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Francesco Iarrera, Mayor of
Oliveri, Italy

The 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards will be conferred on mayors who have demonstrated that by listening to and working closely with the citizens of their own communities as well as by forming partnerships and friendships with towns and cities at home and across borders, cities can succeed where nations struggle. Mayors shortlisted for the World Mayor Prize have been commended for their humanity, local leadership and their ability to bring people together.

Francesco Iarrera, Mayor of Oliveri, Sicily, Italy, was a finalist for the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards


Commendations for
Francesco Iarrera
Mayor of Oliveri, Sicily, Italy


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Commended by Z. V., Messina, Sicily
In this race to 25 I encourage Doctor Iarrera, Mayor of Oliveri. In my humble opinion, he embodies the Mayor's ideal of "good will". He is full of so much good will. Last, of the many good mayors who administered the municipality of Oliveri. He represents the category of good and respectable mayors who have succeeded one another with the tricolor band in the small Sicilian village. From 2019 to today he has focused on sharing, collaboration and friendship. Oliveri is a community twinned with Germany. I encourage the young Doctor Iarrera in this global challenge.


Commended by resident of Sicily
Discovering that the Mayor of a very small Sicilian community is vying for global recognition is a huge surprise.

I support the Mayor of Oliveri, the dearest and sweetest Doctor Francesco Iarrera, since he truly embodies the essence of this year's theme, "Friendship between cities", with all sincerity and honesty he embodies the theme of friendship, respect, cooperation, collaboration, closeness and humanity, every day of his life, is his human state. A humane, compassionate doctor, like few others.

Over the years I have admired his ability to connect with people from all walks of life. His genuine nature shines through in every interaction he has with others, without ever judging others.

The praise for his work as Mayor has been very well received by all his supporters.

The most important and beautiful praises that I have read so far concern his personal figure. A human person like Iarrera could not fail to be a human and good mayor. It's nice to find a small mayor like him on a global list.

I congratulate you for the beautiful presentation you gave of Doctor Iarrera, mayor of Oliveri:

<< In 2021, Francesco Iarrera was the winner of 'The Mayor's Game', a competition that promotes good government practices, initiatives to respond to challenges in terms of energy saving, new technologies as well as overcoming bureaucratic obstacles.

Today Oliveri hosts numerous asylum seekers to whom the community offers Italian language courses and consultancy for integration into Sicilian life. For a small town like Oliveri, welcoming and integrating around 60 people and making them an active part of the community is a great achievement.

“Mayor Iarrera has a big heart and communication skills that reassure citizens. He doesn't act like a politician. He behaves like a neighbour ”.

Oliveri maintains a friendship partnership with Breitnau in the Black Forest of Germany. >>

It's really him, a big heart, reassuring communication skills, he doesn't act as a politician, therefore he doesn't act as a Mayor, but he acts as a person. He's the boy next door.

Congratulations on your presentation, you managed to summarize the essence of this Mayor in just a few lines. I wish you organizers a splendid continuation on this journey.


Commended by Seby B., Sicily
I vote for Mayor Francesco Iarrera, mayor of the small Sicilian village, Oliveri. I believe his presence as a candidate for the World Mayor Prize 2023 is right, he is a mayor who supports cooperation and friendship between cities, striving to build friendships and partnerships as well as cooperate with countries and cities at home and across borders, this cooperation and friendship is undertaken in various forms from recreational activities, play, collaborations, twinning and partnerships.

Iarrera is a mayor who likes people. For this edition of the Award that the City Foundation will award, called: World Mayor of Friendship Award, the presence of the Mayor of Oliveri is right.

Iarrera is a mayor who administers a small Sicilian village, not known to everyone, who in his own small way, makes an exceptional contribution to friendship, partnership and cooperation between countries and cities at home and beyond the border.

You say that cities that act alone can be beacons of excellence. But when cities work together, learn from each other, share resources, exchange ideas and, above all, encourage citizens to meet and form friendships, they can truly become a force for good. Oliveri and his mayor strongly believe in these values of friendship.


Commended by Cinzia
Voto per il Sindaco Iarrera, sindaco di Oliveri. Lui è una persona colta e le persone colte sono semplici. E' un  sindaco colto e semplice. Gentile, amichevole, sensibile, umano è un sindaco che si astiene dal giudicare gli altri.


