After participatory democracy, we move on to local democracy. Poor democracy, whose meaning should encompass all its forms and not need to be accompanied by adjectives to qualify it.
True to his new conception of local democracy beyond ideologies and parties, but close to the people and their problems, Patrick Allemand has become the representative for all those who wish to report a problem and bring it to the administrative level: after the “Rotunda” of the Ray stadium, sacrificed on the altar of real estate interests, after the relocation of the Photography Museum, which must make way for the vanity of the former mayor who wants to have his theater school in the name of a great artist, here is the third report: the nuisances of drug addicts (and dealers) who loiter around the train station, more specifically in the perimeter of Raimbaldi Street.
In a letter addressed to the new mayor, Patrick Allemand highlights a tense and intolerable situation for the residents and merchants of this neighborhood.
There is no need to list the different aspects of the situation. Everyone knows the degraded condition, whether physical, moral, or sanitary, of these people. They are poor wretches, often incapable of taking responsibility for their actions and behavior.
That being said, they are very human, and since they exist, we must deal with it. If we had the solution, it would be known, appreciated, and quickly applied across all regions.
Patrick Allemand could remember that the phenomenon is global and all cities in the world have their “Raimbaldi Street,” although to varying degrees.
The elected official suggests adopting certain measures (more interventions from national and municipal police; deployment of a prevention team; increased activity of volunteer associations on the ground), which pose no contraindication as long as it is well understood that the effects are equivalent to those of aspirin for treating cancer.
One proposal is more striking: the reopening of a CAARUD in the city center, which, on the positive side, would allow for the reestablishment of medical monitoring but would have the major disadvantage of creating a gathering place leading to the degradation and disorder of the area.
Patrick Allemand forgets that the closure of the one that existed on Offenbach Street was subject to virulent opposition to its presence by the residents of that area, who advanced the same arguments as those on Raimbaldi Street?
Nonetheless, it does not mean that nothing should be done, quite the contrary. But we must not lose sight of the scale and complexity of the problem and its severity.
By avoiding the spread of false illusions, which would be even more dangerous than the current dramatic situation.
A prognosis for the continuation of this matter? Who will have the political courage to take it on seriously?
Therefore, it will end up being filed!
