“It’s midnight, Cinderella is coming home.” This is the title of the protest by the managers of the clubs in Manfredonia over the “silenced” nightlife on the shore of the gulf. “We support the silent protest of the business owners of the city of Manfredonia who are forced, especially in the middle of the summer season, to be subjected to rules that do not allow the economic growth of the territory, such as the one which establishes that musical entertainment activities of any kind must end at midnight, without exceptions, as happens in other municipalities in the area and beyond. Our city continues to lack a logical and stable regulation of sound broadcasting, favoring the depopulation of tourists and of many of our young people who are forced to travel to other tourist destinations (even a few km away), with all the risks that this entails. arise in terms of physical safety and safety on the roads)”.
In the opinion of the managers “this state of affairs, unfortunately, creates conditions to encourage the underground economy, illegal construction, urban disorder and concrete risks. We are witnessing the insensitivity of the local authority to the protection of private initiatives, suffocated by a cold bureaucracy and incapable of listening to the needs of the territory. For these reasons our business has also decided to suspend all musical and/or entertainment activities in the late evening after the restaurant service for this week. Let us take advantage, from now on, to ask for a transversal intervention, without political or partisan paternity; we ask all those who are running for leadership of our city to speak with one voice, to try to resolve all the issues that they should know well and which are starving all our initiatives”.
Then they conclude: “We are certain that trade associations such as Confcommercio will also want to be, as was the case last year, at our side in asking for a more beautiful and welcoming Manfredonia, capable of competing and being attractive with other provincial tourist destinations, regional and national”.
