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Post by paca on Jun 15, 2012 16:36:54 GMT -5
The ACM knows about the problem but the security of children and peole living in MC is not their priority. Nor that of the government. (btw the government is the only one ever to see the books of ACM and I am not sure but I believe that the GP is one of the major incomes of the state) The government imposes certain rules on them and obliges them to set priorities. Security of pedestrians is not one of them. Never was. Not before or after the GP and not at any other time. I have often had the feeeling that pedestrians are targets in MC and that the gouvernment pays the drivers for everyone down. Whereever there is a construction, the security of pedestrians is most obviously not a priority. I have been told by a bunch of chauffeurs on their brake, smoking and blocking the way for people to pass safely to get on the street and walk hundreds of meters with my babies pram on the road, because they couldn't be bothered to move their cars. www.monacomatin.mc/societe/structures-du-grand-prix-des-pietons-en-danger.900394.html
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Post by paca on Jun 18, 2012 5:10:21 GMT -5
really don't know where to post this, but you can count on people in the area thinking twice about going to MC with this kind of news: A woman had to go to hospital after she walked into a seringe at Larvotto yesterday. (she wore a thong and it stung into her foot through the thong) She had to go through several exams and will need to be doing heaps more the following 6 month. Not mentioning her risk for aids. They had several kids with them, who were lucky, but still it is a family beach. The have filed a complaint at the police. Authorities of course say it is not possible because they go over the beach during the night. Personally I have walked at night time and early mornings at the beach and yes there are a few people looking over the place, but they are not very throrough. My kids have seen seringes at the beach and they have found condoms at the beach. The police walks past during the night on occasion as they have their station across the road, but it's not like they would stop anyone from doing anything there. Either way, it is not the kind of news that is good for MC tourism or MCs image. And the family apparently knew what to do straight away by running after the hospital straight to the press and have their pic taken to have it online the next morning. Usually these things take longer to make it into MC matin..... www.monacomatin.mc/derniere-minute/piquee-par-une-seringue-sur-la-plage-de-monaco.903005.html
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Post by paca on Jun 19, 2012 4:01:06 GMT -5
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 19, 2012 4:50:09 GMT -5
They can't legally and they won't. They cannot insult Albert by complaining about his inability to rule; that's the cost of a lack of free press.
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Post by paca on Jun 19, 2012 10:09:50 GMT -5
Valeri has often criticised the gouvernment and thus Albert. There was a lot of open confrontation between government and CN. That is why Proust decided that it would be better to have Valeri join the government. That way the loudest critic was silenced. For now.
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Post by agentf on Jun 19, 2012 11:39:59 GMT -5
Somebody planted the syringe so people would stay away from the part that they want to use for the land extension. Call me a cynic but when people start thinking they'll get AIDS, they'll run from that beach. It's suspicious that somebody showed up to instruct them exactly what to do. really don't know where to post this, but you can count on people in the area thinking twice about going to MC with this kind of news: A woman had to go to hospital after she walked into a seringe at Larvotto yesterday. (she wore a thong and it stung into her foot through the thong) She had to go through several exams and will need to be doing heaps more the following 6 month. Not mentioning her risk for aids. They had several kids with them, who were lucky, but still it is a family beach. The have filed a complaint at the police. Authorities of course say it is not possible because they go over the beach during the night. Personally I have walked at night time and early mornings at the beach and yes there are a few people looking over the place, but they are not very throrough. My kids have seen seringes at the beach and they have found condoms at the beach. The police walks past during the night on occasion as they have their station across the road, but it's not like they would stop anyone from doing anything there. Either way, it is not the kind of news that is good for MC tourism or MCs image. And the family apparently knew what to do straight away by running after the hospital straight to the press and have their pic taken to have it online the next morning. Usually these things take longer to make it into MC matin..... www.monacomatin.mc/derniere-minute/piquee-par-une-seringue-sur-la-plage-de-monaco.903005.html
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Post by paca on Jun 19, 2012 12:22:02 GMT -5
Well I don't see why MC would want to scare day tourists away. They bring money. It's not the rich, it's those who stay for the day. they are the majority of people and the biggest spenders. A family that comes to MC for the day with kids and all spends plenty of money at the beach. They eat, they drink, they rent deckchairs, they pay for parking and maybe go to dinner somewhere before going home. The last few summers have been bad at the beach and so has been the economy. VAT has gone down due to it. MC has created a beach, because it attracts peole to come to MC. Without a beach you would see significantly less tourists coming to MC. People would maybe spend 2 hrs looking at the sights and then move one. The less time they stay, the less they will spend. People want to shop, go sightseeing and go to he beach in MC. YOU take one away, you will see people staying away. Tourists that stay away are difficult to win back. Besides it is not Larvotto beach they are plannig the expansion, it is closer to the Loews tunnel and the Japanese Gardens. It is a fact that the beach has become incredibly filthy these past few years. Obviously I have not been this year, but last year I rarely went because it was just too filthy. Inside and out. My kids have foundused condoms and various other things... at one point it was also a seringe. They didn't touch it though, but that was years ago. It was at the public beach though and considering where the pic was taken, is a public space. The private spots are controlled by their staff. The problem of the dirty beach has been around for years. Also the water has been filthier these past years. Before they installed the nets, which incidentally end just where 2 of the public beaches start, the little boat came around regularly to clean the water. Now the rubbish stays around the nets and they don't bother as much. The nets are paid for by the city, but benefitting are not the citizens but the private beaches and their customers....
