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Today's walk showed me once again the beautiful corners of our city, where citizens continue to sweep in front of their own front doors and also make our city a little more beautiful with their own resources; we also watered plants and swept a little. Unfortunately, however, you can see the effects of an inactive city administration and a local council that is only concerned with itself everywhere.
My better half and I struggled through a pedestrian zone full of cars, where Heilbronn residents from the districts just couldn't help themselves and continued to drive directly to the respective shop, bar or café. It was best to leave the engine running so that the car was still comfortably warm when we drove home. There were also cyclists and e-scooter riders jostling between the many cars, so you had to look after yourself even more. It just didn't feel good to shop, so we just admired the new shops from the outside and postponed shopping until another time.
Notice of fine
On July 1, 2024, Gerd M. Hofmann what it costs to have put up posters one and a half hours earlyI can now answer this question because the Heilbronn administration issued me with a corresponding formal notification today.
After I confirmed receipt and opened the formal delivery, I received a fine notice for 250 euros. I hope that there will be no more such surprises. Since I have no intention of paying the fine, I have asked the Association of Free Voters to do it for me.
But I have learned one thing from this unbelievable farce: how quickly a mayor can run an entire city administration into the ground. I also assume that the Heilbronn parties, who have been accused of much more serious election campaign violations, will not receive a single fine - as has long been suspected, municipal administrative acts are purely arbitrary in our country.
And so I would not be surprised if our signatures on the current referendum will simply fall under the table.
Fahrenheit 11 / 9
Probably still shocked by the outcome of the last US election, Michael Moore his two-hour documentary about the outcome of the election on November 9, 2016 on YouTube.
The film premiered on September 6, 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival and is probably Moore's least successful film. The film's title refers to the date of the official declaration Donald Trumps to the election winner and on the other hand he refers to his film “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004), in which he addressed the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
In both films he refers to the book “Fahrenheit 451” (1953) by Ray Bradbury, which I can highly recommend to my readers. Ray Bradburys dystopia is after the renewed election victory of Donald Trump more realistic than ever before!
If you don't have access to this book right now, you can watch Moore's film in the meantime.
“If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none.”
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (2012: 58)
… or of course the film adaptation of François Truffaut.
And I've learned something again. Truffaut made a film of the book in 1966. A new film in 2018 was less successful. Since the book is very handy and can be read very quickly at less than 160 pages, I'll stick with the book - which probably fits the topic better.
The cast and soundtrack make it well worth seeing and hearing. And somehow it's also a homage to its role model, Hitchcock. It shouldn't be missing from your DVD shelf.