-- WHO IS THE MAYOR OF WARSAW: TRZASKOWSKI OR SZOSTAKOWSKI? - TODAY'S VOTE IS ON RESTRICTING NIGHTTIME ALCOHOL SALES IN THE CAPITAL. Trzaskowski: For; Civic Coalition Councilors: Against. 

-- IS THE WARSAW POLICE COMMANDER BEING REMOVED FOR POLITICAL REASONS? AS STATED BY 'MIASTO JEST NASZE' (THE CITY IS OURS): Remember the Warsaw Police Commander who, on Tuesday at the security commission, argued that restricting alcohol sales would have a positive impact on public safety? Well, today the news broke that he is to be removed from his post. According to media reports, political pressure from Warsaw's Civic Platform circles is influencing the decision. If you're not with us, you're against us!
https://x.com/MiastoJestNasze/status/1968574587412545888

-- JAN MENCWEL: In the photo is Civic Platform councilor Jarosław Szostakowski. 
In 2016, he ensured that an extraordinary session of the City Council on reprivatization could not be held. 
In 2018, he illegally tampered with the boundaries of electoral districts.
In 2021, he blocked honorary citizenship for Jola Brzeska. 
https://x.com/JanMencwel/status/1372537772939038724

-- MICHAŁ JANCZURA FROM WP: A city councilor calls people trying to stop unlimited nighttime alcohol sales 'pato-activists'? Maybe the councilor should go see what's happening in detox wards and emergency rooms across Warsaw?! And for us journalists, it's time to check into this alcohol lobby.
https://x.com/jan_czura/status/1968329773350080559

-- ADAM ABRAMCZYK CALLS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S INTERVENTION: The failure of Civic Coalition councilors to vote for this proposal by Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski is extreme irresponsibility that will completely ridicule Poland's largest ruling party.
https://x.com/adam_abramczyk/status/1968272498039931166

-- CIVIC COALITION ACTIVISTS AND SUPPORTERS ARE BLOCKING RESIDENTS FROM SEATS AT CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS - Dorota Spyrka from the Razem Party.
https://x.com/dorota_spyrka/status/1968573274310205643

-- WARSAW POLICE CHIEF DARIUSZ WALICHNOWSKI IS TO LEAVE HIS POST. AS WE LEARNED UNOFFICIALLY, THE CHANGE IN COMMANDER IS HAPPENING FOR POLITICAL REASONS - MICHAŁ ŻYŁOWSKI AND MICHAŁ WOJTCZUK IN 'STOŁECZNA GW': “He was forced to leave because he wouldn't let the police become politicized,” says an officer from the Warsaw Police Headquarters. “Politicians from the ruling party wanted police officers to take photos with them and participate in a political farce. Commander Walichnowski strongly avoided this and didn't want politics done by the hands of police officers. He isn't afraid to refuse politicians. This is especially difficult in his position, since Marcin Kierwiński, the head of the Warsaw Civic Platform structures and the party's general secretary, has been Minister of Internal Affairs since July.”

-- THE CIVIC PLATFORM IS SOMETIMES 'FOR THE UNIFORM' AND SOMETIMES NOT - AS THE GW AUTHORS CONTINUE - SZOSTAKOWSKI SCOFFED AT THE POLICE OFFICER'S WORDS: “At the social policy committee meeting held concurrently, Jarosław Szostakowski, the leader of the Civic Coalition club in the Warsaw Council, spoke in a way that sounded downright dismissive of the officers: 'Would it be easier for the police? Probably, but is that what the police are for, to have an easier job?' Szostakowski downplayed.”
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32257732,odchodzi-komendant-warszawskiej-policji-polityczny-konflikt.html

-- CIVIC COALITION COUNCILORS DISAGREE WITH MOST RESIDENTS. AN ABSURD DETERMINATION AGAINST RESTRICTING NIGHTTIME ALCOHOL SALES - WOJCIECH KARPIESZUK IN GW: “Civic Coalition councilors say: 'Our voters don't want this,' 'It's a marginal, isolated problem.' That's not true. The councilors know perfectly well that residents want this, and at night, the city in many places is increasingly resembling one big drunken party.”
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32255731,radni-ko-przeciwko-mieszkancom-absurdalna-determinacja-w-sprawie.html

-- IN KRAKÓW, THE BAN HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TWO YEARS AND WORKS EXCELLENTLY - KATARZYNA KOJZAR AND MARCEL WANDAS IN OKO.PRESS: “Councilor Szostakowski is apparently unaware of the latest official statistics from Kraków. And they show that the success of the 'prohibition' is clear to see,” says Maciej Fijak from the Rescue Action for Kraków. “This solution has brought such spectacular results that it is increasingly difficult to find opponents of the nighttime restriction on alcohol sales here,” says Fijak. “None of the worst-case scenarios have come true; there are no failing businesses or new illegal dens. No one's personal freedom has been taken away—in fact, residents have regained it, as they don't have to worry about being accosted by someone outside a neighborhood liquor store on their way home late at night,” he comments. The Rescue Action for Kraków has already asked city councilors to extend the hours of the 'prohibition.'
https://oko.press/nocna-prohibicja-dzieli-warszawskich-radnych

-- PRZYDACZ: AFTER 9 PM, A CLASSIFIED REPORT CONCERNING THE EVENTS IN WYRYKI WAS DELIVERED TO THE PRESIDENT'S CHANCELLERY - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/09/18

-- BIRTHDAYS: Robert Mazurek, Marcin Wrona, Renata Janik, Marcin Zydorowicz.