For the first birthday, the majority of the City Council has chosen an informal setting to celebrate a year of administration : a terrace, that of the Lazzaretto di Sant'Elia, overlooking the Gulf of Cagliari between the scent of fish and the sea breeze.

An out-of-protocol meeting, inside the city. The majority councilors, together with the mayor Massimo Zedda, met at the Lazzaretto restaurant, one of the liveliest and most lived-in places in the neighborhood, to take stock of the first year of their mandate and look at future projects. No rigid stage, no formal tone: only the desire to convey the sense of an administration that – at least in its gestures – tries to present itself as accessible and present.

Yet, the most unexpected moment came after dinner. When the mayor, guitar in hand, decided to join his voice with that of the evening's entertainer on the notes of “Knockin' on Heaven's Door”, Guns N' Roses' version of Bob Dylan's iconic song. A scene that surprised those present – citizens, councilors and councilors, cultural operators – more accustomed to seeing him on the benches of the Council than under the spotlight.

A way – yet another one by Zedda – to ease the distance between the Municipality and its citizens and, why not, to tone down politics .

The risk, as always in these cases, is that of the theatricalization of consensus. But if the city is also a story, then this image of the mayor-musician fits into an already known narrative: that of a mayor who tries to speak the language of the community and not only through press releases.

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