"They told me I'm crazy": Mayor from the Gush Dan region confesses about the city's situation

Holon Mayor Shai Keinan gives an interview to Ma'ariv and explains why he has toughened the city's enforcement policy. Keinan describes the shift from 'defense to attack' in dealing with vandalism, dangerous scooter riding, and waste dumping, declaring that 'the days when you could do whatever you want in Holon are over'. The municipality has expanded its enforcement system, installed 1,400 cameras, and plans to make Holon the most networked city in Israel.

Holon Mayor Shai Keinan gives an interview to Ma'ariv and describes the revolution in municipal enforcement. Keinan says he decided to toughen the policy following a growing sense of lawlessness, including vandalism, dangerous riding of electric scooters and bicycles, and construction waste dumping. He quotes mothers who are afraid to go to the grocery store and explains that 'soft crime, if not dealt with in time, becomes hard crime'. The municipality has doubled the number of uniformed personnel, established a real-time monitoring center, and installed 1,400 cameras throughout the city. Keinan plans to make Holon the most networked city in Israel, even more than Tel Aviv, by the end of his term. He describes a precedent-setting step of removing shared scooters from the city starting September 17, and confiscating trucks that dump waste. Keinan emphasizes that the new approach creates deterrence: 'Today the talk among truck drivers is: there's a crazy mayor in Holon, don't dump in Holon'. He vows to reach criminals at their homes and 'pull them out of their beds'. According to him, the struggle is a 'national necessity' aimed at restoring governance and respect for the law.