Dear Mr. Mayor, his
new ordinance against the washer fills us with sadness and at the same time greater belief in our struggle. For almost a month, will have 'noticed in the morning arriving at the office every day two people on hunger strike for 24 hours, stand under the Palazzo Vecchio wearing placards. You may have 'read the texts. Contain two messages: the request for immediate withdrawal of the order against lavavatri, and the affirmation that we must fight poverty ', not the poor. This and our non-violent struggle 'began September 21 with the aim of inducing an afterthought. We wanted to open a discussion with the public sector, in the spirit of nonviolence, which always promotes dialogue, even when the most expresses dissent. We hoped until the last minute that she would accept the comparison, without a priori refuse to listen to our arguments. In recent days, we had also agreed with the Assessor Graziano Cioni, promoter of the ordinance, a public meeting to be held before Oct. 30, expiration date 'natural' order 'contingibile and urgent'.
His new measure, announced yesterday, ahead of schedule, it seems also close this discussion forum. We sincerely This embittered its closure, which has an ethical and cultural character, even more than politics. We were hoping again, despite everything, she would have agreed to recover the idea of \u200b\u200bcity 'welcoming, supportive, and that peacemaking ' was some of his illustrious predecessors. E 'idea of \u200b\u200ba city' that has made Florence the famous and popular in the world. Today, Florence is known for his struggle with no quarter given to a small group of people - about a fifty-called wipers - in the name of a security concept that does not bode well for the future.
Mr. Mayor, we believe that you have indulged a sense of impatience and fear present among our fellow citizens, that should be dealt with other topics. We believe that there has never been in the city 'no' emergency window washers' and that we can not deal with the inconvenience or discomfort aroused by the behavior of very few people, putting 'outlaws' who is still trying to get away, earning a few Euros to intersections. We believe that an open, supportive and peacemaking would have acted very differently in , such as trying to meet the washer 50, to talk with them, in search of living conditions and better working and more 'safe for all. Administration and friendly with a strong sense of solidarity 'would send a conciliatory message to the citizens and motorists, without emphasizing the problem, and trying to keep the issue in the tracks of rationality 'and common sense.
The City 'that we want and for which we continue to fight, would undertake to affirm the idea of \u200b\u200bsecurity that includes the option' - for everyone - have a roof and the right to seek the living conditions and decent work . And 'this is a very challenging concept of security,' cause it touches - for example - to change a set of immigration laws (beginning with one called Bossi-Fini) to extend social policies, to include in our society, 'who today remain on the sidelines. In our cities' home to thousands of poor, homeless, of the 'sans papiers', to be excluded from everything and everyone ... The approach that we imagine, would also oppose the idea of \u200b\u200bsecurity is now known in Florence and much of Italy: security based on misunderstandings slogans like 'zero tolerance' and emphasis on the prohibitions, controls the police, limitations on the rights and freedoms'. History teaches us that the extension of repressive measures, even when made with the apparent consent of the people, and ' harbinger of disaster.
We believe that enlarged and united idea security within the reach of our city '. In Florence, we can draw on a popular and democratic tradition of which we must be proud: this' time not to give in to the mood of the moment, the temptation of shortcuts repressive, but to exploit the best of what comes to us from the past. Today Florence 'a city' that shows a face hostile and ' closed incattivita, intolerant . It's not 'the city' that we want, and we believe that even she wants to disseminate an image of Florence so 'deteriorated.
Even so, Mr. Mayor, we do not despair and we are asking you to accept you as 'a public meeting soon with us and with that part of town' that does not recognize itself in the spirit of his orders.
For us, today and tomorrow we will still be in Piazza della Signoria with our signs, and Wednesday ' night to celebrate the way our world day of fight against poverty ', sleeping in the open, in front of Palazzo Vecchio. Our fast rolling at that point will be 'over, but the speech can not' that remain open. people, their lives, their expectations and their rights, do not cancel the order at a glance. We continue to believe that Florence can 'still change course and go back to being a city' open, supportive, selfless.
Sincerely,
Bortolon Matteo, Lorenzo Guadagnucci, Camilla Lattanzi, Luca Limata, Alessandro Santoro, Marco Sodi, Saverio Tommasi (promoters of the fast rolling from September 21 to October 17)
The penultimate day 
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