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The AASS leadership proved not up to the task.
Having squandered tens of millions of dollars left by the previous management in a few years; having used the people of San Marino as an ATM machine after handling the gas bill incident in a disturbing way; after showing obvious general inadequacies; after inventing the tariff lottery, he did not propose the same lottery to everyone under the best conditions, which was also his duty, but just to give some worthy examples, as I have been saying for some time, Board of Governors Inquiry Committee;
Now, I read that the Director made some risky statements in mid-August regarding the watershed, according to which the costs will outweigh the benefits. If someone who happened to be present made some of these statements, but was actually the Director of AASS, we could even laugh at it.
San Marino does not have many natural resources within its borders, but it has a lot of water, which is a crucial and decisive factor, and is becoming increasingly precious, so much so that in the future wars between peoples will most likely not erupt for oil for a longer time, but for the conquest of water they may explode. Nor do we hear that it is more beneficial in the long run to let our water flow downstream and then to guarantee our needs by signing onerous contracts with some Italian institutions to recycle it.
Back on March 12, 1918 (you read that right: 1918), a man named Pietro Franciosi wrote an article in Il Nuovo Titano titled: “Gorgascura Basin” and I quote verbatim: “Being unable and unwilling to rely any longer on the help of others, it is time for the Republic to rediscover itself and reaffirm itself in terms of the essence of its institutions and the potential energies of its territory and its citizens, with complete independence from them.
(…) According to the enlightened view of the expert engineer Francesco Godoli, the Republic possesses a great wealth on its territory, consisting of a considerable catchment basin, combined with typical natural conditions; therefore, with relatively little capital it is possible to solve the great problem of exploiting the abundant water power, reclaiming the mountains and plains, providing them with water for irrigation, and suppressing the floods that are a permanent cause of disasters in the mountains due to the disorder there.
This basin, formed by a very narrow and very high constriction in a firm and dense soil, is the bed of the San Marino River, at a place called Gorgascula, and under very favorable conditions it would have been possible to create a mountain reservoir basin, or artificial lake, which, by accumulating the rainwater that falls from the sides of the high mountains, would have produced a large quantity of water, producing a continuous power of several hundred horse-power, for raising the water for the aqueducts, for lighting, for distributing electricity to the small local industries, and for other more obvious new uses.”
106 years later, Franciosi’s intuition remains fresh and relevant, becoming even more concrete if we think about the technological advances of the last century; it has been reawakened to the current situation thanks to the clumsy remarks of the AASS director, but also thanks to some citizens who pay attention to national affairs and are not distracted by “political correctness”, and professionals who have long made their voices heard.
I hope that the political forces most sensitive to the well-being of the country will not turn a deaf ear to these voices, overcome inertia and inaction, finally give dignity and meaning to their work and devote their energies to work that is truly important for the entire San Marino Community.
Augusto Casali
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