Commended by Silvio T., Italy
Surprised to learn from the media that the Mayor of Oliveri is present in the award list of the City Mayors Foundation which awards the World Mayor Award for Friendship.

Mayor Iarrera's candidacy for this title is right. He has sought to be a mayor who has made outstanding contributions to friendship, partnership and cooperation between countries and cities at home and across borders.

Oliveri has been twinned with a small town in the Black Forest for many years and Iarrera has tried to continue the collaboration. Iarrera is a friendly, good, far-sighted and global mayor. For the theme of this award his figure is suitable. I support it positively.


Commended by Gian P., Sicily
Finding the Mayor of Oliveri, Francesco Iarrera, a candidate in the running for this award, amazes me greatly from an administrative point of view, but reading the aims of the current edition of the award, the amazement vanishes and turns into certainty, because Iarrera's human qualities they are admirable and multiple, he is the right person to compete for such an award.

Humanity, genuineness, simplicity, goodness, education and brotherhood distinguish him. His administration exists because he is the epicenter. His collaborators exist because he is their nucleus. Without him, no one would exist.

Passion, friendship, sensitivity, inclusion, humanity, sharing, collaboration, represent Mayor Iarrera. An esteemed nutritionist, he is one of those people you meet who leave an indelible mark on your life.

I don't know if he will win this award or move on to the next stage, but I firmly believe that his person deserves this recognition.
Recognition, which the municipality of Oliveri that he administers deserves, recognition, which all of Sicily deserves, given that in this edition Iarrera is competing as the only Sicilian candidate.

SICILY is a land of passion, taste, meeting between cultures and Iarrera fights for this. Sicily is a land of smells, of flavors, like the basil that grew luxuriantly inside the vase.

Sicily is a meeting place between colours, between peoples, between cultures, and so it was for the two young lovers. Sicily is a desire for redemption from the pain suffered, like those that led the woman to the extreme act.

Sicily is welcoming for those who want it, and why not, even for those who are not entirely convinced. It's the sea, it's a cannoli, it's "the coffee is on the house", it's hospitality. >>

Oliveri is hospitality and friendship, in Oliveri and in the Mayor, you find the friendship, the warmth of those who can't wait to let those who come from far away taste the coffee granita with cream, the stigghiole, the arancino, the almond pastries, pizza, pasta with sardines, brioche with tuppo, of those who don't let their friend leave without having a cassata with them, cannoli with ricotta and a ticket to return the following summer to relive all the emotions that his land gives.

It is the pride of the Sicilians, it is unforgettable and it is thanks to the constancy with which all the arts that have been handed down until today are carried forward, the cuisine, the beauty, the majesty, the hospitality. Iarrera carries these arts forward.

Camilleri explains it well: "Sicilian friendship, the real one, is based on the unsaid, on intuition: one doesn't need to ask a friend, it's the other who autonomously understands and acts accordingly." And again: "Sicilian friendship is a difficult art and perhaps it should be called by a different name, fratrìa, brotherhood, consanguinity of choice. Between two Sicilian friends a magic circle is created that excludes others, the facts of the world and also of history." This reflects the Olivero community and its mayor.

I will not add any further details on the friendship and collaboration relationships implemented from 2019 to today by Mayor Iarrera nor all his solidarity and social initiatives, because the many praises in his honor are very explicit, clear and truthful.

My support is purely personal. The human value of a mayor is what distinguishes him in his political and personal path.
Iarrera is one of those people who enrich your candidate list due to his many human qualities.

Congratulations for your careful selection. It really honours you. Your list tells extraordinary stories of world Mayors, congratulations.

I support and support Mr. Francesco Iarrera, mayor of Oliveri.


Commended by Paola M., Italy
For the exclusive purposes of this award and for the object proposed for 2023, "friendship between peoples", the candidacy of the Mayor of Oliveri is right. Oliveri is a small welcoming community, widespread welcome of various ethnic groups and cooperation with German, Italian and Sicilian countries. The inclusion of the mayor in this context is appropriate. I evaluate Mayor Iarrera positively.


Commended by F. A., Sicily
With great pleasure, I welcome the invitation of your contest to support and encourage the Mayor of Oliveri, Mr. Francesco Iarrera.

