Today, during the election campaign (election to the City Duma), we continue to hear statements by candidates running for the deputies of the City Council, showing more of their failure to understand the existing social relations, or concealing their true interest. Continue together! You must select the experts! All together we will! And so on.
In fact, we observe that the words we are together, but in reality, it turns out, no. Officials receive significant profits for lobbying the interests of individual businesses and build their own palaces, and the people are selected last. There is another stultification citizens. Under the guise of caring about the city, the city administration and their pocket firms derive dividends from its operations, creating some sinecures. And for examples not far to seek. Take any sphere of activity where there are the interests of the city administration, and you will find bureaucratic delta, bureaucratic interest included in cost of goods or services. In housing, the rental of non-residential premises, the cost of transportation services, utility tariffs, trade and so on.
Once you enter the market for sale any goods, such as immediately as a jack of snuff, will be representative of the market, the collector for trade places, and if your house is flooded basement or no hot water, then this problem will be resolved for months, and likely, all will remain so.
In November 2002, the State Duma, was adopted on first reading, the law "On Combating Corruption", which, however, has not yet been signed by the President. In this regard policy at all levels and reporters began shouting that the adoption of this law will put an end to bribery of officials and force them to work not for their own selfish interests, and in the public interest, that is of us. But today we can say that bribery continues to flourish in all public institutions, if not more so than before the adoption of the law. If the problem of bribery could be so easy to solve, it would have been done long ago.
Take, at least, the health system, with which we have, intentionally or not intentionally, to deal with. Meeting with residents of 31 electoral districts, I have repeatedly heard complaints from our constituents on the health system and in particular the 24 hospitals. But of this I want to say separately.
In the end, sometimes it is useful is to turn to Russian literary heritage, in particular the famous Gogol, when his character - an adventurer Chichikov, using his official position, straighten their financial status through asylum. But I purposely did not want to "dive" in quotes and, therefore, wish to refer to the poem "Dead Souls" - it is written very clearly exactly how Russia's official robbing temporarily dependencies visitors government offices.
Notably more. One hundred and sixty years have passed since that moment when Gogol wrote these lines, but it seems that it happened yesterday. Either we live in an era of NV Gogol, or himself Nikolai Gogol is our contemporary.
And flaunt country cottages, and even entire villages, surrounded by high fences, nadsmehayas of squalor and poverty of citizens. A smooth, officials explain, with TV screens and newspaper pages, persistent problems, with some warmth, then with water, as well as the scantiness of benefits and wages, objective difficulties. Only he, for unknown reasons to us, these objective difficulties did not interfere with live well today. And the whole reason that today, as one hundred and sixty years ago, the official is the sole master of society. Formerly a royal monarchy, then the Communists came to power, but, in reality, both before the revolution, and after her life was the official host. The official, on behalf of the state, makes decisions, it allocates budget money, he sets the prices for utilities, he decides who should and who does not, it determines what law to apply, but about what should be silent, but we reserve the right to request if the official deign to hear us. In this case you should be ready to listen and not very pleasant expression on his account, for example: "We're used to live on a freebie, it turns out, we live at the expense of the bureaucrats, or -" Power - it is you do not have a social security ".
Generally it should be noted that in reading classical literature or history, we often attribute all to the past, implying that in the present-day reality is nothing of this and there is no trace. And just wrong. For example, if you ask a citizen, what do we have in power, the majority say that Democratic and some of the most enlightened citizens, even the definition of democracy will result. That is, in a city ruled by the majority, and at its discretion, designate the laws and rulers. Only a strange democracy turns out that neither the law, then the tightening of the order that neither the ruling, the cost of living. Maybe this is the majority wishes to destroy himself? There are also some individuals prone to suicide, perhaps the majority, and consists of such individuals. But get out on the street, look at the passers-by to talk to, no, like, normal people. So, still not a democracy, but rather an authoritarian regime, with the right of citizens to choose a tyrant. Once chosen, and all, now that the governor and the stake is not the expulsion from office because he "wants to do a lot for the people", "thank the people" for their confidence. Probably some governors would like to see their elected for life, so even with the right of inheritance, but it is not very democratic will, in the eyes of the people. However, fifteen years and can porukovodit.
