Dear energy, in Sardinia mayors ready to "turn off" the small municipalities
Budgets at risk, in Bortigali lighting only in the main streets
The mayors of the small Sardinian municipalities in the trenches against the expensive bills.
The latest is Francesco Caggiari, mayor of Bortigali : he has ordered that public lighting will be guaranteed only on the roads with the greatest traffic . In one area of the town the street lamps will remain off while in the industrial area the light points will be active alternately: two off and one on in the middle.
"All this - explains the mayor in a notice to citizens - to keep the municipal budget intact and avoid a dangerous deficit". Contributions to cover the high bills have also arrived. But according to Caggiari they are not enough: drastic cuts and blackouts are needed.
Francesco Usai , mayor of Ussassai , 480 inhabitants, the smallest town in the Barbagia di Seùlo, jokes about it.
"Given the exorbitant cost of diesel and petrol for the wheat harvest - we read in an ironic post on social media - considering that primitive man did this: 1) we do not use diesel and petrol for combine harvesters, etc. 2) we do not consume cooking gas 3) we do not light fires and / or consume wood. So: we eat the wheat at the level of the 'grain' dried in the sun !! For other determinations ... let's see ".
From small towns to big cities there is a chorus of grievances after the August "blow" on electricity bills. In Oristano it went from 181 thousand euros spent in that month in 2021 to 466 thousand paid a few days ago. In Cagliari the bill has tripled, rising from 249 thousand to 611 thousand, in Sassari from 180 thousand to 312 thousand.
(Unioneonline / D)
