Political Predictions for 2014

2013 began with the county office’s blunder over funding for the Children’s Home. Przybylski’s officials skimped on money for the orphans, unlike the mayor, who announced a donation drive for the institution during the Kindness Celebration.

In February, it was officially announced that Orka was drowning in debt. The mayor “sold” it to the municipal company ZEC. The opposition rushed to remind residents about the indebted and poorly managed city, but once again this argument sank into the complete indifference of Bolesławiec’s residents.

Pijarów School completed its admissions process. As some malicious commentators put it, more teachers than students applied. The former supposedly hold the mayor responsible for allowing competition into Bolesławiec; the parents of the latter may become a large group of satisfied voters.

After the summer success of Gliniada, organized by the Via Sudetica Association, Bogusław Nowak took his child—his name for Gliniada—away from them and will organize it under his own name during the election year.

Maciej Małkowski (Ziemia Bolesławiecka) also appeared on the local political scene from time to time. He was no longer counting children in municipal schools. He decided to defend the city against the threat of gender ideology. He imagined that the head of the renovated Orzeł would be a journalist from Istotne, whom he considered the greatest feminist threat to residents. To this day, he probably also believes that he managed to stop this threat.

Karol Stasik (head of PO) flirted with KGHM. He organized conferences at which people spoke about resuming copper extraction in our region.

In the autumn, many people at City Hall were electrified by the news that Cezary Przybylski was allegedly going to become a voivode. For now, he has not—and it seems this will not change.

At the end of the year, Wojciech Kasprzyk (PO) showed how easy it is to leave Bolesławiec’s Civic Platform, additionally showing his colleagues the middle finger.

In 2013, two important politicians visited us. Jacek Protasiewicz took part in an intimate meeting at the county office. In turn, crowds came to a meeting with Jarosław Kaczyński, and the party leader foretold catastrophe for Poland.

Does this mean that Bolesławiec’s residents support PiS? What does this bode for the future would-be candidates for mayor of Bolesławiec? And what does it bode for the city? We will find out in more than ten months.

(information: Grażyna Hanaf)