And we all scream - democracy, democracy, and will come to the post of clerk and immediately begins to grow into apartments, cars, summer cottages, and the money and stick to it. The laws of going out of his pen, as one of "benefit" of citizens, and the budget is spent only in the "interests" of citizens. If you look at the budget of the city of Yekaterinburg in 2004, then the way it turns out. Especially items such as: "Other expenses for general administration," Development of emerging technologies and trends NTP "which means that we, in order to correct the mistaken policies of the Government, apparently in good progress, at the city level, scientific and technological progress," State investments in unrequited basis "," Small Business and Entrepreneurship, "Other activities on the development of market infrastructure", "Other expenses not assigned to other types of expenditures" (precisely those articles in the budget of a few), and so on. And it's not fiction, but the official record of the City Council, which, in the words of one of its members, worked tirelessly. Only from their work, for some reason, life in the city was becoming more expensive? And if we add to this amount is not transferred to the city budget, according to the decision of the Mayor, the costs of the mayor controlled the media, on the bank of OJSC "Ekaterinburg", as well as maintenance and repayment of IBRD loan for the buses, but a huge debt before the energy, the economic results of the current administration can be regarded as simply "excellent". What will happen next? At the city budget hanging debts, communications frayed, clean water in town, at the cost of housing we have in front of the entire planet, as the road after the bombing and so on. I think that the townspeople as well as I know these problems, but no they can not escape from the hot embrace of the city administration officials.
Election of the new Duma, while retaining the existing management system and the balance of forces does not seem to help change the situation and deploy a city administration, to address the backlog in the city problems. City Hall will continue to engage in commercial activities, to derive income from the pockets of citizens, rather than to address the social problems, if the new Duma will not raise the question of priorities. After all, engage in commercial activities, having authority, it is very profitable, and little troublesome. And the mayor did not hesitate, said the success of this business, as it were, not knowing what it turns out to ordinary citizens. Turns is it that life in the city becomes more expensive, and doing business more burdensome. In those industries where the city administration has its own commercial interest, there are administrative barriers, that is monopolistic. This is an obstacle to private capital, which could produce the same services and products, but better and cheaper.
Authoritarian rule mayor, sending all the work of the city administration, to address the narrow corporate objectives, leads us to a dead end, and does not solve many social problems. First, as has been shown above - is the budget allocation for the nearest environment of the mayor. Enough to see a report on budget expenditure for 2004, and all becomes clear. In these circumstances, the mayor is much more convenient to buy a television channel and a couple of newspapers, with taxpayers' money, and praising himself than to engage in concrete actions. Secondly, this set of problems that can not be solved from year to year. Thirdly, citizens have to pay for goods and services much more money, because, in addition to the basic value, it has a interest in the City Hall officials. And all this can be seen with the naked eye.
Consider, for example, the housing problem, because there are few people in town who would be the problem is not worried.
Currently, the price per square meter of housing in the city of Yekaterinburg, has exceeded 18 000 rubles, whereas in Chelyabinsk, Perm, Tyumen, Omsk, housing prices, the same quality at 30 - 50% lower. It Omsk and Tyumen builders are imported metal, cement, gravel, and the apartments they have less. We have the next, and metal, cement, and gravel, and brick, and the wages of the workers is the same as prices prohibitive. Why?
We begin by considering the vulgar notion that prices are formed as a result of the balance between supply and demand. Ostensibly, there is little building, and demand is high. But if a long time in the free movement of capital, there is high demand, but the proposal did not satisfy him, it means that there are some the factors that prevent the emergence of a construction boom, and therefore reduce the cost of housing. So, in a monopoly on the construction of housing. And this monopoly is carried out administration of the city. Because it can not separate construction organization to express its monopoly, who would put up with it.
