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Fidel Beev did not respond to the invitation for a public dispute made to him by the election headquarters of the candidate mayor Atanas Vodev. The interest of the citizens of Velingrad to the announced discussion was obvious: the large hall of the municipality was crowded, some of the visitors remained standing.
The host of the meeting was Daniela Tsopanova, who waited the standard 15 minutes and in the absence of Mr. Beev gave the floor to the debater Atanas Vodev. He explained that he was in the hall because the right solutions should be sought together with the active citizens, on their own initiative and after public debates and discussions. The way to exchange views is a dispute, not a monologue from the TV screen.
Instead of dialogue for 1 year now the municipality of Velingrad is without a development plan. Velingrad should be at the forefront among Bulgarian municipalities, not 156th, but at the moment there is not even a page on the Internet. During the winter tourist season there are 300 000 tourists in Bansko, which means 150 000 leva direct income for the municipality only from the tourist fee of 50 stotinki. We need to find a mechanism for this to happen in Velingrad, then there will be money for asphalting and for the resort's advertisement. For 3 months Municipal administration should be arranged so as to help the business as much as possible - to observe the deadlines for the legalization of sites, not to delay the licenses and other services that depend on the municipality. The model is Cave, we should do it too, Mr. Vodev said. As an example, the management of Mayor Yordan Lechkov in Sliven was also given, where the budget in 2004. was 24 million leva, and for 2005. It is now 38 million leva. And in the municipality of Velingrad we should not wonder how to spend the budget of 8 million, but think how to do it 4 times more, Mr. Vodev categorically stated. One way is the current zero readiness for doing projects to be overcome with one expert team, because if we ourselves will be to blame, if we do not receive money from the pre-accession European funds. Industrial zones should be set up in the villages in order to have work for the people, and not rely only on subsidized jobs under programs. Sports areas, more playgrounds, providing computers for schools are also needed. Soon Velingrad will have a first-class sports facility, submitted the candidate mayor's promise to the sports minister V. Ivanov-Lucciano. The House asked Mr. Vodev why he didn't serve what F wanted. Beev's apology (the reason for the request were Vodev's words that he did not want to sit at one table at the meeting with the regional governor with Beev, who constantly has problems with the investigation and the prosecution). I don't have investigative and court cases, if someone is worried that he has allowed a lot of common ground with these institutions, it's at his expense, replied At. Vodev. The requested declarations for an honest election campaign were commented by him like this: it should be fair not only to the campaign, but also to the government, and not when a mayor is elected, to start violating the parvila.
I am very worried by Mr. Beev's words that if he is not elected, it will become scary here, said Dr. L. Krantev and asked what is being done to avoid playing the ethnic card in the municipality of Velingrad. This is the desire of one person, dictated by the opportunities to generate tension in order to win dividends in the elections. If repeated or there are actions that imply ethnic tension, the election headquarters will immediately inform the security authorities, Mr. Vodev said. The candidate mayor did not give guarantees that next year we will ski on "Sutka" and promised to use real opportunities for the development of ski tourism. We will make efforts "Chepinets" to finish the season and establish the status of the sports base, answered Atanas Vodev to the question whether there will be football in Velingrad. On the other important topic - the revenues from the mineral waters, Mr. Vodev explained that soon the feasibility study of the geothermal wealth of Velingrad and Sapareva Banya will be a fact and the data will show the most correct ways of water utilization. In front of the cultural figures, the candidate mayor committed the municipality to buy a large part of the circulation of their books and to provide them to the school libraries, as well as to change the attitude of the administration towards all local artists. I promise I will not let you down, everything else will fall into place, announced Atanas Vodev at the end of the meeting.
Elena Baeva