Rubén César de Paula, the teacher of democracy
He attended practically all his primary and secondary studies at the Mixed Superior School "Bernardino Rivadavia", except for the first grade, which did so at the Immaculate Conception College.
At 16, "Polyya" (nickname won at an early age of the hand of an aunt, thanks to his passion for "Apoliyar"), already militated in the Radical Civic Union, following the tradition of his family, which, in general Alvear(Where was Don Francisco from), he had an extensive and outstanding career in his ranks.
He was the only male in the 1951 promotion of the Normal School.Following his passion for the laws, he began the law degree at the University of La Plata.However, some complications in the family sphere precipitated their return to Azul and culminated abandoning the studies.
Shortly he began working as a degree teacher at Rauch N ° 10 school and in the local Penitentiary Unit, where he acquired the necessary temper for interaction with risk groups.
Beyond his abrupt return to the city, fate reserved a "surprise" that would change the course of his life.Started in the teaching of physical education, he began to exercise in "his second home" (as he used to say), the Normal School.
His gift of people and sympathy led him to prepare sports teams and thus achieved a lot of successes at the head of the normal school basketball sets.The then called "Evita Championships" had in the tile sets prepared by Paula to constant animators, sometimes reaching the defining instances disputed in the city of La Plata.
Dedicated to teaching at the secondary level, in parallel he provided his services to institutions such as Lighteenth and blue alumni Athletic Club, in which he also made endearing friends such as the Restive Dardo Professor.
Within the large students, a young woman caught her heart and, despite the nine years of age difference and the teaching-student link, the day she turned 18, with a huge bouquet of flowers, he went homeTo "ask for your hand" to your mother.Finally, after several years of courtship, on February 16, 1963, she married Carmen Inés Vulcan.Two daughters were born from the fruit: Valentina (July 26, 1965) and Carolina (November 7, 1975).
In the Radical Civic Union, several citizens of Fuste had as guides, to solve the responsibilities of the active civic militancy.And soon it was revealed as a distinguished disciple of the leaders of greatest relevance.
From his first steps in radical youth showed the profile that after a few years would project it to important party positions and public function.In the latter he made his appearance by integrating the councilors' bench after the elections of July 7, 1963, from which Pedro Armando López emerged as mayor.The presidency of the block that was integrated together with the neighbors Clemente Oscar Gazzolo (elected president of the Deliberative Council), Santos Luis Olguín, Julio César Schiaffino, Antonio Goenaga, Antonio Goenaga, Amelia Esther Prat, Mauricio Alberto Ponthot, Martín A.Arrouy, León Arnaldo Zitta and Ernesto Hesayne.
Sports and politics were their most notorious activities, the same achievements that approached him countless friends from all sectors.
As a player, he integrated the basketball teams of the Blue Student Club, an entity in which he also fulfilled team coach functions.Always giving well samples of his skills, he also directed children and youth activity.
But his ability to the sports service did not concentrate only on the attention of the teams.In 1971 he fulfilled functions as president of the Basketball Center Association, an entity that also sheltered as members of neighboring Olavarría.Subsequently he also provided his support for volleyball.Being president of the Buenos Aires Volleyball Federation Mr. Eduardo Arroyo, from Paula, fulfilled functions of secretary.In that year, together with Professor Alberto Arouxet, he was appointed Regional Delegate of Regional Intercollegial Competencies.
His work as a teacher of Physical Education in the secondary schools of Azul and screaming, plus his successful campaigns at the head of the Bluish teams, successes he shared with Professor Norberto Pedro Ladira, promoted him to publish his experiences with his colleague in the edition in the editionFrom a book entitled "Mi notes", where both reviewed what was experienced in physical education plans for educational establishments.
The Blue Athletic Commission, which began its renovating task in the entity in 1975 headed by Mario Julio Layús, launched the so -called "Integral Sports School" project, payrolling for its directiona de Paula, who was seconded by professors Juan JuanCarlos Saldaño and Mirta Belén in the early years (1978).His task of general coordinator of the entity led him to schedule the physical preparation of the upper campuses of the entity, who participated in the Soccer League.
