{"id":13484,"date":"2017-12-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/jolahugvekja-baejarstjora\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:39","slug":"jolahugvekja-baejarstjora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/jolahugvekja-baejarstjora\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mayor's Christmas Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00deegar \u00feessi or\u00f0 eru ritu\u00f0 eru vetrars\u00f3lst\u00f6\u00f0ur. Dag fer n\u00fa a\u00f0<br \/>\nlengja \u00e1 n\u00fd, n\u00fdtt upphaf sem vi\u00f0 tengjum \u00fe\u00f3 oftast vi\u00f0 gaml\u00e1rsdag og n\u00fd\u00e1rsdag.<br \/>\nVetrars\u00f3lst\u00f6\u00f0ur vir\u00f0ast vera rau\u00f0ur \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0ur \u00ed m\u00f6rgum tr\u00faarbr\u00f6g\u00f0um. \u00de\u00e1 er sigri<br \/>\nlj\u00f3ssins fagna\u00f0, vi\u00f0 h\u00f6ldum inn \u00ed enn eitt \u00e1ri\u00f0 og enn einn hringinn \u00ed kringum<br \/>\ns\u00f3lina og svona heldur l\u00edfi\u00f0 \u00e1fram. \u00d6ll \u00e9l styttir upp, regni\u00f0 og skammdegi\u00f0<br \/>\nh\u00f6rfa a\u00f0 vori fyrir s\u00f3linni sem \u00f6llu gefur l\u00edf. R\u00e9tt eins og \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00e1\u00f0ur en<br \/>\nnokkurt okkar f\u00e6ddist og \u00feannig mun \u00fea\u00f0 vonandi halda \u00e1fram sem lengst eftir<br \/>\nokkar daga.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1 \u00e1kve\u00f0num aldri gerir ma\u00f0ur s\u00e9r grein fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e1herslur<br \/>\ntengdar j\u00f3lum hafa breyst. Tilhl\u00f6kkunin yfir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e1 pakka hefur f\u00e6rst yfir \u00ed<br \/>\n\u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnunum s\u00ednum f\u00e1 \u00ed sk\u00f3inn og f\u00e1 pakkana \u00e1 a\u00f0fangadag og<br \/>\njafnvel er ma\u00f0ur kominn \u00fea\u00f0 langt a\u00f0 upplifa \u00feetta or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed gegnum barnab\u00f6rnin og<br \/>\nb\u00f6rn sem koma manni alls ekkert vi\u00f0, en ma\u00f0ur s\u00e9r brosin og tilhl\u00f6kkunina hvar<br \/>\nsem ma\u00f0ur fer. A\u00f0 gefa veitir manni \u00fe\u00e1 or\u00f0i\u00f0 miklu meira en \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feiggja. \u00c1 sama<br \/>\nt\u00edma gle\u00f0st ma\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00f3 mest yfir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 kominn t\u00edmi \u00e1 annan hring, ma\u00f0ur<br \/>\ns\u00e9 enn \u00fe\u00e1tttakandi \u00ed hringfer\u00f0inni og lj\u00f3si\u00f0 sigri myrkri\u00f0 enn einu sinni og neisti<br \/>\nvors og sumars s\u00e9 tendra\u00f0ur enn \u00e1 n\u00fd.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cd sigri lj\u00f3ssins og \u00feess a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 fara annan hring felast<br \/>\nnefnilega \u00feau \u00f3endanlega d\u00fdrm\u00e6tu t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 gera enn betur. L\u00e6ra af<br \/>\nvegfer\u00f0inni, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed sem vel var gert og ekki s\u00edst \u00fev\u00ed sem mi\u00f0ur f\u00f3r. Enginn<br \/>\ner yfir \u00fea\u00f0 hafinn og engin full\u00feroska s\u00e1l gerir s\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e6r v\u00e6ntingar a\u00f0 fara<br \/>\nfullkomlega \u00ed gegnum \u00e1r e\u00f0a \u00e6viskei\u00f0 \u00e1n mistaka. \u00deroskinn felst \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 greina<br \/>\n\u00e1 milli, l\u00e6ra og reyna a\u00f0 gera betur. Ver\u00f0a betri \u00ed dag en \u00ed g\u00e6r. \u00deetta held \u00e9g<br \/>\na\u00f0 flestir \u00feekki og hafi upplifa\u00f0 me\u00f0 einum e\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum h\u00e6tti og v\u00e6gi \u00feessara<br \/>\ngilda taki meira og meira pl\u00e1ss me\u00f0 hverju \u00e1rinu sem ma\u00f0ur lifir.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cd st\u00f6rfum m\u00ednum sem b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri hef \u00e9g \u00e1samt b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnarf\u00f3lki<br \/>\nveri\u00f0 a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed gegnum veturinn. