Nicola Spagnol: re-nomination excluded in June
On the occasion of the administrative elections of the Municipality of Verona, June 2012, the appointments with the local politics of the Verona Network Group continue. Today is the turn of Nicola Spagnol, councilor for public and private construction of the political party Verona Domani. Taking over the councilor Andrea who resigned at the end of last December for family reasons, Spagnol retraces his political path and his short term as councilor that will expire in June, as he has not planned to run again in the administrative elections.
Nicola Spagnol became councilor for public and private construction at the beginning of January 2022. A particularly stressed department. Why did he get this assignment? Knowing, among other things, that he will not reappear as a candidate on 12 June?
Some time ago some old friends, when I wore the Forza Italia shirt, involved me in the activities started of a civic nature, as in the last five years the Sboarina administration was born with the civic list Battiti Verona Domani. In particular, in Verona Tomorrow, many friends from the old days had converged. Speaking at a dinner, as they say in Veronese, “they pulled me by the jacket”, that is, they asked me to return to politics with them and I started going to Verona tomorrow.
Also because they relied on a person of experience. You were already a councilor at the time of the mayor Sironi, so you had already gained administrative experience. She too began her political experience with Forza Italia.
I had recently graduated, it was 1994. I resided in the stadium and was convinced by some friends of the neighborhood to run for the constituency. From there was born the presidency of the third constituency, the new electoral campaign, the department and the default for the center-right in 2002.
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Also charmed by the strong figure of Berlusconi at the time, what did you like about that Forza Italia?
The enthusiasm and openness to everyone, to anyone. I remember that at the party level you were listened to, at least until 2002 in our city. Then I completed the mandate as the opposite. And then, aware of what had happened in 2002, I decided to devote my time to the profession of lawyer.
You administered the city in the late 90s, early 2000s, and returned to administer it in 2022. How has the way of administration changed? Has the way of approaching politics, the approach to the environments of Palazzo Barbieri, the relationship with the managers changed? Has the way of doing politics changed?
The way of doing politics does not change, as I believe it depends on the subject. However, the administration of the 2000s and that of 2022 are different prehistoric eras. A world has truly changed from the first experience as a councilor to the second. It is whoever plays the role who must adapt. I believe that the politician who devotes himself to the administration must be available to managers and citizens. It must not be the politician who demands, but he must accompany the solution of the daily problems of his own city.
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A few months available to give an account of a department, that of public and private construction, also tried by the numerous requests for access to the deeds for bonuses and super bonuses. Did you manage to intervene in any way, even if you have had little time available in recent months?
I must say with the consent of the whole council, first of all the mayor Sborina, we are trying to solve a problem that occurred at the end of the year. The government itself seems to be issuing the decree for the waiver in a few days: therefore the famous deadline of June 30 to enjoy the various bonuses should be postponed. Keep in mind that if previously there were normally 60 accesses to the records, in a month to the Municipality of Verona, we have now reached between 700 and 800. So, no matter how much we can organize, it is impossible to cope with them.
My personal experience leads me to note that on 31 December 2021 there was a backlog of 2692 files. Yesterday we went down to 1800. Now there is the presumption, with the last arrival that there was, that for the month of May we will be at par, that is, we will be able to evade them within a week. There was help from all the employees of the private construction sector and from the managers of the other sectors on many aspects, including the economic one, making use of external realities that really help to make the copy that the citizen needs.
At the same time, all sectors of the municipality, all my colleagues, have made the decision to provide private construction with human resources over the next two months. We take into account that in recent months and still today, all the resources of the budget cannot be used for legislative reasons. There was therefore a team effort with which this administration coped with the situation.
Clearly we apologize to the citizens for the delay that has been caused in recent months by no one. In May, everything will be sorted out thanks to all those employees who work overtime today for only 9 euro gentlemen per hour. Many times today accusations are made against the public, perhaps very often unfounded. My experience leads me to see a maximum availability and a sense of duty which is what our citizens expect.
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You have a definite role right now. You are the political coordinator for the administrative for Verona Domani. Even if maybe it wasn’t in the plans, but do you like the idea of reapplying on June 12? She clearly she won’t. But if there was the possibility, wouldn’t you make us available again as you did in January?
I made myself available in January for a political situation that needed a prompt resolution. I had already been the secretary of Forza Italia in the past. I believe that the secretary of a political force should not compete with its members, with its sympathizers, with its staff. When you fill the role of secretary, you need to be available for all needs and election campaigns. It would be unfair if I were to run as secretary. When I have a home with the president of Verona Domani, Matteo Gasparato and his friend Stefano, the scepter of this electoral campaign, my administrative role was absolutely excluded. In times of need, it can happen to fill a role that was not foreseen. In this case I was lucky enough to have some experience behind me.
We close with a joke on Verona Domani. We have also seen a restyling, the logo, the renewed graphic campaign and obviously a group that has also been enriched with new entries. One who has shown consistency over the years and who is once again in support of Federico Sboarina Mayor.
I joined Verona Domani because I relived the enthusiasm of Forza Italia ’94. I relived the will to do something for the city where you live. It is truly exciting to attend our meetings, to carry out projects. Since I was born in the constituency and Matteo Gasparato in 1994 also took his steps in the constituency, the thing that matters most to me is and the respect of those who hold minor positions that come to the first point of the agenda. So I can only thank Verona Domani for giving me this opportunity.
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