-- ADAM STRZEMBOSZ TURNS 90. -- TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY ON STRZEMBOSZ ON THE OCCASION OF HIM BEING AWARDED THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE 3 YEARS AGO: https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/adam-strzembosz-151161 -- SWIETLANA CIECHANOUSKA TURNS 38 TODAY. -- PRIME MINISTER MADE AN OFFER TO PSL, SACHAJKO WOULD GET AGRICULTURE - PAWEŁ WROŃSKI IN GW: “Mateusz Morawiecki met with PSL leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz regarding a potential coalition – according to 'Wyborcza' information. The Prime Minister would like to broaden the coalition to include the Peasants and get rid of Zbigniew Ziobro's Solidary Poland. (...) However, several other PSL politicians are talking to us about the meeting between Kosiniak-Kamysz and Morawiecki in August. A specific offer was reportedly made: a coalition in regional assemblies, the position of Minister of Agriculture to replace Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, with whom the Prime Minister does not particularly get along, positions in agricultural agencies, and of course, abandoning the division of Mazovia. Jarosław Sachajko (Kukiz '15, who is in Koalicja Polska with PSL) was to become Minister of Agriculture, but Marek Sawicki was also mentioned.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,26286644,morawiecki-kusi-kosiniaka-mial-z-nim-osobiscie-rozmawiac-o.html -- KUKIZ SUGGESTS THAT A COALITION WITH PIS IS POSSIBLE - AS HE TOLD INTERIA: “- Jarosław Sachajko said exactly what I have been saying for many years. He conveyed that we came for the implementation of postulates: to implement them, one needs power or influence over power, i.e., to be in a coalition with power. We want to implement reforms such as an anti-corruption law, an anti-nepotism law, a competency law, introduce lay judges, and implement systemic postulates – Paweł Kukiz told Interia. (...) - We are talking about systemic changes, not about positions for aunts, uncles, mothers, and lovers – emphasizes the leader of Kukiz’15. We wanted to find out how his position relates to the words of the PSL leader, which were spoken at the beginning of September. - Koalicja Polska consists of two-thirds PSL and one-third other entities. I understand that Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz spoke for PSL, but for this type of communication, some common stance should have been established – Paweł Kukiz stated in an interview with Interia.” https://fakty.interia.pl/autor/jakub-szczepanski/news-pawel-kukiz-o-koalicji-z-pis-rozumiem-ze-kosiniak-kamysz-mow,nId,4725195 -- JAROSŁAW SACHAJKO ON RMF ADVOCATES FOR ENTERING INTO A COALITION WITH PIS, HOŁOWNIA ON TRZASKOWSKI NEEDING TO DECIDE WHO HE WANTS TO BE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2020/09/11/ -- MINK BREEDERS COUNT ON THE SUPPORT OF SOLIDARY POLAND - WIKTOR FERFECKI IN RZ: “According to our information, mink breeders are counting on the support of Zbigniew Ziobro's Solidary Poland, with whom they have good relations. For example, Wójcik was present at the Solidary Poland convention at the Palladium Theater. And indeed, currently, politicians from Ziobro's party are speaking cautiously about the project.” -- MICHAŁ MOSKAL CONVINCED THAT THE PIS PROJECT ON ANIMAL PROTECTION WILL BE ADOPTED - AS HE SAID IN RZ: “The producers face a difficult task, as even with divisions in the PiS parliamentary club, the project will likely be supported by the majority of Civic Coalition and The Left. – With the current political structure of the parliament, I cannot imagine this project not finding a cross-party majority – says Michał Moskal.” https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/200919934-Prozwierzecy-projekt-PiS-bedzie-okrojony-Hodowcy-norek-licza-na-Ziobre.html -- ON THE POLITICIZED SUPERVISORY BOARD OF WARSAW'S MPWIK AND PLATFORM POLITICIANS - GRAŻYNA ZAWADKA AND IZABELA KACPRZAK IN RZ: “The supervisory board of the MPWiK company includes city officials (such as Leszek Drogosz, Director of the Infrastructure Office and Deputy Chairman of the Climate Protection Team at the City of Warsaw Office) and Platform politicians – including Civic Platform councilor Elżbieta Lanc and Ludwik Rakowski, the mayor of Wilanów and a councilor of the Mazovian regional assembly. Wpolityce.pl, the portal of the Karnowski brothers, mocked that Jarosław Jóźwiak, who lost his position as Deputy Mayor