He feels, he feels, "Polyya" mayor!
The ship's captain Carlos Guillermo Cafatti arrived in Azul in August 1983 to ensure the elections.Tired of dark and flooded nights, Argentina sought the dawn of a hope called democracy.The four months missing to complete the year were loaded with illusions, speeches, promises and fears...
The most prominent candidates for the Baleña Intendencia were Carlos Laurini, who felt sure to be able to repeat the historic Peronist victories, and Professor Rubén C.From Paula, who hoped to receive the confidence of the people to carry out an austere and entrepreneurial government.
For his candidacy, "Polyya" was postulated from an internal sector of the U.C.R.called Renewal and Change Movement, competing in a very close intern with César Luis Martínez.
The elections of October 30, 1983 gave their sentence and marked at that date as the beginning of "Other History".Rubén César de Paula became the mayor of Azul, backed by 13.278 votes, against 10.294 that obtained its main opponent.The new mayor became a true surprise for the city and the same radical civic union.
Paula remained a simple physical education professor, a town man, a tireless worker, who had arrived at the municipality in his Rural Dodge to change local history...
He took an oath before the president of the Honorable Deliberative Council, Dr. César Luis Martínez, on Sunday, December 11, 1983.
At that time, Argentina experienced the effervescent sensation of the recovered democracy, of the free game of institutions, of freedom of expression.
It was the initial task of the Government the ordering of the inherited political-economic situation.There were few surprises at the harsh reality.The care centers were in chaotic maintenance situation and the road machinery in critical condition, with 50% of their operable capacity.The essential infrastructure works did not have economic-financial coverage and, in addition, administrative irregularities were detected.The task to be done was not simple.
The scarce resources available to the municipality were prosecuted in works related to culture, education and sports, with the faith placed in youth and its development, for which, for example, the Municipal Sports School was created.
Housing and Forestry Plans, paving works and numerous social works distinguished the administration in an unusual mix of conservatism and progressivism, which gave blue an important character in the region.
Following his innate vocation and respect for the older adults, by Paula he planned the extension and improvements of the House of the Day Center for the elderly, shortly specifying the projected and holding the institution over the years with the significant contributionof the municipality, always chasing care and respect for the "grandparents".
In 1985 it was enabled in the old provincial railway station, the Maternal Garden (today is named after the extinct professor), covering the needs of the San Francisco and Villa Fidelidad neighborhoods.
On Sunday, June 9 of the same year, the then governor of La Rioja, Dr. Carlos Saúl Menem, arrived in anticipated tour with a view to the campaign prior to the presidential election of 1989.On the occasion he toured the city and culminated signing in the mayor's office the book of distinguished visitors.
On January 22, 1986, Paula announced the paving of Juan José Mujica Intendant Avenue, an artery with which an important boost was given to the industrial zone of our city directly connecting, for example, to San Lorenzo, the industrial parkand to South -Name, with National Route No. 3.
A major work was the one specified in Villa Piazza with the realization of a wide network of storm drains, ending with a serious problem of that large tile neighborhood, which, after each rain, by minimal that it was, suffered various flooding.
A vote of trust
Four years after the return of democracy again in our party elections for municipal positions.Paula had initiated a progressive government, his figure had been growing and the law allowed him to re -election.The Radical Civic Union endorsed its candidacy for a new mandate.
Justicialism, meanwhile, proposed to the young leader and lawyer Juan Atilio Barberena.Former leader of the Peronist Youth and Lyed Advisor of the Municipality in the '70s, he appeared as the man who could face a radical of strong presence and great charisma.
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On the first Sunday of September 1987, the polls gave their verdict: De Paula obtained his second period of government with the endorsement of 17.334 votes, while Barberena, although loser, had approached a lot with 15.166 votes.
De Paula's second mandate had several complications.
The dollar and the fixed deadline became the concern of each day of the Argentines.Likewise, the Government saw many of its initiatives locked by a closed opposition at the highest legislative level, by losing the majority in the elections for the renewal of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation.