Assuming that the price per square meter of living space has its value, expressed in money, it then be concluded that the cost of one square meter, and laid the bureaucratic interest. For the building of the same organizations, the bureaucratic interest, it appears as additional costs, and lay in the cost of housing. And we have to pay this interest, whether we like it or not want.
Whence arises this conclusion? With low costs for construction, due to the presence of all the necessary construction materials, and the high cost of the final product, there is excess profit, which would cause a significant influx of capital into housing. But as we see, the construction boom there, affordable housing is built much smaller than necessary, which means that construction companies received an average profit, and officials, an additional source of his comfortable existence.
"Rollback" - is the main measure of our economy. And as defined by experts from the Fund Indem "share this" rollback "in the price of the final product reaches 20% of its ultimate value. So it turns out that what the parties do not come to the consideration of this issue, upreshsya in the official, who, to date, is the main obstacle to our economic development.
Now look at how to deal with public utilities, which threatens to turn into all-devouring monster? Utilities at the moment is a model of state management. This means that all costs are added, along with the registry, but we are forced to recognize them and pay, including mismanagement. We are told that the wear of communication is from 50 to 85%. But the utilities were paid, and the cost of these services is included and depreciation, and maintenance. So why do we confront the problem of wear of communication? Why not repair and replacement? Where did the money go? But most likely we will not get answers to these questions. As with many others. Although we have heard, as Arkady Chernetsky, even before last elections for the Mayor promised to reform the housing and communal services, but, as we see the situation only worsened. For 4 years from the date of the elections in the rent increased 6,85 times, pay for heating in 4.51 times, 8.35 times in cold water, to 8.77 times in hot water, but the reforms are not seen until now. And if we, in the near future, do not work out how to transform public utilities, it threatens to turn into a monster that will suffocate us, their prohibitive cost.
Who if not the current mayor and his administration, it was necessary to solve this issue? But apparently it was easier to ignore in an attempt to solve the problem by increasing the prices of utilities. Officials themselves prefer to talk about the prospects of development of the city and tell the tale of the beautiful city of the future, with abstract citizens, where the governor takes care of the citizens, and citizens love their ruler. Tell that by 2015 all citizens will have a telephone, and in doing so silent, that if three or four years ago, the market in Yekaterinburg, allowed other private companies wishing to engage in telephone, the townspeople would not have been aware of problems with phones. It is unclear, and more - what prospects await us, if not resolved the issue of reforming public utilities, if he continues sorely missed places in day care if the townspeople will continue to drink dirty water, if city life is becoming more and more expensive. Rise in price of goods, utilities, housing - these are the result of economic activity today the mayor and his administration. Only we, citizens, why such economic activity, which is decimating our already thin wallets. The conclusion is one that the economic activity of the mayor and his administration is in the interest of a limited number of people, but not for the majority of ordinary citizens. Well, to be built in Yekaterinburg, 2015, another 70 large shopping centers, in accordance with the plan Chernetsky, in which the majority of people will walk in a museum - you can see, but you can not buy.
City Administration, now prefers to deal with trade, development of commodity market model and wedding agencies, in general, all that has long been a domain of private interests. In an effort to regulate the operation of private enterprise, replacing the work of existing state structures, it builds their interest, and thus slows down and can the development of business in the city. Carrot and stick policy pursued by the city administration, to entrepreneurs, and the lack of equal conditions for business, is a significant obstacle in the development of the whole city, which means you and me. And this policy they have built on the basis of common sense. Common sense tells them that it is necessary to actively participate in those areas, where the financial flows, but not where you just need to work, such as providing residents with clean water, replacement of communications, road repairs, and so on, where it is necessary to produce costs that are not hoping to receive dividends. No common sense of an individual should be the bedrock of the city administration, and the interests of ordinary citizens.
