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Barbara McMahon in Rome
Monday January 30, 2006
The Guardian

The Nobel prize-winning playwright Dario Fo was greeted with cheers yesterday as he cast his vote in the first round of his bid to become mayor of Milan.
The 79-year-old satirist, who has never before held public office, arrived with his actor wife Franca Rame to cast his vote at one of 124 polling stations open across the city. Repeating his campaign slogan: "I am not a moderate," the centre-left candidate said he was hopeful of winning the primary against three other candidates.
If elected, Mr Fo has promised to reverse the current centre-right administration's plans to demolish certain areas of the city centre and build tower blocks for offices and housing. He is also in favour of a congestion charge to free the city centre from pollution caused by traffic and wants to revitalise Milan's suburbs.
The man known for his scathing attacks on the rich and powerful has run a controversial and colourful campaign, pledging to rid Milan of the "money-grabbing bastards who have run this city for decades". London's mayor, Ken Livingstone, who visited Milan last week, is one of his supporters.
With three other candidates up for election yesterday, the real race was acknowledged to be between Mr Fo and his nearest rival, Bruno Ferrante, the former chief of police in Milan.
Early exit polls suggested that Mr Ferrante had a small lead. Italian news services reported that some voters had expressed doubts about Mr Fo's age and inexperience, fearing they would hamper his ability to run Italy's second city.

acknowledge- uznawać, przyznawać, potwierdzać
bastard- sukinsyn
bid- propozycja, oferta; próba
cast a vote- oddać głos
cheers- radość, radosne okrzyki
congestion- zator, zatłoczenie
current- aktualny, obecny
demolish- burzyć, obalać
hamper- zawadzać, przeszkadzać, utrudniać
in favour of - popierać
make a splash- wzbudzić sensację
moderate- umiarkowany
money-grabbing- chciwy, zachłanny, rzucający się na pieniądze
pledge- zobowiązywać, przyrzekać
polling station- lokal wyborczy
pollution- zanieczyszczenie
primary- wybory wstępne
reverse- odwracać, zmieniać
revitalise- rewitalizować, ożywiać
rid sb of sth- uwalniać kogoś od czegoś
scathing- zjadliwy, cięty
supporter- zwolennik, stronnik


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