Yesterday, at his office, Jean Icart introduced the members of his team and likely his future list “Nice Réunie” for the upcoming 2014 Nice municipal elections, which he will approach with the motto: “Dare to act differently.” Quite a program…
Jean Icart aimed to kill two birds with one stone yesterday with the inauguration of the “Nice Réunie” office and the presentation of his list for the upcoming Nice municipal elections. For the electoral battle, the candidate surrounded himself with Marion Aufan, director of the office and administration, Jean-Pierre Grost and Eric Melloul, in charge of field operations, Didier Theron to preside over the association for campaign financing, Martine Ribière to ensure compliance with electoral rules, Maurice Bassano and Albert Enriquez to prepare campaign themes, and finally Florent Perrier and Jérémie Pistre, who are responsible for digital communication.
The campaign’s attack angle? “Dare to act differently / Think different,” a slogan and quote that will guide his commitment. The candidate positions himself as the opposite of Mayor Christian Estrosi, whose track record and management of the city he criticizes heavily.
For him, acting differently means:
- managing differently: “the tax should not be a variable adjustment”
- investing differently: “today’s debts are tomorrow’s taxes”
- communicating differently: tighten spending on representation and prestige
- “enough with accumulation and the hold of a party over the city”
“My label is Nice”
A former ally and collaborator of Christian Estrosi, Jean Icart calls himself “worried” about the mayor’s management. “He doesn’t manage, he launches ideas without thinking about the costs, consequences, and impacts.” “He confuses action and reaction,” says the Nice Réunie candidate before clarifying: “Estrosi and the others have given a pitiful image of the UMP.” The criticisms leveled by Jean Icart? A housing tax that increased by 70% between 2008 and 2012, a debt of Nice and the Metropolis reaching 1.3 billion euros, a stadium that is more expensive and smaller than the one in Turin (245 million euros for 35,624 seats versus 105 million euros for 41,000 seats), as well as the issue of its parking, or the accumulation of mandates.
The candidate “unaffiliated anywhere,” above all a “free spirit, Niçois and entrepreneur,” keeps the door of his office on rue Tonduti de l’Escarène open to those who will adhere to his principles by the time of the first-round elections on March 23, 2014.
The race is indeed underway in these Nice municipal elections!