A detailed examination of the mayor and his administration, one can legitimately argue that the city's development occurs in spite of their activities. Although we are trying to convince to the contrary, letting such little articles as: "The strategy of stability and construct a strategy against the carping and experiments. Yes! The mayor and his entourage, stability, and we have a stable, poverty and lack of any prospect in the future. As we see, in the minds of officials is nothing new had emerged, and as soon as you start to talk about what can be done for the city, they start shouting about populism and carping. Increase fees for utilities, housing prices - it is real and right, this is not populism. It is well considered in the administration of the city, because they know that in another way, they would not be forthcoming. But lower prices, better life - it is populism, it is not possible. Yes! If we do not come to the polls and let the defeat of the old control system, then so be it. Our capabilities are limited, and the problems will remain unsolved.
This authoritarian rule, entangled with lies like a cocoon, turns out to ordinary citizens set of problems, and is a major obstacle in the development of the whole city.
Office, under the authoritarian regime, by using carrots and sticks, and it experienced the many townspeople. This is particularly evident in respect of entrepreneurs, which produced different, constantly changing, the rules, which are forced into unnecessary to conduct their business expenses. Constant pressure on employers, by the mayor and his administration, which already is under constant control of various government structures, slowing the growth of production of goods and services, and leads to their higher prices. The fact that any interference in private business from the administrative leads to abuses and resulting increase in the cost of living, already it is no secret.
But the biggest obstacle for the development of the city are various monopolies and restrictions on business carried out by the city administration. These monopolies were created municipality officials to create favorable conditions for its handheld business, for their favorite creations. So it turns out that there is a beloved children, who care about their good parents, and there are orphans, which kept a tight grip, and flogged for the slightest infraction. Only the orphans is much larger, and opportunities they have, much less.
One gets a very paradoxical situation where the general system of taxation in the country allows private enterprise to flourish, but it does not develop as entrepreneurs, but taxes have to pay more, and bribe officials. This is bribery, for entrepreneurs is not productive costs and bear the cost of goods and services that, ultimately, we pay you - the buyers.
In these circumstances, it is natural that the bulk of the citizens expressed doubts in the possibility that a change in social relations, and to protest, through the neglect of the election. But change is possible and real, if you change the conditions of forming the government, if you choose the path of reforms aimed at democratizing society through the development of self-government, and not a good manager. And another way we do not, if we want to live in a civilized society.
Democracy - is primarily a system of coordinates in which the majority of the population has the opportunity to realize their interests. Which does not allow a separate group of citizens to usurp power and clip coupons. And the first place in this coordinate system is self-government. Opportunity to citizens to participate in government, to decide their overall objectives, to determine priorities in the development of the city, by the distribution of budgetary funds and monitor their use. Of course, necessary and not dependent media, and various community organizations, and a democratic judicial system, and related legislation, but the determining factor is self-government. Democracy - it is not Shabbat phone calls from citizens in the election period.
After all this, of course, the city dweller there and most important question: where were the Duma members, are obliged to protect the interests of citizens, and supervise the administration of the city? Of course, if the citizen might assess the activities of the city administration and Duma members, then these issues would be in his head, and did not arise. It would be understandable that The City Council acted in the interests of a limited number of businessmen and officials of the city administration, not forgetting about their interest. Therefore, today's statements by some Duma members who wish to once again become members of the City Council regarding their experience, reliability and efficiency, they are willing to be already in the new composition of the City Council, are irrelevant to the townspeople, because this whole experience and all of their performance were sent to to meet personal needs.
And now everyone is aware of a citizen of our city, a resident should ask questions, and what should be done in order to start moving in the right direction? Here I discovered the secret, as it is well-known truths, which are basic for the construction of democratic relations in society.
