The first thing I did when I went to work on Monday was to check the planning status of the water source improvement project. After I arrived at the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau with the deputy mayor in charge, the director told us that they were currently working on a plan. I immediately asked him
Said: "Tell me, how long will this plan of yours take?"
He said: "At least a month."
I immediately had a seizure, "One month? I would like to ask you, how are you going to implement this plan?"
He couldn't answer.
I restrained my emotions for a moment, and then said: "Does a project like this require a plan? The first thing is to cooperate with the Water Conservancy Bureau to remove the fish cages from the reservoir. Then we will deal with the pollution of the water source.
The third step is to surround the reservoir with a grille, and then perform the same treatment on the places where the water source passes. It is best to seal all the channels where the water source passes. In addition, the facilities of the water plant should be replaced or modified. Such a simple thing,
Do you need to spend a month making a plan?"
The director's face turned red and white for a while. After a while, he said: "Mayor Feng, I am the one who is going to be transferred anyway. Let's wait until the next director takes office."
I didn’t expect that he already knew about this matter. After Secretary Rong told me that day that she was planning to replace the director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, I didn’t ask more questions because I also felt that there was a problem with this person’s work. Now it seems that there is definitely a problem
It was from the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. I don’t know who leaked the news.
I immediately asked him: "Who said you were going to be transferred?"
He said angrily: "Anyway, I know about this matter."
I said coldly: "It is normal to transfer jobs. It is impossible for a person to work in the same position for a lifetime. If you have such an attitude towards work, it means that there is something wrong with you. Since you are not willing to work anymore
, well, go and call your first deputy director, and we will assign the work to him."
He immediately panicked, "Mayor Feng, that's not what I meant."
I said coldly: "Then what do you mean? Just because you heard that your job is about to be transferred, you don't seriously implement the resolutions of the municipal government's standing meeting? In your eyes, the life safety and health of the people in the city are at stake.
Why don't you take the position of director?" Then I said to the deputy mayor in charge: "You can handle this matter. My request is very simple. From today... no, from now on, this matter must start immediately.
conduct."
Then I left the place with my secretary and driver.
After getting in the car, the secretary advised me: "Mayor Feng, don't be angry. This man is a veteran. It's not worth getting angry with him."
In fact, I was not angry, but I felt in my heart that the quality of such cadres was too poor. I said calmly: "Inform the director of the Urban Construction Bureau and Yu Yong and ask them to come to Binjiang Road immediately. By the way, ask them to call.
People from the design unit, let’s take a closer look at it on site.”
They arrived half an hour later, in a flat place on Binjiang Road. The design unit spread their preliminary design drawings flat on the ground and began to introduce to me the general plan and ideas of their design.
During the introduction, I kept thinking, and at the same time I went to the river several times to see the situation along the river. Later I discovered that there were problems in their design. I said: "I think your design is generally good, but
It seems that there is not enough width on this side of the river. This side will be a place for citizens to relax in the future, and it must be designed according to the park's land area."
Someone from the design unit said: "Mayor Feng, we mainly focus on the possibility of increasing the value of the land along the river when designing. Once this area is built, the price of the land here will be very valuable in the future. Therefore, we try to reduce the
The area occupied by this side.”
I shook my head and said, "I think there's something wrong with your idea, no, it's the logical relationship.
First, we built Binjiang Road first to provide citizens with a unique leisure place. Second, the better the planning and design here, the more popular it will be in the future, and the greater the value of the land here will increase.
This is a reasonable logical relationship.
This is just like making clothes. We can't ignore the materials needed for the clothes because the fabric is expensive, and sacrifice the beauty of the clothes to save more fabric, right? The principle is the same.
My idea is to create a high-level scenic area along the river to stimulate the business atmosphere in this area. This is not only a need for urban beautification, but also an economic consideration." At this point, I asked
Urban Construction Director and Yu Yong, "What do you two think?"
They nodded and said: "Mayor Feng taught us another lesson today. It seems that there are indeed some problems with our thinking."
I said: "You should go out for more inspections, including your design unit. I told Secretary Rong that we would rather spend more time on the design of Binjiang Road and we must design it to perfection. This is our city
It is a beautiful scenery and a business card of our city. It must not be careless. This is also our responsible attitude towards this city."
Then we looked downstream along the river, and at the same time we kept looking at the content on the design drawings. At the same time, I also put forward a lot of personal opinions on some of the future commercial details of the preliminary design. Of course, I
I communicated with them with a discussion attitude. There were some things that I felt were right after their explanations, so I no longer insisted on my personal opinions.
After returning to the office, the deputy mayor in charge of environmental protection work came. He first asked one thing, "Mayor Feng, is it true that the environmental protection director is going to be replaced?"
I shook my head and said: "I'm not particularly clear about this matter, but it is possible that the municipal party committee will make some adjustments on cadre issues recently. But I think this matter and work are two different things. Now his director has not
Exempted, right? In such a major matter, a director can actually leave his job behind for his own personal reasons. I think this person is not qualified to be the leader of any unit. Don’t you think so?"