On December 3, 1988, members of the blue army garrison departed towards Campo de Mayo to collaborate with the loyal troops, in the control of the situation in the face of the rebellion and mutiny of the military "carapintada" in that unit.The military sphere suffered three strong remasses with the uprisings of Lieutenant Colonel Aldo Rico and Colonel Mohamed Seineldín, both of outstanding performance as commands in Las Malvinas, and, in January 1989, with the surprise reappearance of the subversive guerrillas in their bloody attackTo the La Tablada barracks.
The Sports Department of the Municipality of Azul, through the Community Municipal Program (Pro.Mu.CO.), began the realization of the Neighborhood Olympic Games that will have annual frequency and in turn the Municipal Commission for the Fight against Drug addiction was established.
The country's economic situation began to destabilize.Here in Azul, Sudamtex, which was paralyzed, suspended two hundred workers.In July Novothermic provisionally ceased its activities and the crisis began to relate to the spirit of society.
To counterattack, Azul became a center for scientific events after the authorization of the Medical Circle building, whose wide facilities allowed him to organize important courses and days such as the Athenaeum of the Municipal Hospital DR.Ángel Pintos, the courses of the Sports Medicine Association of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires, the conferences of the Zonal Department of Mental Health, the multidisciplinary days of the Children's Hospital of Azul, a cycle of talks on health policy and the conferenceof Ladoe Pediatrics of the Center of Buenos Aires, among many others.
As for tourism development, slowly our city sought to stand out in the matter - which was not yet in vogue as it happens today - and pursuing a clear objective, the municipal spa was extended and improved, large sectors of the municipal park were reforested,Several squares were reconditioned and the Paseo del Azul gallery was even enabled, which aroused a wide interest given its intricate design.In the same vein, from the Executive Department the donation by military manufactures of what we currently know as a hostel of the mouth of the mountains was achieved.
However, inflation stalked;The Austral gave in to the dollar.Employees lost their purchasing power and others lost their jobs.Violence and insecurity became current currency.The crisis became unsustainable and given the existence of a recently elected president (Carlos Menem, for Frejupo), Dr. Raúl Alfonsín decided to advance five months the transfer of command originally planned for December 10, 1989.
In blue the socioeconomic situation was not very different.Sudamtex and Novothermic closed their doors;other companies threatened with identical measures.
Fortunately, the institutional stability of the commune was another.However, the problem of insecurity made its appearance on the local scene and led the situation to other extremes.On May 6, 1990, the well -known cardiologist, Edgardo Capelli, summoned the town to Plaza San Martín.On 12, the community responded broadly to said call.Everyone agreed that the insecurity problems were serious but, unfortunately, the one who "encouraged to put the jack for the cat", was repeatedly threatened just like some of his relatives;And as a consequence, the professional was put aside.The Buenos Aires government preferred not to act and simply opted for a solution given by the simple passage of time.The municipality was helpless in the complex situation and reaction of the provincial Executive.
At the request of the people
Nothing was easy in the early '90s or "Menemist".
With the democratic system sufficiently consolidated throughout the country and in our city, it was time to choose intendant.
The opposition was waiting for the end of the "Depaulista" era.The social alliance that had sustained it for several years, and that overflowed with radicalism, began to present some cracks, only sealed by their tenacity, but that led him to "stop all the balls alone", as once said,With the logical wear that this implied.However, in spite of everything, the teacher retained his reflexes and kept several plays in the galley.
Paula never ceased to be the flat, affectionate and cordial man, and as an official made stresses to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of all sectors of the city.Loyalty to his people and his party led him to accept the challenge of a third mandate, although no one had ever imagined the abrupt and final.
On the day of September 8, 1991, Rubén César de Paula obtained the greatest support of its history by reaching at the polls a total of 18.900 votes, while justicialism, represented by Nicolás Castiglione rose with just 12.191 votes.
On Thursday, December 12, the president of the Honorable Deliberative Council, DR.Héctor José Rodríguez took an oath to De Paula to start his third term.
The following year, some minor floods produced great discontent in the community.For its part, the productive issue was the wedge that the opposition had begun to handle in its speeches, in addition to arguing the need for oxygenation of some areas of the Executive.