A dazzling, charismatic young man. Mr. Iarrera has been an administrator since 2019, he has brought many innovations to his community. He is a friendly Mayor and exaggerates with do-goodism.
He has won notable prizes for virtuosity and friendship between peoples. The community he administers is friendly, open to diversity and inclusion. Supporting Mr. Iarrera is a pleasure.


Commended by resident of Oliveri
I live in Oliveri, Mayor Iarrera is the mayor of the community where I live. Although I respect Iarrera, I did not vote for him in the 2019 electoral cycleI didn't vote for him
because of the political choices he made.

Today, I am here, writing and supporting him in this global journey, which is your prize. I support Mayor Iarrera.

In recent years Iarrera has designed beauty in the municipal area. He was a mayor who went against the grain. A real flatterer. With his enthusiasm, Oliveri breathed new air, the community rediscovered itself in all its beauty and was conquered by love. At the head of this climb there was only one person, Mayor Francesco Iarrera, he was the engine of change.

The citizens have understood that the territory does not belong to those who administer it but to every single person who lives there. Everything that happens belongs to the citizens and everyone collaborates to improve it.

Today Iarrera is not the enthusiastic mayor he was a few years ago, he certainly pays for the wrong political choices made, but he is willing and feisty. He never gives up. He works constantly. He is a free Mayor and he dedicates his freedom with extreme dedication on a daily basis to the community.

Today the community is welcoming, inclusive, friendly. Examples of this are the certificates of esteem present on this website and the personal recognitions obtained over the years by the Mayor.

Francesco Iarrera is the central man, the fulcrum, everything revolves around him. The real revolution was his person. As a citizen of Oliveri, I support the human and extravagant personality of Mayor Iarrera, wishing him a continuation in this competition


Commended by Gino C., Sicily
This is more or less how it works: for every self-respecting human phenomenon there is the story, then there is the story of how the story was told, and then finally there is the real story. Mayor Iarrera in his own way, right or wrong, is continuing to weave Oliveri's story.

In recent years he has won several prizes, "prizes", which he likes to define as "nothing", or rather "glory", "visibility", "flattery".

He was a Mayor ready to study, inform himself, research and work for his Oliveri, day and night. He never gave weight to "glories".

We must say that the world is full of "glories", but they are not all the same. We live in an era particularly characterized by arrogance, abuse and aggression and the difference is created by commitment and tenacity and the mayor wants to be remembered not for his glories, but for his commitment and tenacity.

Lemony Snicket, wrote: "Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, since you might have an extraordinary view from the highest branch, or you might simply fill yourself with resin, and this it is the reason why many people decide to spend their time alone and at home, where it is more difficult to get bitten by a splinter", trusting this mayor is for many citizens, not to be afraid of getting bitten by a splinter. Iarrera, transmits security, calm and optimism, he demonstrated this in the tragic moments of the pandemic with his daily social stories, which later became a book.

"The storm is capable of dispersing the flowers but is not capable of damaging the seeds", thus recites a verse by the Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran. This is the consolation that heaven delivers to the hearts of great men who love great actions, and this is the light that makes us - the children of knowledge - walk with our heads held high on the path of life, this should be a maxim that accompanies all the mayors of the world on their administrative journey, the Mayors are all great men who love great actions.

In this list there are 25 great men and women who fight every day for small and large actions, this is a fact, their stories, their praise, speak clearly, the world is full of great Mayors and their stories they are really beautiful.

With your award you do justice to all the mayors who work hard for their communities every day. Compliments.

Mayor Francesco is a small mayor who continues to write the story of his little Oliveri with energy, a story written by other mayors and which today in the social era he continues to write.


Commended by Debby H., Sicily
For this honour I vote for Doctor Francesco Iarrera, Mayor of Oliveri.

He is a unique doctor. I owe him a lot.
He is an extraordinary mayor, he works for the benefit of all citizens, regardless of race, sex, religion, politics or legal status.
He is a first citizen constructively engaged in social affairs, the environment, cross-border cooperation and peace efforts. Idealist and pragmatic. He is not afraid of anything. He is a courageous and convinced mayor.
He has all the characteristics to find himself on this list. He is full of humanity even if he doesn't think so!

All the praise expressed on this site defines it well. He is the Mayor who with his Facebook stories in the time of Covid made the suffering less heavy, I thank him for the pages of his book because they manage to bring smiles. For this honour I am rooting for Doctor Iarrera.


