This year too, the summer season is coming to life without any certain rules in Oristano. The regulation on outdoor seating, approved in April by the Productive Activities Commission after months of discussions with trade associations, was supposed to return to the Executive Committee and then to the City Council with the text updated by the offices. Instead, everything is stuck in the offices.
"We are waiting for the draft," confirms the competent councilor Valentina De Seneen. And while politics procrastinates, the municipal police promise tight controls and night raids: the goal is to restore order in a city where, by now, the occupation of public land is getting out of hand.
"It often happens that some establishments set out a few tables during the day and double them in the evening, when our officers are no longer on duty. For this reason, we are also planning checks during the night," warns the commander of the police Gianni Uras. Last year, about ten establishments were fined, most in the historic center and some in the suburbs. But the feeling is that the phenomenon is much wider and underestimated.
The regulatory vacuum has been dragging on for some time: Andrea Lutzu's council had already tried to fill it, then the new regulation had been announced as a priority since the beginning of the Sanna council, first with councilor Rossana Fozzi and now with Valentina De Seneen. But all is silent too. The topic is hot and the feeling, also whispered by some majority exponents, is that there is a lack of political will to bring a potentially slippery measure to the Chamber. Certain rules, in fact, would inevitably mean touching delicate balances, making clear choices, and perhaps displeasing someone.