The starting point for reform should be to change the attitudes of the city authorities to the interests of ordinary citizens. But what can be said with certainty is the fact that the current city administration, including the composition, as it is, would never agree to it. I think that the townspeople had plenty of time to understand it. Needed reforms that will promote democratization through the development of self-government. There's a wide field for the new Duma.
The structure of the city administration should be optimized for these tasks, and become a simple and understandable for citizens. There are no unnecessary committees and departments, with uncertain functions and tasks.
Budgetary resources must be spent only on social needs of the city, rather than support the bank, media, small business and entrepreneurship, cinematography and so on. The savings are enough to already in 2005, to pay monthly child allowances, amounting to 300 rubles for each child up to seven years. However, no derogatory references to collect not. Suffice it to say the desire to receive child support. This is the city administration must strive to win the trust of the citizens, not citizens in the administration. There is no need and reason to suspect every city dwellers rogue seeking every possible way to cheat the administration of the city.
Reports on the use of budgetary funds to give simple, complete and understandable. Citizens have a right to know what the budget money is spent.
A matter of urgency to solve the problem of childcare facilities. Run in the unfinished work of kindergartens. Funds in the city budget for this is quite enough. Women should not bear the entire burden of responsibility for the younger generation alone, but society has no moral right to be eliminated from the problem.
These problems and others stem from the fact that it is not true priorities for the development of the city. Clean water, clean city, reasonable prices for utilities and heat in homes is more important than the construction of pedestrian streets. Must be made to industrial enterprises located in the city, abide by strict environmental standards, and, if necessary, to undertake to reduce harmful emissions. Not acceptable when the owners of businesses profit, and the townspeople dirty air and dirty water.
Staggered landmarks in the development of urban economy, saying that the city administration, focuses not on the wishes of the majority of citizens, and the ideas born in the minds of officials and businessmen close. These distortions in the direction of the city are easily corrected, if the city would be a system of self-government, if The City Council will protect the interests of citizens, not the mayor's authoritarian rule and a pocket of the City Council. The initiative must come from ordinary citizens, not from officials pursuing their own selfish interests.
The closest and requires serious attention and the existing system of public utilities. An urgent need to develop a program of housing reform, leading to the emergence of competitive conditions of communal farms that will not make the citizens hostage to their mismanagement. Any attempts to sit on two chairs, that is, have mixed economic management, in the same housing and utilities, leads to abuses, increase the cost of services and quality of service. No, not problems to be solved, when they want to solve. Instead, the Committee for the commodity market to form the Committee on Housing.
One of the obstacles in the development of the city, is a division of entrepreneurs on their own and others, the native children and orphans, which significantly inhibits the development of business. You must create equal conditions for all entrepreneurs, and thereby make the city attractive for investment. In our town, businesses will pay only the taxes. City Administration should not interfere in the affairs of business and do business. The desire of some officials porukovodit business, or impose its own conditions, and thus derive, for myself, some material benefit, should be stopped in the strongest terms. For entrepreneurs to move from a policy of carrots and sticks - to a policy of social equality and partnership.
All the activities of the city administration should be aimed at solving social problems of citizens, and not to satisfy the political ambitions of the mayor. No behind-the decisions in matters concerning the life of the city. Should not give semi-official reports on the activities of the mayor and his administration, and to explain the decisions taken. The correct way of development of the city - is a transition from the commercial city hall - to the social.
And to have the candidates differed word and deed, to review the recall of deputies that this mechanism actually worked, and did not exist formally.
Choosing not to Petrov, Ivanov and Fedorova, and the path changes, which will allow you to participate in the management, will allow themselves to solve their problems. And if someone says that he will come and will do everything for you, then know that this is a fraud. Only you can solve their problems, ultimately, you choose them, but your political activism and participation in self-government can help you achieve the desired results. Democratic transitions can be realized only through self-government and self-organization of citizens of the city, not because of officials, no matter what positions they occupy. Our route - a movement from autocracy to real self-government.
Vitaly Glukhov
8/10/2005 g.
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