Saturday, June 20, 2009

Sympathy Quotes Uncle

green and other colors

two weeks now that we know the results of municipal elections in Stuttgart and I have not even taken the time to take informed. After two days of counting (yes that long to count all the votes when you have a system too complicated). That said it was worth the wait, the results are quite funs ... And almost surprising. Stuttgart good because it's a bit a typical conservative town with rich people in big houses but not even blue hills, working at Porsche or Bosch, ride in a Mercedes, and going to the opera. So that the CDU is a good score and even is always ahead, it is not really surprising.

Except this time, no. The CDU is second. But who could have pass? The Social Democrats ? Nooooon you do not do ... These are the Greens , finally Grünen , which became number 1 in the municipal council. And thereby make the first capital of Stuttgart of Germany's Green Land. There were already a number of cities "green" in the corner, for example Fribourg (long I think) or Tübingen, but a capital, no, that's new.

sign dune ecological awareness of people? In fact not too ... The Greens are doing their best scores in the districts youth and / or students, but it does not happen in mind. In fact if they fare well, it (you've noticed the alliteration) apparently very large part due to (through?) Opposition to a major project Stuttgart 21 supported by the CDU and SPD, officially started the last 15 years and basically consists of replacing the station in Stuttgart (in terminal mode: trains should start in reverse order railway stations) by a passing train and underground . A big huge and expensive work for a good ten years. And many people do not like too much, either on principle or because the details of the project (new construction around the station, new plan train movements) they do not like really (roughly one will go faster at the airport, but the regional lines do not really come out all enhanced). The Greens have campaigned by promising a referendum on the subject, they have convinced a number of malcontents. And then eventually leads with 25.3%, 24.3 for the CDU and the SPD 17 o.








I promised you more colors ... Color topical puisuqe we are in the month of June and 40 years after the Stonewall riots (40 on Sunday to be exact). Birthday motivated Google, which celebrates the traditional month of gay pride events in his own way. Small demonstration by searching " gay" or "stonewall " ... It also works for " sf pride, but not for" Tales of the City "or" Matthew Mitcham "(but in the latter case anyway it is especially looking for images that is interesting ). I promised you full color, I kept that promise. I could also offer to admire one of the tables bizarre Musée d'Orsay, but it will be a next time.

I finished my last post, promising you how exliquer Stuttgarters do to put faces to the names of voters, I do not forget, you'll know everything soon. Promised.

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