Commended by S. S., Verona, Italy
Oliveri is a little corner of paradise, finding it on the list of this world award is exciting.
Oliveri and its 2000 inhabitants, who ever imagined reading it in a global context!
Oliveri is a small paradise on earth. Oliveri has always been a treasure.
Oliveri remains in the hearts of those who visit it and its inhabitants remain in the hearts of those who know them.

With amazement, I discovered that Mayor Iarrera is in the running for this award.

Francesco is a friend, a person who remains in the hearts of those who meet him. An eternal boy. An eternal Peter Pan. I never imagined I would find him leading a community. Yet he has been mayor for four and a half years! A non-grudge, kind, naïve person cannot always fill the role of Mayor.

Mayors must be tough and decisive, not guilty of do-goodism.

Nonetheless, Iarrera has been mayor for almost 5 years, his first term will expire soon. He administered with a dose of "madness", of inexperience, presumption, goodness. In his own way he was a revolutionary.

All the appreciations present on the competition website depict the personality of the Mayor and the personality that is not always perfect politically. Many political choices are not acceptable, but the choices are his, as are the choices of his closest teammates.

All his supporters, with their praise, have described the "deeds" of Francesco Mayor, repeating them in my opinion would be superfluous. They were all quite comprehensive, convincing and decisive.
 
It deserves to be on this list. His human qualities are many and distinguish him from the crowd, I'm not surprised that he was singled out for this award. He's a good person. Humane and good people must always be rewarded.

Every now and then too much do-gooding turns into too little sincerity, let's hope that Mayor Francesco doesn't fall into insincerity or get carried away by lies.

I wish Francesco Mayor and his community the continuation of this competition and I encourage them positively.

Congratulations for your prestigious commitment to discovering small, medium and large global communities, which thanks to your work you make visible to the world.
Allowing the global context to know communities and mayors who would remain anonymous, when, instead, they deserve to be discovered and discovered for when they manage to do and give in terms of collaboration, friendship, support and love towards others. This does you credit.


Commended by Anto F., Sicily
I vote for the ever-young mayor Francesco Iarrera. 50 years and not hearing them!

Mayor gifted with great vitality and great charisma.
He is a boy with a heart and sensitivity based on common sense. He sees, listens and above all does not judge.

He's an esteemed doctor, his work is really hard! he is a visionary mayor, not very prepared on an administrative level, but he has a lot of good will. He deserves to be on the list of 25 mayors for the 2023 World Mayors Award.

He deserves this year's Award(s), which the competition states will be awarded to mayors and cities who are committed to building friendships and partnerships as well as cooperating with towns and cities at home and across borders. He is committed to creating friendships, maintaining them and cooperating with Sicilian towns and cities, nationally and beyond borders.

Last but not least he was awarded an award for friendships with the Black Forest precisely with the German municipality of Breitnau, twinned for years with the municipality of Oliveri.

Francesco Iarrera, mayor of Oliveri since 2019, certainly contributed to the understanding of those values of friendship and solidarity necessary to earn the coveted award and has given a lot to the community he administers.

Not words but facts.
Just think that in the space of a year, two significant realities were born that gave life to a social fabric fuelled by new life: a reception facility for orphans and another for war refugees.

A positive impact on society, continuous cultural exchanges, real integration with young people who are part of the community: same schools, leisure groups, football teams, welcoming families. This was also possible thanks to the contribution of the citizens, considering that the War refugees are welcomed into vacant homes of the Olivero residents... when it is said that with collaboration between the public and private sectors you can really make a difference.

And then Iarrera is the mayor of «There are no cases, neither confirmed nor suspected» - this was his "motto" during the lockdown.
Now that you too have an idea of the merits of this mayor and the community he leads, this candidacy doesn't surprise you too much, and who knows, maybe this beautiful recognition might reach Sicily this year, for these reasons I support it.


Commended by F. F., Sicily
I have read all the praise written towards the mayor of Oliveri.
There is almost nothing to add or take away. They are all very consistent and describe it very well.

All the praise "praises" the centrality of the human figure of Mayor Iarrera.

The Mayor's smiles and charm "bewitched" an entire community, making him win the 2019 elections.

