It’s not too cool to be ridiculed but you brought this upon yourself…” – Stevie Wonder (from the song “You Haven’t Done Nothin’ “) (Ed. Note: This story has no real news value, it is just funny. Happy Friday!) A mayor targeted, in the truest sense of the word, by an employee of the City … More Brugnaro: “An employee plays darts in his office with my picture”
The Council has voted on the merit of the proposal. But there is the risk that it could be declared illegitimate using the Delrio law. Brugnaro has announced he will appeal. (Ed. note: As reported earlier on this site, this vote was originally scheduled for Jan. 24. Some internal wrangling delayed that vote until mid … More The separatists exult: the Regional Council gives the OK to the Venezia-Mestre separation referendum
Campaign for A Living Venice Presents: News of the Past This will be an occasional feature, with tidbits from the annals of La Serenissima and all that it has to teach us today. 1409 – The Venetian Republic, after plagues and wars had caused the population in the city to drop, adopted a law allowing … More Venetian State policies designed to maintain healthy levels of Citizenship: News of the Past
From #Veneziamiofutoro: “21,558 visits on our Facebook page, Phillipe Apatie’s video is now available on YouTube.” This collection features videos of pandAmonio from several other sources, as well as links to all the press coverage of the event. Click the link below (the page and material are all in Italian). Click here: PandAmonio 17/02/17: Rassegna … More PandAmonio 17/02/17: Video Collection
Citizen-pandas, animals on the way to extinction. All it takes is a mask on the face to send out a cry of both alarm and hope. One hundred fifty people did so this afternoon, gathered on the steps of the Church of the Salute after a call went out from the group #Venicemyfuture. The result … More “We will not end up like the Panda” Interviews from the flashmob
Towards the end of the video of the Feb. 17th flashmob, amongst the calls of “Vivo Venezia!” from the panda-garbed crowd, you can hear one person crying “aiutateci!” – “help us!”. I write today to ask all of you who have visited and followed this site, all of you who love and care about Venice, … More Call to Action! PandAmonio: a cry for help we must answer
Residents; the city is a slot machine for milking the tourists (ANSA) – VENEZIA, 17 FEB – The Venetians don’t want to be a species at risk of extinction like the Giant Panda. On the eve of the official start of Carnevale, inhabitants of the lagoon city, with a flash mob provocatively named “a fish … More Flashmob of Venetians; we don’t want to be like the Pandas
Press Release: Venice, a fish called Panda? That which begins tomorrow is no longer our Carnevale: it is a slot machine for milking the tourists 11 out of 12 months: the only month with a respite for us is January. In order to get the maximum out of this slot machine, it is necessary to … More #Venicemyfuture Press Release: Venice, a fish called Panda?
Even if it were approved today, the law which lengthens the statute of limitations – however all yet to be defined, and stalled in the Senate – would not save the proceeding against the Mose Bribes, already destined to never see completion. “While we absolutely consider passage of the law a priority, in all intellectual … More Time running out on Mose prosecutions: “By summer 2018 it will all be scrapped”
“There is the will to begin a dialog” Vice Director Bandarin is satisfied with the outcome of the meeting with the Mayor: “There was effort on the part of the City” “It is the beginning of a constructive dialog that has not yet had its outcome. We are a long way from solutions and in … More UNESCO Vice Director Bandarin on meeting with Brugnaro: “We are a long way from solutions.”
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