Chapter 320: Investigating Urban Management

On September 5th, just after starting work in the afternoon, Executive Vice County Chief Yang Chengyu and Urban Management Bureau Director Huang Ruiqi came to report work, mainly about the night market relocation problem.

After the two sat down, Lu Fan asked: "I want to ask, why does the night market need to be relocated?"

Yang Chengyu replied: "Secretary, the relocation is mainly based on these considerations: blocking traffic, noise disturbing the people, hygiene is dirty, messy, and poor, burying safety hazards, affecting the city image, and increasing management difficulty, etc."

"Night market relocation is not only an urgent need for Ganshui's urban development and image improvement, but also an inevitable requirement of social historical development."

Lu Fan said: "But I heard that hundreds of people pulled banners to petition, and this matter made a lot of noise, which had a very bad influence."

Yang Chengyu sighed and said: "The merchants and some people in the night market cannot accept it due to interests or feelings, but we cannot give up eating because of a few people's interests. I think the night market will move sooner or later. It is better to move early than late, and better to move fast than early. Otherwise, the more you drag to the back, the more troublesome it will be!"

Lu Fan did not think so and said: "Chengyu, the relocation of the old night market is a livelihood issue, involving the interests of nearly a hundred merchants and the livelihood of nearly a thousand people. We must never be careless and move it away! Moving from the central location to the east end of the city, can the popularity of the night market be guaranteed? Will the masses walk more than ten minutes to eat at the night market? Have these problems been considered?"

"I am thinking, is it really necessary to relocate the night market? Admittedly, big cities need to reasonably plan various markets out of the needs of urban development and image improvement. But Ganshui is a small county, does it have this need and necessity? I think it is more important for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment!"

Yang Chengyu was very unwilling. He had already laid out the stall. If there is a sudden non-relocation, wouldn't the enterprise's previous investment be yellow? He couldn't explain to others!

So he said: "Secretary, we have been planning the relocation of the old night market for a year, and the County Government Standing Committee also voted to pass it, and reached a cooperation agreement with the enterprise. The stall has been laid out, and it belongs to a key county-level project."

Originally leaving him face, unexpectedly Yang Chengyu was so stubborn, Lu Fan asked directly: "The stall fee of the old night market is 20 yuan a night, and there is no other fee. I think it is very good!"

"The night market you planned, the entry fee, stall fee, and management fee are doubled. I want to know who formulated this standard? Have you sought the opinions of the stall owners? Have you gone through sufficient argumentation and hearing procedures? Who allowed you to do this? Is there any corruption problem in this?"

"Don't think I don't know the tricks in this. This is obviously using government resources for illegal operations, attempting to illegally seek personal gain! How can the common people have no opinions?"

"My opinion is to stop the night market relocation project immediately, post a notice, and let the old night market maintain the status quo. At the same time, the Urban Management Bureau should do a good job in daily supervision and service, and must be people-oriented!"

Yang Chengyu was silent, and Urban Management Bureau Director Huang Ruiqi thought for a while and said: "Please rest assured, Secretary, the Urban Management Bureau resolutely implements the decision-making and deployment of the County Party Committee!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw Yang Chengyu look at Huang Ruiqi with deep meaning!

The Education Bureau Director was double-regulated, which brought a great shock to the leading cadres in the county, making them see clearly who is the "speaker" of Ganshui now!

A strong County Party Secretary and Executive Vice County Chief, such a choice, even a fool would choose with eyes closed!

Lu Fan nodded and said: "Chengyu, you go back and handle the relevant matters properly. Ruiqi, you accompany me to investigate, I want to see how your Urban Management Bureau carries out work!"

Yang Chengyu got up and said: "Okay, Secretary, I will report to the County Chief after I go back and come up with handling opinions as soon as possible."

Huang Ruiqi got a private car, drove it himself, and took Lu Fan and County Party Committee Office Director Li Xinbo to sway on two streets.

Ganshui's main street is the first street, and business is concentrated on this street; the second street is the national border line, and there are also merchants doing business, mostly restaurants and car repair shops.

Driving on the street, Lu Fan said: "Big cities have the prosperity of big cities, with broad employment opportunities and infinite development possibilities, but the prosperity ends, it is high housing prices, high pressure. Small counties have the comfort of small counties, low prices, low housing prices, slow pace of life, and comfortable life."

"But what cannot be ignored is that small counties have few employment opportunities, are typical acquaintance societies, human feelings occupy a large space, nepotism within the system, and everything needs to find acquaintances and entrust relationships, which is worth our deep reflection!"

"Therefore, we must do our best to create jobs, instead of moving the good night market to the corner, and also call it for the development of the city. I think the development direction of small counties is fireworks, just clean up the environmental hygiene, and there is no need to spend a lot of money to make it look bright and beautiful. Those flashy things, I don't know how the common people scold us behind our backs!"