There was some embarrassment on his face, but he still nodded, "Mayor Feng, you are right. But this person's usual job is still very good. After all, a person will develop feelings after working in the same position for a long time.
, and at the same time, I feel a little resistant to the fact that this company was transferred away for no reason, which is also a normal emotional reaction."
I looked at him in surprise, "My gay brother, can such an important matter be stopped casually just because of personal emotional reactions? I don't agree with this statement."
He was even more embarrassed, "Yes. You are right. But..."
Now I seemed to understand, "He is your relative?"
He nodded and said: "He and I are brothers-in-law. Mayor Feng, I want to ask you for a favor. For my sake, please don't pursue him anymore for today's matter? He has just realized that his
It’s wrong, but I don’t dare to come and see you.”
I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, "Well, let's just pretend that what happened today never happened. But I can't decide whether he will be transferred or not."
He asked me: "It is said that he was just transferred to another unit or served as the top leader. Is that right?"
I shook my head and said, "I really don't know about this matter. You know that, I never ask about things I shouldn't ask."
He looked at me and said in a probing tone, "Well, Mayor Feng, could you please help me tell Secretary Rong about his affairs? It's not easy for him either. After all, he has been sitting in the position of director for many years. What if something happens?
If you are demoted, how will you meet people here in the future?"
I was very embarrassed, and I rejected his request directly in my heart. But I thought that after all, he is my deputy, and we are all on the same team, and I will need his cooperation in many things in the future. After thinking about it, I said: "You
, I am really in this mountain, and I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu. You are in charge of environmental protection, wouldn’t it be better for you to tell Secretary Rong about this matter yourself? In the way of reporting work to her.”
He said awkwardly: "But, my relationship with him..."
I smiled and said, "To be honest, it doesn't matter. And it's precisely because you have that kind of relationship with him that Secretary Rong has to think more about it, right? For example, now, I will stop talking about it because you and I are colleagues and friends."
It’s the same as going after him for today’s matter. You think so?”
He was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you for the reminder."
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Many things are like this. I clearly know that a person or a thing needs to be dealt with, but I have to give up due to various reasons.
We live in a humanistic society, and there is no way around this.
But the deputy mayor is also a smart man. He knows that I am refusing. As the mayor, he cannot force my refusal, not to mention that I gave him ideas, told the truth, and promised him not to go again.
I am worried about what happened to his relative today. In a word, I have already given him a lot of face.
It's normal for people in the officialdom to give each other face as long as it's not a matter of principle. Anyway, nothing has happened so far, so it doesn't matter if we muddle along. But I still remind the deputy mayor in charge that I
He said to him: "The water source issue must not be taken lightly. Once something happens, it will be a big deal. You, the deputy mayor in charge, will be responsible. I don't want to see that happen."
He said: "I will immediately ask them to hurry up and get this matter done."
I said: "The most important thing is that you have to supervise and inspect. Now I am most worried about this matter. Once something happens, the consequences will be disastrous."
He said: "I will pay attention."
Then he left. I don’t know why, but I always felt uneasy in my heart. Maybe it was the incident at that school last time that left a shadow in my heart.
Things in this world are so strange: the more you worry about something, the more that thing will happen.
Two days later, citizens in a residential area suffered from widespread diarrhea and vomiting. According to the CDC investigation, the problem was with the water source. We had to report this matter to the Provincial Environmental Protection Department and relevant leaders.
The leaders in the province immediately remembered the incident of food poisoning among students last time, so they asked us to immediately find out where the problem lies and hold the relevant personnel accountable.
The problem was quickly identified. This incident was caused by serious pollution of the water source of the reservoir. It was probably the fish farmers who were asked to evacuate who poured feces into the reservoir or poured fish feed into the reservoir. I
Instruct the public security department to investigate this matter immediately.
The situation was soon discovered. It was indeed a fish farmer who poured several buckets of feces into the reservoir to vent his anger. The water plant had not paid attention to monitoring the quality of the water recently.
The fish farmer was immediately arrested by the Public Security Bureau, which is not a problem. However, the responsibilities of other personnel must be held accountable.
Fortunately, I studied this matter specifically at the recent government executive meeting and made specific requirements. Otherwise, the responsibility would also be held on me.
Secretary Rong called me and called me to her office. The first thing she asked me was, "Mayor Feng, how did your government handle this matter? Didn't you report it to me last time?"
Is this the case? The funds needed for the project have already been allocated to the Environmental Protection Bureau, so how could something like this happen?"
I said: "This is caused by the inaction of the people below. We are investigating the responsibilities of the relevant people below."
She looked at me and said, "Mayor Feng, please send the minutes of the municipal government's executive meeting and the work records of the following functional departments on this matter to my office immediately. The province requires our municipal committee to investigate this matter.
Hold accountable.”
Only then did I truly realize the seriousness of this matter. (To be continued)