watch it all from afar, but there are definitely things that any concerned lover of Venice can do to help, and in … More Have you got 5 minutes for Venice?
The now famous dossier that maybe did or did not go to Paris for the meeting with UNESCO on Jan. 24, but probably did get sent on Jan. 31 or thereafter is now available to the public after a lengthy delay. Special mention should be made of City Councilor Monica Sambo for her tenacious efforts … More Newly revealed Paris document reveals what Brugnaro thinks Venetians really want: more parking (at favorable prices)
On March 10 the Italian Government announced it had found a solution for the harboring of cruise ships in Venice. The solution, to take the boats via the entrance to the Port of Malamocco, then via the Canale dei Petroli to the Canale Vittorio Emanuele and ultimately to Marittima, came as a surprise as this … More New plan for Cruise Ships calls for excavation of 7-8 million cubic meters of toxic sludge – while being sold as a plan that does not require excavation.
In early March 2017 word reached Venice that the Maritime Pines at Tessera were being cut down to make way for more parking. A petition was launched on Change.org and within 24 hours 1100 signatures were already registered, making the news in the local papers. As of this writing the signatures now number over 1500. … More Video: Citizens rally at Tessera to save the trees, over 1500 sign petition to stop the cutting.
The City has not made available to the City Councilors of the PD – notwithstanding the official request for access to the documents – the dossier on tourism, environment and cruise ships that Mayor Luigi Brugnaro presented at Paris a few weeks ago during the official meeting held with the Director General of UNESCO Irina … More Requests for UNESCO dossier remain unfilled. Councilor Sambo: “the residents have the right to know what was said in Paris”
Meeting Friday at the University Iuav dedicated to the protection of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Borletti Buitoni: “The uncontrolled flows of tourists and cruise ships are killing the lagoon” “There is no more time for the protection of the lagoon”: this the cry of alarm from Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, undersecretary of Mibact and UNESCO delegate, … More UNECSO Heritage Meeting in Venice: “There is no more time, there must be solutions or the city will die”
On 3 March at Palazzo Badoer a meeting was held called “Efficient management of the UNESCO world heritage sites” organized by IUAV with the participation of the Italian Government, the City and UNESCO. This was the statement by Flavia Antonin, in the name of Gruppo25Aprile: “Good day, I am here in the name of the … More UNESCO meeting in Venice: “The Mayor will not be seen here – he has gone skiing”; Gruppo25Aprile offers a statement and a surprise.
We cannot help but be gravely concerned by the Mayor’s uses of public spaces. Surely the most recent case is his use of the Council Hall of Ca’ Farsetti for the presentation of the Umana Reyer players (a basketball team Brugnaro owns – ed. ). Needless to say that hall has long been denied to … More Martini:”ever more evident conflicts of interest… place in doubt whether Luigi Brugnaro can be the legitimate representative of our city.”
The opposition is on the attack after the appeal to Tar of the Mayor’s business against reclamation. “The case is in the City Council” “It is one of the many conflicts of interest of Mayor Brugnaro, about which we now must now begin a more thorough verification. Specifically I recall that the case erupted during … More Brugnaro, too many conflicts of interest
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