Huang Ruiqi sighed: "There are few leaders who are as pragmatic as the Secretary now! I have never approved of the relocation of the old night market, but the arm cannot twist the thigh! From 20 yuan a day to more than 80, and the business after relocation is not guaranteed to be prosperous, the stall owners must scold their mothers, and their petitions with banners did not work. Now with the Secretary 'backing' us, our work is much easier to do!"

This is a naked "loyalty," and Lu Fan gave a positive response, saying: "Ruiqi, put your mind on work, the organization will naturally see it! In recent years, the improper behavior of your industry has been frequently exposed, and some law enforcement officers' violent behavior, abuse of power, and non-compliant operations are common. This chaos not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, but also damages the image of the government. In the final analysis, it is a lack of effective management and supervision."

No coincidence, no book, perhaps to verify Lu Fan's words, a scene that made Huang Ruiqi very ugly happened outside the car window: a staff member in uniform and two staff members in plain clothes had a physical conflict with a tricycle vendor. The law enforcement officer in urban management uniform sat in the tricycle and did not let the car owner approach. Someone also walked towards the crowd filming and snatched their mobile phones, followed by a physical conflict.

Some masses persuaded: "The vendor's money is not easy to earn, they are all Ganshui people, fellow villagers, forget it!"

Urban management said disdainfully: "You grew up eating seawater? You manage so wide? Go, go, don't be a dog holding a mouse and meddling in other people's business!"

Lu Fan said with a gloomy face: "Hurry up and arrange for someone to deal with it, and lose the face of the County Party Committee and County Government!"

"Okay, Secretary, I will arrange it immediately, these bastards!" Huang Ruiqi felt very lucky. If it happened a few days earlier and was bumped into by the Secretary, it would not be let go so lightly!

Lu Fan really didn't intend to investigate deeply, and said again: "I can't manage other places, but the work style and philosophy of Ganshui urban management must be changed. You prepare a meeting, and I will attend it myself."

It was also time to get off work, and the three found a restaurant to eat noodles, asked for boiled tofu, and had a simple meal.

Returning to the office, Zhang Qianyuan came to report the progress of Xu Ziheng's case, saying: "Secretary, Xu Ziheng explained some problems, involving the Municipal Education Bureau Director and Vice County Chief Li Junxia."

Lu Fan thought for a while and said: "Only explain his own problems and problems involving Ganshui, don't record, listen, or ignore problems involving the Municipal Education Bureau!"

"Okay, Secretary, I know what to do."

Lu Fan said: "Qianyuan, I went to see the work of urban management today, and there are some problems. Alas, why do I feel that every unit in Ganshui has many problems?"

Qianyuan sighed softly and responded: "Secretary, maybe your requirements are too high! But there are indeed problems with the style of some units. The situation at the grassroots level is like this. Few of these bureau directors can reach the deputy division level. Most of them feel that their official career is over in this life. After there is no hope of promotion, their minds will gradually shift to other aspects, and their eyes will only stare at that little private interest!"

Lu Fan nodded and said: "There are indeed many problems in Ganshui. We must clearly recognize the long-term, complexity, and arduousness of style construction."

"Style construction is always on the road, there is no end, and it must be grasped constantly, finely, and long. At the same time, maintain a high-pressure situation of correcting style and discipline, severely curb unhealthy trends, and insist on using excellent style to drive the improvement of work efficiency and promote the formation of a good political ecology."

"Qianyuan, if the corruption around the masses is reduced by one point, the masses' sense of identity and gain will increase by one point. I authorize you to investigate corrupt elements to the end, find one case, investigate one case, no one cannot be investigated, dare not investigate!"

"At the same time, we must also discover and reuse those cadres who sincerely do things, are good at doing things, and are clean, so that those who hope to run, buy, and ask have no market, and create a clean and upright political environment."

"No matter how many problems there are, as long as we firmly believe in governance, Ganshui will slowly get better!"

"Secretary, I will definitely follow your footsteps and be your assistant!"

Lu Fan smiled and said: "Anti-corruption must be grasped unremittingly. Once a corrupt element is caught, it cannot be burned lightly. Let them spit out everything they ate. Our finance is not well-off, and money is needed everywhere!"

Zhang Qianyuan laughed: "Okay, Secretary, I will pay attention to 'economic benefits' when handling cases! Oh, by the way, what about Li Junxia? Xu Ziheng explained many of his problems, mainly engineering projects and school building maintenance, as well as principal hiring and teacher transfer."

Lu Fan said: "You verify those problems first, and I will report to the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission as soon as possible. We have already taken down a vice county chief this year, so we must pay attention to social influence. We can't let outsiders say that our Ganshui is a corruption nest!"

Zhang Qianyuan thought for a while and finally said: "Xu Ziheng also explained some problems of the County Chief."

Lu Fan frowned and said: "This person started biting indiscriminately. Don't make it public, just record it if it should be recorded." ===== CHAPTER 321 =====