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Post by grimnir on Jun 20, 2012 12:40:36 GMT -5
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Post by grimnir on Jun 21, 2012 9:17:01 GMT -5
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 21, 2012 10:14:19 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Jun 21, 2012 10:42:53 GMT -5
Looks like they got more people together then in previous years....
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Post by axelle on Jun 21, 2012 16:55:30 GMT -5
That is interesting!
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Post by paca on Jun 22, 2012 5:23:18 GMT -5
I think this is very interesting. There is a reputed French institute calling people in MC at home to find out their political opinions and the way they view certain public figures. They do not know who ordered this. Apparently they suspect it is one of the parties as the elections for 2013 are coming up. personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was either peole around Albert trying to find out what people think or France wants to know how they can put some pressure on MC, which with Hollande and his intensions to go after the rich is not an unlikely possibility. Either way I doubt that it will be of any use seeing that people are way to mistrusting to tell the truth to a stranger on the phone. After all they have your phone number and know who you are. Too risky... www.monacomatin.mc/derniere-minute-monaco/le-sondage-mystere-qui-fait-du-bruit-a-monaco.906305.html
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Post by grimnir on Jun 22, 2012 10:14:16 GMT -5
Paca, can they do that? (Obviously they can... ;D). I thought any form of solliciting (right word?), telemarketing, door-to-door salesmen and other things like that were prohibited in Monaco? I remember reading that somewhere. Polls are not telemarketing, I suppose but nevertheless. For a country that is allegedly paranoid about their opinion being known, about the bugging of phones and cell phones and more of those things, I wonder how this polling thing went down. Bet nobody said anything bad about their princely family.
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Post by MyAdia on Jun 22, 2012 10:41:03 GMT -5
I think this is very interesting. There is a reputed French institute calling people in MC at home to find out their political opinions and the way they view certain public figures. They do not know who ordered this. Apparently they suspect it is one of the parties as the elections for 2013 are coming up. personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was either peole around Albert trying to find out what people think or France wants to know how they can put some pressure on MC, which with Hollande and his intensions to go after the rich is not an unlikely possibility. Either way I doubt that it will be of any use seeing that people are way to mistrusting to tell the truth to a stranger on the phone. After all they have your phone number and know who you are. Too risky... www.monacomatin.mc/derniere-minute-monaco/le-sondage-mystere-qui-fait-du-bruit-a-monaco.906305.htmlPolling are common practices in democracies. They are not only needed, but wanted to gauge the public's opinions and needs. Monaco's government and/or people have no idea how utterly backward and ridiculous they sound being paranoid because a scientific polling company - gasps - want to know what they think. Also, although a polling company call you, it doesn't necessarily mean that they now know who you are. Scientific professional pollsters use "directory-assisted random-digit-dial (RDD) telephone samples using a proportionate, stratified sampling design. A computer randomly generates the phone numbers Gallup calls from all working phone exchanges (the first three numbers of your local phone number) and not-listed phone numbers; thus, Gallup is as likely to call unlisted phone numbers as listed phone numbers."To learn more, read How does Gallup polling work?
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Post by grimnir on Jun 22, 2012 11:16:23 GMT -5
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Post by margarita on Jun 27, 2012 4:23:48 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jun 27, 2012 9:08:19 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Jun 27, 2012 9:18:09 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Jun 29, 2012 7:39:32 GMT -5
the opposition has finished their reunions in the different areas of MC. In Monte Carlo they discussed mainly the SPorting d'hiver project, the SBM (obviously) and they say that they want to try and regain control over the cremailliere. Please note that they are talking about wanting to take control over a project on French soil!! Admittedly it has been years and years since they say they will build sth, but it is not up to MC to decide anything. There used to be a company with links to MC and they intended to build 2 towers that were supposed to be higher then the ugly Mille fiori. The last time I was there, they had put up a pic of what they intend to build there. Not very pretty, but different company, plus a lot smaller. They are actually according to French law not allowed to build that high as there is a historic monument nearby.... in any cas I find it interesting that MC politicians are talking about taking control over French territory when they don't even manage their own... It also shows clearly the attitude of the Monegasques towards their neighbors. They don't care, when their own benefit is at stake. Hence the Odeon tower... www.monacohebdo.mc/9246-re-a-sonde-monte-carlo
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