We have arrived at the moment of decision. Tomorrow and Sunday the city will return to the polls in view of the delicate match that will see Fioravanti challenge Nardini to achieve reconfirmation as mayor. The outgoing mayor wanted to reiterate a series of interventions to be carried out to allow the capital to grow. “Unfortunately we are going through a difficult and complicated phase which has pushed many people to move elsewhere, especially to the coastal areas – comments Fioravanti –. To reverse the demographic trend and bring inhabitants back to Ascoli it is necessary to coexist short-term measures with long-vision projects With part of the Pinqua funds, for example, in a few years we will have new housing available to citizens. We must continue to invest in structures, infrastructures and the university residents, supported with bonuses for families who give birth to children, encouraged the creation of youth associations. The ‘Ascoli green’ project is not a mere slogan. Here the city’s cycle network has been increased, the Biciplan has been created to promote and intensify the use of the bicycle, an observatory on sustainable mobility was established, the amount of separate waste collection increased, and investments were made in areas. Measures which have led the city to improve the data on the quality of life and to receive two prestigious awards: that of a family friendly city and a cycling municipality”. Nardini, however, leader of the centre-left, through a note wanted to contest the type of communication developed by the outgoing mayor.
“We had already understood that the level of Fioravanti’s electoral campaign was low – claims Nardini –. The city is inundated with big faces on posters at exorbitant costs and capable of communicating only the idea of a ruthless internal war. Among other things later confirmed by the Viscione issue. The icing on the cake that was missing has arrived: Fioravanti appears in a photo on his social profile with a child, mimicking and mocking his opponent’s slogan. As if to kill more birds with one stone, using minors in the countryside electoral and disrespectful to the opposing side. And to underline the obvious, the mayor does not know how to entertain the child except with his cell phone, sending a message of high pedagogy. We understand the intention of presenting himself as the good father of the family, but at least he would find out from some suitable parent before looking for the usual easy stage, adding that in all this he exploits a child for publicity to his advantage (the opposite of the ‘not me, but us’ which he would like to appropriate) as he is exploiting. the people of Ascoli for their careers”.
This is echoed by the national association for the promotion and defense of the rights of disabled people: “Twenty-year style photos are circulating with the mayor posing with children, elderly people and young people with disabilities. I find this type of propaganda ethically incorrect, especially during elections. It becomes extremely unpleasant and shameful when a mayor behaves like this who in his five years of council has done nothing to make the city accessible to people with disabilities, especially motor disabilities. Dear mayor, you should have guaranteed accessibility, visitability and adaptability of buildings and city spaces! Not only did he not do it, but he also had the nerve to be photographed with kids in wheelchairs.”
Massimiliano Mariotti