Over the years he has focused on close collaborations with citizens, in a "smart" way he has made them an active part of the community, inviting them to directly take care of parts of the territory, flowerbeds, abandoned areas.

In a "clever" way he involved citizens, external companies and friends in the voluntary practice of restoring the town by "inventing" "solidarity days". Ideas that in a short time made the national media rush to discover the municipality of Oliveri and the mayor who "invented" the solidarity days.

The enthusiasm of the charming town has spread to national and Sicilian communities. Mayor Iarrera gave life to the "Oliviri model".

Oliveri has also become an advertising brand "oliveri bedda", the first municipality to launch its own brand. An enthusiastic Mayor, a photogenic Mayor. A Mayor who conquers.

Oliveri does not offer many services, Oliveri lives in an eternal financial deficit. Oliveri and the Mayor are aiming for the collaboration of artists, artisans, etc., to aim for decorum.

Oliveri has had partnerships with Germany for many years and Iarrera has maintained and strengthened them, this allowed him to receive the award of the presidents of the republic of Italy and Germany.

He created a center for unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers.

Winner of the virtuous mayor of Italy award.

He is a Mayor with "smart" and "visionary" ideas that bear fruit.
In recent years he has been like this.

Extraordinary person, humble, good and gifted with generosity which he does not make public.

These words of his define his concept of politics and I think it is right to read and share them:

"What little I understood about politics is that it is a mission for mediators, whose essential task consists in deciding without breaking down, in showing a path, without imposing it.

If you look carefully, politics cannot limit itself to taking initiatives, but must learn to govern human beings. And not as one would like them to be, but as they really are, with their own visions, emotions and even totalitarian feelings: the kind that always tip one side, whatever happens.
I will be thought crazy. But in this arena where we fight by force of ferocious and hysterical oppositions, I continue to prefer the low volume of the work: which does not scream, does not elbow or stamp on its feet.
Ah, there's another thing I've understood about politics: you can only hope to make someone happy, sometimes."

Mayor Iarrera certainly deserves all my respect because he is a person like few others. He deserves my support and my vote in this little competition.

Oliveri is worthy, together with its citizens and all the mayors who administered it before Iarrera, to pursue this award, the roots for openness to diversity, acceptance, reciprocity, inclusion, respect, are seeds that in For years, those who have administered the community have sown, passing them on to their citizens and today Mayor Iarrera is continuing to sow to reap the fruits in the future.
The passing of the baton by the Mayors is precisely this, continuing to lay the foundations for a better future.

Congratulations to you who, among large global communities, have involved and focused on even a small community. You are greatly honoured.


Commended by Antonio, Sicily
I have had the opportunity to follow, over the last few years and months, the activity of the mayor of Oliveri and his activity as mayor and I have no difficulty in underlining that he is a truly exceptional person.

Awarded in Sestri Levante as the most virtuous Mayor of Italy. There are many ideas for the territory starting from the administration of daily newspapers to arrive at medium-long term planning, passing through democratic paths and true and authentic participation from below.

In a very short time he became the ideal Mayor and his Municipality the ideal town.

He often happens to be found helping employees and workers.

All municipalities have wonderful employees with a great spirit of self-sacrifice, there were some like that in every public environment, but they are human beings like everyone else with their timetable requirements. Unfortunately for small municipalities there is a big staffing problem. There are many things to do and when you have few employees everything becomes difficult.

So Mayors like Iarrera, who enjoy extreme freedom, spend all their time supporting municipal needs.

Iarrera is a good guy, from a human point of view I wouldn't define him as unpleasant. Very reserved, not very worldly, feisty, effervescent, rebellious, solitary, a true man of culture.

His march plus his personal and political independence.

He has always demonstrated closeness and attachment to the community.
In a very short time he became a point of reference for his fellow Sicilian and Italian mayors and administrators. An example of good practices to imitate.

I vote for this young Mayor.


Commended by D. M., Sicily
I'm late in supporting the Mayor Francesco Iarrera, all his supporters have already written, everything about him, they were extraordinary, I have nothing more to add, in fact, you can't help but vote and support Francesco Iarrera in this competition. I vote for it and support it without any hesitation.


