11180 abruzzo elections almost over

its actually making all the national headlines... not that many people are interested in abruzzo because its one of the smaller regions with only about 1.2 million population... but because this is the first test of how the present government and the opposition are doing... basically a straight fight between berlusconi and veltroni and their candidates....

whatever side of the fence you take i believe a victory for the ex mayor of Teramo will be of benefit to the region as a whole... he has done whilst in office here a good job of improving facilities in both the provincial sense and in the town... and is young and progressive...

however yesterday voting was way down on the 2005 regional election numbers... and cannot blame the weather as it was sunny and warm here... there is voting today until 15.00 so should know the result by the evening... no doubt there will be a lot of national debate on the results and what it says about the main national parties....