of Warsaw in 2016 after the reprivatization scandal, found a 'cushy job' at the municipal water company – at MPWiK, he is the chairman of the supervisory board with a salary of almost PLN 5,000 gross per month. Tomasz Mencina, former mayor of Ursynów and current mayor of Bielany from Civic Platform, also works in the management board.” https://www.rp.pl/Warszawa/200919929-Wielkie-sledztwa-w-sprawie-sciekow-Dolacza-CBA.html -- IWONA SZPALA ON NITRAS'S STRONG CANDIDACY FOR HEAD OF THE CIVIC COALITION CLUB - WRITES IN GW: “From what we hear from Platform politicians, Budka's camp wants to maintain control over the club, and Siemoniak does not give such guarantees. – There is, of course, Sławomir Nitras, to whom Borys Budka promised the succession when he was running for the PO leadership – says a Platform politician. (...) Nitras is one of those who won the power struggle with Schetyna at that time. He is one of Budka's closest associates, he has been promoted within the party, joined the board, and gained influence over Platform's policy. – The promise of the club leader remains, but some things have changed among our leaders. Nitras is Rafał Trzaskowski's main associate, and Budka no longer has an interest in strengthening Trzaskowski's position in the party – we hear from a PO MP. When we ask about Nitras, a person from the party's top leadership says: – And why not? Nothing is decided yet.” -- BUDKA IS PLAYING FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS TERM IN THE CLUB - STATEMENT FROM A PO POLITICIAN IN SZPALA'S TEXT: “As of today, Budka does not have a name that guarantees 100% success in the club elections. He cannot give such an important area to his opponents. So he is playing for the extension of his term. The elections were supposed to take place in mid-September, but that has changed. First, we are to consider the club's regulations, which is a diversion. Leaders do not want to solve the political problem, so they bury the issue in procedure. There is strong opposition to this strategy in the club – says a PO MP.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,26288672,znow-walki-w-platformie-schetyna-chce-sie-postawic-budce.html -- HOŁOWNIA'S MOVEMENT IS EFFECTIVELY CONSUMING THE PLATFORM, THE KO LEADERSHIP IS LOST - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Szymon Hołownia's movement is effectively consuming the Platform, which has found itself in a major impasse. The Left is solely focused on itself – currently merging SLD with Wiosna. PSL is looking for its place after Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz was knocked out in the presidential elections. But the biggest hardship is currently in PO. The party's leadership appears lost. Borys Budka, who took the helm of the Platform with a large credit of trust during last year's elections, is now struggling after the pandemic and then the double presidential campaign upended the political landscape. He is not adapting well to the new situation. The presidential elections significantly boosted Rafał Trzaskowski's position, who has emerged as one of the opposition leaders. However, the fate of the movement he was supposed to establish at the beginning of September was overshadowed by the sewage treatment plant failure. The presidency of the capital city is more than a full-time job.” -- LACK OF LEADERS AND IDEAS IN THE PLATFORM, PIS TODAY CAN ONLY LOSE TO ITSELF - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Assuming that Trzaskowski would even manage to create Nowa Solidarność, it does not solve the problems that PO is facing today. The party lacks leaders and ideas. A social movement will not restore trust in the Platform, because politics in our system is conducted in the Sejm, through parties. Donald Tusk's advice from a recent interview for 'Polityka', which boils down to urging to attack PiS, sounds surprisingly barren. PO has been fiercely attacking PiS for five years, and so far it has not yielded significant results. All of this is good news for Jarosław Kaczyński, who knows that PiS today can only lose to itself, to its own greed, nepotism, dishonesty.