“Via Lucio Battisti” in Molteno: clarifications and clarifications
Following the article published yesterday, which took up a TG article, we receive (and gladly publish) this press release:
VIA LUCIO BATTISTI, THE METHOD IS ALWAYS THE SAME
Molteno, 11/13/2025
The Mayor and councilors of Molteno have decided to name a part of Via Aldo Moro after Lucio Battisti, a choice that could be shared in substance, but which leaves us perplexed in its method.
The act was adopted with a council resolution, without any passage in the City Council: it was not a necessary act, of course, but it would have been a gesture of transparency and participation, allowing a public discussion on a decision that affects the whole town and which, among other things, affects the residents and activities of the street.
As has already happened in the past – just remember the case of Via Roma, transformed into a one-way street and redesigned without a real discussion with all the residents, or the decision to move the headquarters of the Library from the park of Villa Rosa to the former Isabella nursery school – this time too the choice was made from above, without involving the citizens of that stretch of Via Aldo Moro, who therefore organized themselves independently with a collection of signatures in order to have the opportunity to make their opinion heard on the matter.
The initiative comes like a bolt from the blue: it has never been mentioned in the electoral programs of the majority that has governed Molteno for almost 17 years, indeed, the Mayor himself in 2011, when he was Deputy Mayor, rejected a proposal in the City Council that asked for the street to be named after Battisti, publicly declaring “what has Battisti ever done for Molteno?”.
And once again it shows a closed, self-referential vision, where dialogue with citizens is replaced by unilateral decisions, press releases and posts on social media where a sort of press office acts in favor of the Mayor.
Our minority group would have instead wanted a project like this to arise from the involvement of the community and the City Council.
An open discussion would have allowed us to propose and evaluate more significant alternatives than dedicating the name of a street to him, for example a dedicated public space, a place of art, accessible to all, where the artist’s memory could be celebrated and shared, not just remembered by road signs.
A gesture that would have honored Battisti and, at the same time, contributed to telling everyone about his music and his story.
If the Mayor’s intention was to recompose Battisti’s relationship with the town, it is clear that it had the opposite effect.
In the meantime, while Molteno has numerous problems to resolve, for which it is necessary to prepare projects, find solutions and sources of financing, the Administration seems to find a way to dedicate itself to changing the name of a street, also involving the municipal offices and impacting the citizens.
A question of priorities, one might say.
The Municipal Councilors of “Molteno Bene Comune”
Giovanni Galimberti
Giorgio Binda
Marco Riva
Domenico Magni
About it, read here too.
