The Mayor Speaks

The photo was shot on May 8 and the mayor, Filippo Nogarin, was speaking at a political meeting in Piazza Attias, introducing his party's candidate in the regional elections that took place over the last weekend.

See also: A New Mayor - City Council - Piazza Attias

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City Council

The first meeting of the new town council took place yesterday, with the oath of the new mayor, Filippo Nogarin. His party, the Five Stars Movement, has an absolute majority of 20 out of 32 seats.

The PD (Democratic Party) has 7 seats, “Buongiorno Livorno” has 3 seats. “Città Diversa”, a civic list, and “Forza Italia”, the only party representing the right, have one seat each.

Stella Sorgente, 32 years, was appointed deputy mayor. Her name in Italian means literally rising star.

Giovanna Cepparello, 46 years, one of the leaders of “Buongiorno Livorno”, was unanimously elected president of the assembly. She is the first female president of our city council.

See also: Five Stars Livorno? - A New Mayor

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A Good Start?

In his first days as mayor Filippo Nogarin has already startled and sometimes even amused most of us. He immediately renounced his chauffeur-driven official car and turned up at Town Hall behind the wheel of his own white Audi. He still likes to ride his bicycle, but that could be somewhat impractical at times.

After going after the folly of a new hospital, he is also trying to stop a construction project that would result in the “cementification” of a square along the new canal, in the heart of the picturesque Venice quarter. We may even wonder if he could do something about the isthmus of Crocetta...

See also: A New Mayor - Town Hall - The Old Hospital - A New Canal - The Isthmus of Crocetta

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The Martian

How did my photo of the new mayor end up on the front page of the June 10 “Il manifesto”? I am still trying to ask, but until now I have received no answer. (“Il marziano” is The Martian)

See also: A New Mayor
External links: Il manifesto (Wikipedia) - Front pages (Il manifesto)

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A New Mayor

Livorno has a new mayor elect: Filippo Nogarin (Five Star Movement), a 44-year-old aerospace engineer, won with 53% the runoff against Marco Ruggeri (Democratic Party).

See also: Five Stars Livorno? - City Council
External links: Five Star Movement - Democratic Party (Wikipedia)
- M5S Takes Livorno (Corriere della Sera)
- Italian birthplace of Communist party falls to Beppe Grillo's M5S (The Guardian)

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Five Stars Livorno?

Livorno is probably the reddest city in Italy: in fact the “Partito Comunista Italiano” (Italian Communist Party) was founded here in 1921 and, after the Fascist Era and the war, it has ruled the city until now. In 2007 the name was changed to Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), but many older Livornese still call it “il partito” (the party).

In last Sunday's European Elections “the party” was boosted by the popularity of its secretary, the current Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and a very low turnout. PD's national average was around 40%, reaching 52% in Livorno. The same day we also had elections for a new mayor and, until now, the party's candidate had always been elected at the first round.

Not this time: many disaffected voters snubbed the party lists to vote for a coalition led by a newly formed political group called “Buongiorno Livorno” (Good Morning Livorno). The PD's result fell locally to 40%, with the need of a runoff voting against the Five Star Movement's candidate.

External links: Democratic Party - Five Star Movement (Wikipedia)

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Theme Day: My Street

Last September a fire erupted in an inner court threatening my apartment building and the whole block.

The smoke column was visible from all over town. My street was clogged with fire trucks and ambulances ...

... as it was the adjacent “Via Buontalenti”. Luckily no one suffered serious harm, but the building was evacuated for a while and several lower storey apartments reported some damages.

At last, even the mayor showed up to check on the situation. (Pictures taken on September 24th)

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

See also: Fire

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Foreign Navies 2012

The delegations of the Navies present to the 29th TAN paraded yesterday on “Via Grande”, gathering then in “Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square) for a simple ceremony. The Navy band was playing all along.Alessandro Cosimi, the mayor of Livorno, was on the balcony of Town Hall with the commander of the Naval Academy, the Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.The cadets of every Navy present at the Trophy were carrying their flags.The marble staircase of Town Hall festooned with flags at the end of the ceremony.The flags were arranged in alphabetical order at the right of the Italian Navy flag, continuing on the other side of the staircase.

Search labels: TAN - Tuttovela
See also: Piazza del Municipio - Town Hall - Foreign Navies 2010 - Foreign Navies 2011
External links: Italian Naval Academy

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