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/309109908-Szuldrzynski-PiS-moze-dzis-przegrac-tylko-ze-soba.html -- HOŁOWNIA IS BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO PO, WHICH EVEN TUSK HAS WRITTEN OFF - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Hołownia's daily chats, where he sounds like Kaszpirowski on high speed, attract thousands of people on social media. He is launching an internet radio and a small shop with merchandise promoting the movement. He asks fans for recurring donations to his movement: PLN 20 and 50 gr. It sounds like a door-to-door salesman's offer, but he manages to secure funding. Since June 29, he has raised nearly a million zlotys, PLN 500,000 per month. He is expanding the movement, has launched the Strategie 2050 think tank, and plans to establish a party closer to the elections. He hopes his movement will have 8-9 thousand members. And he benefits from PO's weakness. Because the Platform has gotten bogged down in internal disputes. Warsaw's problems are sinking Rafał Trzaskowski. Nowa Solidarność has not been established. The flow of support from PO to Polska 2050 will be natural, due to programmatic and identity similarities. Today, Szymon Hołownia is building an alternative to PO, which even Donald Tusk has written off.” https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/200919931-Jacek-Nizinkiewicz-Slabosc-Platformy-wzmacnia-Holownie.html -- HAS THE OPPOSITION GONE ON A THREE-YEAR VACATION? - MONIKA OLEJNIK IN GW: “The leader may also face resistance from Solidary Poland, whose politicians are favorites of the media mogul, as well as some right-wing journalists who believe the leader wants to curry favor with the leftists. This will be a very interesting struggle showing who truly has the power. It is a shame that the opposition is not visible, as if it has gone underground and is preoccupied with itself, forgetting that politics happens every day. Have they gone on a three-year vacation?” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,26287686,czy-opozycja-wybrala-sie-na-trzyletni-urlop.html -- GAZETA STOŁECZNA ON HOW A DEVELOPER DESTROYED A BEAVER DAM: “The beaver dam was destroyed arbitrarily by a developer building a housing estate 'for coronavirus' in the middle of the forest. The police have been notified. - The developer intentionally violated prohibitions applicable in landscape protection areas. This is punishable by a fine or arrest. We have notified the police – informs the Regional Environmental Protection Directorate. The police notification is a reaction to the actions of a company associated with businessman Marian Okręglicki. This developer has started building an estate of 15 houses on the site of a former military base in the middle of Bemowo Forest, in the buffer zone of the Łosiowe Błota reserve.” https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26287565,deweloper-budujacy-w-srodku-lasu-osiedle-na-koronawirusa-zniszczyl.html -- NIEZALEŻNA ON GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN THE DEVELOPER'S ARBITRARINESS: “The Regional Environmental Protection Directorate in Warsaw is notifying the police and the construction supervision regarding construction in the buffer zone of the Łosiowe Błota reserve. The investor intends to build an estate of fifteen single-family houses there, citing the act on special solutions related to counteracting COVID-19.” https://niezalezna.pl/351274-deweloperka-w-lesie-bemowskim-nie-przejdzie-zawiadomiono-inspektorat-nadzoru-budowlanego -- GW ON THE CITY SELLING LAND NEAR SKARYSZEWSKI PARK TO A DEVELOPER IN UNCLEAR CIRCUMSTANCES: “A building with a glass facade facing the park will be built on the outskirts of Skaryszewski Park in Warsaw's Kamionek. The plot of land at this location was sold by the city in unclear circumstances. The presentation of the investment coincided with controversies regarding this property, which we wrote about the day before. It will be built on a plot sold four years ago by the capital's city hall. Its development is permitted by the current zoning plan, but 80% of the plot is located in an area listed in the register of monuments. – The consent of the provincial conservator of monuments is required for the sale of historical areas by the local government. And even an application for such permission was not sent to the conservator. Therefore, the city did not have the appropriate permit for the sale – Jan Baran from the 'Miasto Jest Nasze' association argued two days ago.” https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26286747,tak-bedzie-wygladac-apartamentowiec-na-zabytkowej-dzialce-na.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Adam Strzembosz, Teresa Bochwic, Swietlana Ciechanouska, Aleksandra Rybińska.