empty houses and great plans

As we learned today, the houses for 1 Euro each are yet to be sold. So far, people wanting to buy them have only signed declarations of intent. To 2.000 houses in Salemi, there are 8.000 people interested. So all should be sold, even if some lose interest along the way.
But, it's not even clear if the council is entitled to sell the houses, after all, some still have their rightful owners from 1968. It seems that a long bureaucratic battle lies ahead.
Talking about the council... one man in the administration welcomed the positive publicity Salemi received ever since Sgarbi is mayor. For years, Salemi was famous for being Italy's capital for a day as Garibaldi started his quest for reunification. For years after, Salemi was famous as a Mafia stronghold. Now, Salemi is famous for Sgarbi (and vice versa).
And yes, people from the council did not want to be filmed. But don't worry, we did several interviews and also filmed them, but I haven't gotten around to editing and subtitling yet... still busy shooting (here on the walls of the Castello)...

and capturing the footage (in the church which collapsed in 68 and has been kept as an open piazza with only a few pillars standing and the former altar (on which we are sitting)).