http://www.vivid.ro/index.php/issue/86/page/In%20the%20Labyrinth/tstamp/1178 036013 An absolute shower By Vivid writer: <http://www.vivid.ro/writers.php/writer/Paul-Andre%20Baran/wrid/23/issue/86> Paul-Andre Baran Posted: 01/05/2007
[...] Take the case of Bucharest - with an already apathetic mayor and local council, not much has been accomplished during the past three years. The historic centre is still a shambolic disgrace, with the first form of anything like an infrastructure improvement project only just getting underway. Though hotly contested by residents and experts alike, most who challenge the city's claim that the Basarab overpass will reduce gridlock, work on the overpass began in the last week of March. Mayor Videanu has ignored the resounding public outcry for zoning laws that better protect historic buildings and provide for a minimum level of constraint in real estate development. Even in Piata Universitatea, the ill effects of uncontrolled business has reared itself in the form of unaesthetic neon clad casinos blinding passersby, even those wearing a pair of fake Gucci sunglasses. Presently, the Democratic Party hold 20 of the 54 city council seats and with the coalition split this inevitably means that it will be increasingly difficult to effect progress on the streets of Bucharest. What about the roughly 8,000 households needed to shelter those families who will be evicted this year due to property restitutions? Since Mr Videanu entered office, there are more than 300,000 cars in Bucharest. So where are the road improvements, and the long-awaited car parks? The answer is there aren't any, and Mr Videanu is squarely to blame. [...] C <http://www.seahorse-design.com/> Seahorse Design 2006 ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." (Carlo Goldoni) "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix)
