The self-control of the debate on the state of the city shows good prospects. It happens in all cities that the prism of the ruler does not coincide with the opposition, which rarely stops looking for the jugular; nor with what the average neighbor would say. This is why it is difficult to focus on the situation in Córdoba, where finding a happy medium is an almost mythical endeavor due to its sociological and historical intrigue. Between numbers, impressions and what can be squeezed into groups outside of direct power, one can make a diagram of how the patient gravitates. More than the state of the city in the end, it is the state of those who govern and supervise it, what a session of this caliber – little attended by the public – brings out so that it ends up have an impact on everyone. The maxim with which Bellido arrived at City Hall in 2019 to restore trust and legal security in the city is fulfilled. Business investment – a perfect thermometer – in large or small format is quantifiable. From real estate development to tourism businesses and heavy industry, they have been reactivated in a big way. They wouldn’t come if there wasn’t reliability. The Army Logistics Base is undoubtedly the figurehead. All the meat was put on the grill. Like the 25 million municipal funds that tipped the balance in the candidacy, no matter how much it is now said that Pedro Sánchez did not sleep thinking that Córdoba was going to lose. The military model is what other projects now require: speed, involvement and institutional coordination. And it doesn’t happen. The spokesperson for what remains of IU said the mayor is “a great salesman.” It is preferable that it is an official rather than another who turns off the telephone. There is no shortage of ideas, they come out good (and bad), but with a vocation for reality and pragmatism, they will be of no use. After this first ring that places Córdoba on the market, there are others with lights and shadows. Taxes have been reduced, of course, but the reduction in indirect taxes – those resulting from economic activity – is offset by the increase in those we pay directly (waste, water, etc.). The municipal apparatus remains slow, without rhythm to execute everything budgeted, accumulating leftovers without spending millionaires, taking time to pay the bills, becoming more and more cumbersome and pushing for a digital transformation that advances, but not enough. An endemic and ancient evil. And not everything can be fixed with shovelfuls of money. This engine moves the rest of the projects, neighborhood or city, street or periphery, which open and close depending on bureaucracy and success. It’s true that historical themes have been unlocked, but it seems that the pace relaxes after that. And then there is the domestic ring, which sometimes represents the biggest headache. The biggest mistakes. The tree, the earth, the bottle, the Acire district, the school, the bus, the football field, the small license, the register or the fine,… And here only the fight is worth it . If possible, without social networks.