Commended by Max., B., Palermo, Sicily
Incentive in this race for 25 Mayors is Mayor Francesco Iarrera.
Mayor of the small Sicilian seaside town of Oliveri.
Mayor elected in 2019 in his first political experience.
He had never been involved in politics and in the blink of an eye he found himself the scepter of Oliveri's mayor.

His rise was an exceptional event. A born motivator, he focused on motivation to stem his administrative inexperience.
He formed a young, inexperienced team and surrounded himself with experts, some lost him along the way, others remained close to him but always in the shadows.

The success of the Iarrera Administration is precisely his Mayor, Francesco Iarrera. He is the person who stands out.

If surrounded by humble, sensitive and good-hearted people like him, his administration would have been dominant one thousand per cent.

Kind, friendly, culturally prepared boy anchored to Sicilian tradition and beauty. In the space of a very short time we have witnessed the birth of a phenomenon, called Francesco Iarrera, the mayor that everyone on Facebook desires in every part of Sicily and Italy.

He appears in videos on social media. He does "Facebook live broadcasts", communicates on any other web channel, administers himself by advertising himself and advertising the country he administers.

If he finds himself in this list of 25 Mayors, he certainly finds himself only because of his human qualities, sensitivity, determination, virtuosity, genius. He certainly does not belong to his political working group.

Interviewing him is a pleasure. Listening to him conveys confidence. I congratulate you for having given space to the human qualities of a Mayor like Iarrera. I encourage him in your worldwide competition.


Commended by S. G., Messina, Sicily
Awarding a prize to a Mayor is very difficult. It's an arduous undertaking.

I have read very carefully your list of 25 Mayors. I read with extreme attention the praise and criticism of the supporters towards the mayors who make up the list.

Stories, commendations, criticisms, which each Mayor selected by you should read carefully and pay attention to the advice, criticisms and suggestions that voters express towards them. Excellent ideas for improving oneself and improving one's administrative vision.

I really appreciate the idea of your competition, because its aim is to highlight the human abilities and qualities of the Mayors.

It is not true that there are mayors who do nothing. I know some who do nothing with a lot of effort.

Today, the mayor is a leader who often becomes a scapegoat for problems that were not caused by him, but by those who make up his administrative team.
The mayor's job is difficult: if he delegates, he is accused of rejecting his responsibilities. If he doesn't delegate, they say he is a centralizer.

I vote for the Mayor of Oliveri. He is a do-it-yourself Mayor. He deserves to be in this context because he has remarkable human qualities. He is a human Mayor and he should establish the "humanity" delegation, he would be able to manage it in an exceptional way.

Reading the praise given to him, I noticed that many supporters would like different people at his side, and they're not entirely wrong.

Mayor Iarrera has collaborative relationships with the towns of Messina, friendly relations, a partnership with the Black Forest, encourages Erasmus and relationships with disadvantaged communities.

He himself is a noble-hearted person. He could be defined as egocentric, asocial, introverted, reserved, but in my humble opinion he is simply a person focused more on doing than saying.

He enjoys a notable intellectual heritage. He has reversed the way of administration, focusing, as many have already written, on the direct collaboration of the inhabitants and on good administrative practices.

He is the last of the many good mayors who administered the Oliverese community.

Mayor Iarrera present in your list represents that category of polite, kind, reserved mayors who administer around the world. My vote is for him, a vote that exclusively concerns Francesco Iarrera.

Good job to you for the next stages of this competition.


Commended by B.C., Adrano, Sicily
I accidentally discover that this list includes Mayor Francesco Iarrera, an esteemed doctor and mayor of the Sicilian town, Oliveri, since 2019. I'm amazed, I didn't expect to find him in this context, close to mayors of large cities.

I have been frequenting the Sicilian town for years in the summer. A real gem. I follow the boy mayor on social media and follow the municipality's social media page. He is very active. The municipal body's social media page is very active.

Oliveri is a welcoming, humane, friendly town linked by great reciprocal relationships with other towns and nations. It is a visionary citizen, it looks to collaborations to grow. The Mayor is a visionary, often self-centered. He has a notable stage and social presence.

Very good boy. Friendly in manner. Empathetic. Not very smiling.

Negative note: too frequent use of social media by the mayor, administrators, admirers and disproportionate use of the organisation's official page, a real nuisance!

Congratulations to the Mayor for this path, I support him and I congratulate the other 24 candidates for the final title.


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