Tuesday, December 7, 2010 by the nationality of Acireale invitations and posters was convened at the conference hall of the parish St. Paolo di Acireale to discuss the decline of the city's main public company, once the economic engine and cultural center of the whole territory. Main topic of discussion they are currently in the degradation of the thermal baths and Acireale in Sicily. With Regional Law No. 10 of '99, the Region had decreed, In fact, the privatization of the Terme di Acireale and Sciacca, when promoters of economic and cultural activities of high quality. The spa acese the mid nineteenth century and until the '70s, reached a pool of people from all walks of life from most of the country and abroad, responding not only to therapeutic needs, but offering cultural events which is then supplemented with a sophisticated tourist industry. Do not forget that from 1967 until 1989 and was the site of Acireale an exhibition of contemporary art Acireale tourist Spa, promoted by the then Director of Spa, dr. Grassi Leanza, among the most lives in the Italian territory, tempi in cui pochi erano in grado di comprendere il potenziale creativo degli artisti contemporanei. Oggi, a più di dieci anni dalla legge, l'obiettivo della privatizzazione è fallito, le Terme di Acireale sono state smantellate e sono a un passo dal fallimento totale, nonostante la rilevanza del loro patrimonio immobiliare, compreso il bacino delle acque termali cui attingevano. Molti nel tempo hanno stigmatizzato gli sprechi e la cattiva gestione dell'Ente Terme, ma fino ad ora nessuna aggregazione di cittadini si era mossa nell’ottica della difesa del benessere della città e del territorio, per intervenire dal basso contro il rischio di distruzione di un vasto patrimonio che a tutti appartiene. Le Terme infatti sono o, meglio, erano il più substantial real estate portfolio of the city of Acireale. The last act of destruction was in the past year the appointment of a liquidator.
In the early days of December 2010 however, a small group of citizens convened a public conference-debate to argue that to revive the Terme di Acireale is possible. At the table the national deputy of the Democratic Party, the Hon. Giuseppe Beretta, the provincial secretary Luca Spadaro, the local PD leader, Joseph Cicala, the secretary of the circle of Pd Acireale, Antonio Raciti, according to documents in their possession, analyzed and reported the facts. Among the speakers during the debate, Salvatore La Rosa pointed out that very serious decision to sell to Private not well identified not only the health care facilities and hotels in the Spa, but also the granting of water, precious in the city for more than a century and donated in full to the municipality by Baron Agostino Pennisi Floristella in the fifties. How many falls the responsibility of the irreversible crisis of the Baths, which were well equipped with brand new equipment? The staff of Spa, medical, paramedical and administrative staff, in order to avoid the scandal of mass layoffs, was gradually dispersed in various administrations in which, without possessing any power, now stationed at the expense of practically inactive region, ie all citizens. In contrast, long have been given to various structures private operating unbeknownst to almost everyone on the same street of the Baths, where the spas are allocated abandoned, the concessions for the use of water. Very few of those present knew that the territory today SRL offers treatments and products with the logo of the Terme di Acireale. Who has profit and profit on all this? The conclusion of The Rose is bitter that after more than 2000 years (there is still, fortunately, the archaeological site of Santa Venera at the well, thermal plant of the Greeks and Romans passed through these parts, in full operation until the Middle Ages, with plants calidarium tepidarium and well preserved by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage), our generation has managed to destroy the reality Spa in the territory of our municipality. The areas within which the Committee should move the infant, already rich in authoritative accessions are: spas, roads, culture, tourism, agricultural development, employment provided, however, to actively defend the public property by embezzlement and speculation unworthy and Consider the best practices of the spas that work well in all such areas there is a long draw, as opposed to the hot springs of Acireale, the European funds maturing in the next 2013.
Meanwhile, despite the resistance of the liquid agent in providing the required documentation, the organizers of the round table gave the public a sufficient amount of information on matters which pertain directly to the citizens: the heritage of the spa town, the well-being of present and future generations, unfortunately, already seriously compromised, as well as embezzlement by local decisions taken at the highest levels of government. it seems the time has come that the citizens of Acireale feel ready to take the responsibility to intervene directly, as auditors of public administrators and politicians, but also as facilitators of projects in the public and widely shared in society.
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