The Cité lacustre emancipates itself

The two companions can then move away from the Cité lacustre. After crossing snowy Gaule, they are back in their small village, whose chimney they see rising.

What a season! Garantix: Are our Port Grimaudois friends getting into cinema? With an idea in mind, probably!

We left them only fifteen days ago. They certainly are full of resources!

Garantix: Look who is here! Guess what, Harmonix. PortGrimaud2028 telling me they are getting into cinema over there. The news has already spread through their province and far beyond.

Harmonix (listening carefully): It must be an action movie, since it is about a municipal split. Garantix: Hurry up and run to Superux to get us a pack of beers, our friend who came to visit his family made a quick detour through our village to tell us all about it. Harmonix: This story lacks chariot races, and besides, 6'24 mins, you say?

It must go by too quickly! There is also an English version for Breton speakers, that will make you practice your languages.

We cannot wait to return to the city to attend the screening on the big screen of the main hall during the residents' assembly. Too busy after so much absence, they will only go back in the spring. Harmonix: I wanted to hear about insults, battles, Spartans, chariot races and action.

It seems there is none of that, and yet, I really liked the story of this beautiful idea for a film about the history and the fine project for a new municipality.

Garantix: Our friends explained with calmness and determination their will to make their village autonomous and to emancipate themselves. Their point of view and their aspirations are clear, and I understood everything! I am made for auteur cinema (laughing), but I would tell you that it would be a thesis film!

Harmonix: (finishing the wild boar chips). What do you mean by that? Garantix: The Port Grimaudois, under the battering blows of Betonus and his advisors, have started to ask themselves questions. They have come to the conclusion that it is better to be master of one's own home.

Harmonix: Just like for our village? Garantix: Exactly! And, they do have a few arguments.

As a Sudoku enthusiast, I only believe in modern mathematics. If I understand correctly, Betonus collects ‎€3.8 million in taxes from Port Grimaud and returns 3.4 million to the State! Harmonix: All that for that! Ah indeed, they certainly have reasons to want all this to stop!

And, this is not just cinema! Garantix: Our friend tells us that we can get more information on portgrimaud2028. fr. You know, this little film is only the tip of the iceberg, although we have never seen an iceberg in the golfe de Saint-Tropez!

The big news is that the port grimaudois want to free themselves from Bétonus and his advisors to create their own municipality of Port Grimaud! Their Port Grimaudois friends never cease to surprise them. Bétonus turning a deaf ear, they have little other choice than to take their destiny into their own hands. Their project seems well put together.

Garantix: Every Port Grimaudois must now act as a citizen according to their own interest. To make their voices heard, they only need to be registered on the electoral rolls of the municipality of Betonus while residing in the territory of Port Grimaud. Joining the split project is done by returning a form by email according to the procedure indicated on portgrimaud2028.

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Harmonix: And even simpler, since mid-January, an entirely online procedure has been put in place! Garantix (looking thoughtful): This news is huge nonetheless! Launching a project to create a municipality does not lack panache!

I think the ambitious path on which the residents of Port Grimaud have embarked is still long and promises many twists and turns. Harmonix: You are right. We will let the last snows melt away and we will hit the road again for the cité lacustre. The adventure is only beginning.

And besides, I would love to go find the wild boars that taste so good of thyme and rosemary.