What some forgot, was that Rubén "Polyya" of Paula was a true friend of the people, a man who carried out an open -door administration and who walked the streets as another neighbor, leaving aside the burden of the "title"As mayor, to only bring the responsibility to help the tiles.
In the intricate circles of politics, he was always a great factor of dialogue and understanding.His affiliation did not prevent him from serving any citizen, whatever his political extraction.Everyone was treated equally and that earned him the recognition of the government authorities of the province that they had for Azul and for the Mayor, a manifest and good predisposition that allowed him to make the concretion of works and projects of great value.By route of co -participation and other types of assists, he had a firm support from the government of his co -religionist Dr.Alejandro Armendáriz, as of the following justicialist governors, doctors Antonio Cafiero and Eduardo Duhalde.The latter, even chose our mayor as one of the fifteen best in Buenos Aires, sending it in a special delegation to the United States to "study" American politics and promote Azul.
The work team constituted by the mayor, that is, its officials, developed a joint task with all staff.And despite the political weight with which the opposition had, it kept a respectful position of the investiture, contributing in many ways with its work.It is worth marking, as an example of harmony and dedication.
On December 22, 1993, he spread the news that Paula had suffered a decompensation in the square when she fired the collective that took her daughter in "GRADUATE JOURNEY", after which he had to be hospitalized and then transferred to the capital.On 24, the beloved professor turned 61.However, that day had little of holiday.
The time of the sad farewell...
Without possibilities of improvement, De Paula was transferred again to our city.Day by day his condition worsened until, on January 11, 1994, Azul was linked to fire a true bastion of the community.A large crowd accompanied the beloved mayor until his last abode in the municipal cemetery, in a sample of real affection.
There the first to speak was the interim mayor, dr.Héctor José Rodríguez on behalf of the community, who was followed by the national deputy Alfredo Ernesto Prat representing the Province Committee of the Radical Civic Union.After him, the vice governor of the province of Buenos Aires Rafael Edgardo Romá pronounced his words on behalf of the Buenos Aires government, and finally spoke the former president of the Nation, Dr.Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín, as president of the National Committee of Radicalism, but above all in his character as a personal friend.
While the crowd waited to access the place where the coffin had been deposited, spontaneously a lady began to sing the stanzas of the Argentine national anthem, and little by little the other people were adding until everyone sang with deep emotion.Without any doubt, it was the best way to fire a man who hugged politics with love and took dialogue as a flag, but above all he was a true teacher of democracy.
The great paradox
On June 4, 1946, initiating in some way a process of claiming national personalities, the municipal commissioner Silverio Carbone, by Decree No. 293/46, he decided to rename Adolfo Alsina's street as president Hipólito Yrigoyen.That same day he was inaugurating a bust of the leader of the Radical Civic Union in the central rambla of the 25 de Mayo Avenue at its intersection with the renowned artery (bust that today is in the front of School No. 28).
However, there was a detail that Carbone did not take into account or did not want to remedy.When the second anniversary of the overthrow of the constitutional government of Hipólito Yrigoyen had been fulfilled, occurred on September 6, 1930, the then mayor Dante Bernaudo, had decided to rename Buenos Aires as Lieutenant General José Félix Uriburu, who was precisely the one whooverthrew the government of the U.C.R.
Coup and overthrown crossed in a blue corner.
Through Ordinance 2283/04 approved by the Honorable Deliberative Council of Azul on November 29, 2004 and promulgated, by the Executive Power, on December 17 of the same year through Decree 1721/04, Mayor Omar Arnaldo Duclós orderedThe change of the name of Uriburu Street by Mayor Professor Rubén César de Paula.
After monitoring the corresponding legal steps, a few days later a plaque was discovered in the southern corner of the streets of Paula and Yrigoyen.
A little later, the plaque that was located in the east corner of San Martín and the renowned artery, was removed and transferred to the ethnographic museum and historical archive "Enrique Squirru" where it is currently preserved as a testimony of one of the tile paradoxes that arekept 72 years.
