Udinese....

21-02-2012

Giuliana Linda Pozzo: “Also donating is hard in Udine!”

“The donation of the toys (“of toys”?) at the Moretti-Foni park cannot proceed without the permission for the construction of a fixed refreshment stall inside the green area”. Sa (??) says Giuliana Linda Pozzo, who has been (“who has been forever…”?) caring for the revitalization of one of the most important places of the city forever.

“We are pleased that the Town (“City”, seeing that it has some 100,000 people?) of Udine have accepted, on 7 February, the donation of the new multipurpose toys at the Moretti park, thanks to Udinese for Life and the Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Manzano, but I am taken aback by the fact that since then there has been no green lights (“no green light”?) for the installation of a fixed refreshment stall which is essential to revitalize the whole area. I understand that Italian bureaucracy can prevent a private individual from building a permanent structure on public soil, but at the same time, during the presentation press conference concerning the donation we had been granted that an urgent procedure would have been set up to assign a specific licence. But now, late February, everything is still silent”. “It is frankly unacceptable. We’ve been fighting for month (“months”?) this battle that only aims at making the Moretti-Foni park really available to the citizens. Especially during the warmer times of year (“warmer periods of the year”?), when people start “living” the area more intensively, it is unthinkable to be without a place where they can buy a bottle of water. As Udinese Calcio, I am saying this for the last time: we are willing to set up, at our own expenses, a refreshment stall to distribute free food and drinks to the people (“to people”?). But at the same time I am asking the Town of Udine (see above…) to communicate, as soon as possible, the date of issue of the announcement for the assignation (??) of the specific licence in that area. Otherwise we will block immediately the delivery of the new facilities that we have bought with a considerable economic effort in favour of all citizens. I am sorry to have to get to this point, but it is clear that in Udine it is very hard to make donations…”.