By Libby, Libby & Short

"concord parvae

decorated ceiling in the Council Chamber of the City of St. Augustine, stands the inscription:

"res crescunt parvae harmony, discord maximae dilabuntur "

means:

" even small things grow in harmony, in contrast, even the largest vanish "and comes from" Bellum Iugurthinum "Sallust, Roman historian.

Well, it seems that she was never so 'even if this statement appropriate, its own presence should serve as a warning to the councilors.

In fact, in the municipal council of November 30, and' Something happened that made it clear the effectiveness and relevance of this assertion Latin America.
things first.
in the room advising the City of St. Augustine, in addition to the motto that, with aromas of truffles, residues of recent, and narrow luculiani banquet in honor of the late tuber, also afflict certain clichés.
The most popular, for those who usually attend the city council, is one in which the minority considered "old-Communist" capable only of sterile polemics, short of ideas and running after only wire Stalinist ideology over the children to cook low heat; obvious.
Neglecting now the following proactive steps to refute that, objectively, that cliché, the last case and 'that the proposal made by Project Open " through an agenda of the board Nov. 30, proposed by the parent Simone Tassinari which provided for the establishment of separate waste collection systems by means of" door to door ".


The proposal 'was rejected, the council majority voted against .
Unbelievable but true.
Then you will think that the Government has brought something different and maybe the best views of the 30 days that was available, including a banquet with truffles, truffle and a symposium on a good calicino white, to analyze the proposed text.
No, no alternative in detail.
Only words councilor Grazioli, who said
"I did the accounts of thumb and I can say that it is an expensive project ...."
of thumb ...?
Yes, of-thumb was calculated as the cost to restore the old elementary schools because the amount of poison called "A TOT.." A
come forward-looking and attentive to the proposals of the minority vote and could adjust the text for four hands. But the sad, barren and sterile (here we are ...) rejection no alternative but to reveal the intent to better evaluate a collection like that implemented in Poggio Berni (RN).

proposing Poggio Berni address is clear that the administration wants to give: increase the proportion of differentiated, losing interest in quality.

Poggio Berni introduced in mid 2008, the cap with the key on custom maps indifferentiation containers. As those of Poggio Renatico Gallo.

What's the difference. At Poggio Renatico the differential is collected through the "door to door", while in Poggio Berni give citizens in the street bins, including a dedicated Wet ..

It 's a system that does not create many problems of organization and commitment to its citizens, its administrators.

This system limits you that the experience described below, is to understand how it appears unsustainable because it involves awareness and not enough users and leads to a collection of very poor quality, so that affect the subsequent recycling.

In short, the city throws in container traffic and the mixture depending on the sensitivity, pollution and just a few to compromise the contents of the entire box.

At Imola, who had used the system of differentiated road, has returned to the traditional bins, because the moisture was mixed with the rest and eventually, as the separation is uneconomic, it all ended at 'incinerator. Might as well remove the targeted box and humid so they did.

It 's very important for the economic sustainability of the project a great quality of differentiated Lche guarantee a return.

Last week also Bondeno (Lega Nord, a coincidence?) Said no to the "door to door, and two assessors virtuous as those of Poggio and Renatico Occhiobello, go ahead

me think that the basis of this waste of the "door to door", as well as the pursuit of the ephemeral success of the facade, there is also the unavailability of the councilors and municipal officials, to do more in terms of time and applied actions of information-organization, because with the "door-citizens should be motivated and took his hand in a process that requires great attention and resources.

But maybe 'think the worst.

But How 'and' thinking ill of the minority that do not open project proposals.
The proposals are there and this was one of the examples.
but must 'be willing to evaluate and monitor these proposals, not entrench the silos of ideologies and the extremists on both sides with all their archaic prejudices.

- the majority could propose amendments to adjust the text and did not do so.

- most understood the proposal as an opportunity instead of a gauntlet.

- the majority did not produce an objective data to quantify what it means in terms of quality, quantity and economical door-to-door collection systems than others, reflecting, at least, the His selflessness and his lack of preparation.

- Again Once the proclamations and the abused and abberrante term "concrete" are followed by explanations and only carelessness

And this' was strongly evident.
Everything, in fact, shown the way by current contextual motto written in large letters on the ceiling of the hall decorated advise:
"res crescunt parvae harmony, discord maximae dilabuntur " even small things grow in harmony, in contrast, even the larger vanish.
And great Sallustio, long view!