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum \u00feurft a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed gegnum m\u00f6gur<br \/>\nt\u00edmabil, t\u00edmabil a\u00f0halds. \u00dea\u00f0 hefur gengi\u00f0 \u00fevert \u00e1 alla m\u00e1laflokka og tekist<br \/>\nhefur veri\u00f0 \u00e1 um \u00e1herslur \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed eins og e\u00f0lilegt er. \u00dea\u00f0 er e\u00f0li stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lanna<br \/>\na\u00f0 takast \u00e1 um m\u00e1lefnin og m\u00e6lieiningar kr\u00f3nunnar. Svi\u00f0sstj\u00f3rar allra<br \/>\nm\u00e1laflokka vildu hafa meira til skiptanna til a\u00f0 sinna s\u00ednum br\u00fdnu verkefnum. En<br \/>\n\u00feessi vinna hefur n\u00fa veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 skila s\u00e9r og r\u00e9tt eins og hausti\u00f0 og veturinn h\u00f6rfa<br \/>\nerum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 komast \u00e1 \u00feann sta\u00f0 a\u00f0 geta hlakka\u00f0 til n\u00fds upphafs, n\u00fds hrings \u00ed<br \/>\nkringum s\u00f3lina.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>N\u00fd fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun fylgir n\u00fdju \u00e1ri og \u00ed byrjun desember var<br \/>\nfj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun sam\u00feykkt \u00ed b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rn. Ber h\u00fan \u00feess merki a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er a\u00f0 birta<br \/>\ntil og n\u00fa er loks meira til skiptanna \u00ed br\u00fdn verkefni samf\u00e9lagsins okkar. \u00de\u00e1 er<br \/>\n\u00fea\u00f0 skylda okkar sem st\u00fdrum a\u00f0 g\u00e6ta \u00feess a\u00f0 vel s\u00e9 fari\u00f0 me\u00f0, m\u00e1laflokkarnir<br \/>\nnj\u00f3ti allir g\u00f3\u00f0s af og enginn ver\u00f0i \u00fat undan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cd raun eru engin verkefni b\u00e6jarf\u00e9laga sem ekki flokkast sem br\u00fdn<br \/>\nme\u00f0 einum e\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum h\u00e6tti. \u00de\u00f3 eru l\u00ed\u00f0an og velfer\u00f0<br \/>\nbarna og unglinga \u00ed forgrunni \u00ed n\u00fdsam\u00feykktri fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun.<\/p>\n<p>\u00deegar kemur a\u00f0 m\u00e1lum<br \/>\nbarna og unglinga me\u00f0 greiningar og\/e\u00f0a fj\u00f6l\u00fe\u00e6ttan vanda hefur m\u00e9r fundist sem<br \/>\neinstaklingi a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sem samf\u00e9lag h\u00f6fum heilt yfir brug\u00f0ist. R\u00edki og sveitarf\u00e9l\u00f6g<br \/>\nhafa \u00feannig sta\u00f0i\u00f0 h\u00e1lf \u00farr\u00e6\u00f0alaus gagnvart m\u00e1laflokknum. Fr\u00e1 \u00feessu eru \u00fe\u00f3<br \/>\nundantekningar \u00fear sem gripi\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 snemma inn \u00ed \u00feannig a\u00f0 vi\u00f0komandi<br \/>\nhefur \u00e1tt fars\u00e6lt l\u00edf. Allt of oft h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 hins vegar brug\u00f0ist algj\u00f6rlega sem<br \/>\nsamf\u00e9lag, \u00fear sem ramminn sem reynt er a\u00f0 vinna eftir r\u00e6\u00f0ur ekki vi\u00f0 e\u00f0a<br \/>\nvi\u00f0urkennir ekki umfang vandans. Aflei\u00f0ingarnar fyrir vi\u00f0komandi og<br \/>\na\u00f0standendur ver\u00f0a \u00ferautaganga sem oft hefur enda\u00f0 me\u00f0 skelfingu.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00deessi m\u00e1laflokkur hefur snert mig og \u00feannig hef \u00e9g fengi\u00f0 inns\u00fdn<br \/>\n\u00ed hann b\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 sj\u00f3narh\u00f3li stj\u00f3rnanda hj\u00e1 sveitarf\u00e9l\u00f6gum og fr\u00e1 sj\u00f3narh\u00f3li<br \/>\n\u00feeirra sem eru a\u00f0 vinna me\u00f0 einstakling sem var \u00f3f\u00e6r um a\u00f0 bjarga s\u00e9r sj\u00e1lfur.<br \/>\nVi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum lofa\u00f0 a\u00f0 g\u00e6ta samfer\u00f0amanna okkar sem f\u00e6\u00f0ast \u00feannig e\u00f0a veikjast; a\u00f0<br \/>\n\u00feeir geti treyst \u00e1 okkur hin til a\u00f0 g\u00e6ta \u00feeirra og vernda.<\/p>\n<p>\u00deess vegna er \u00e9g gla\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edmam\u00f3tum, \u00feegar s\u00f3l fer a\u00f0<br \/>\nh\u00e6kka \u00e1 n\u00fd og \u00e1ram\u00f3t ganga \u00ed gar\u00f0, a\u00f0 f\u00e1 t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 leggja upp \u00ed annan<br \/>\nhring me\u00f0 n\u00fdjar \u00e1herslur, me\u00f0al annars \u00ed \u00feessum m\u00e1laflokki. \u00cd fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun<br \/>\nfyrir n\u00fdtt \u00e1r h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 fengi\u00f0 t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til \u00feess a\u00f0 gera betur fyrir \u00feennan<br \/>\nm\u00e1laflokk, sem g\u00e6ti veri\u00f0 upphafi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum til fyrirmyndar. Vi\u00f0<br \/>\nn\u00e1\u00f0um \u00feeim markmi\u00f0um \u00ed \u00e1r me\u00f0 jafnlaunavottun, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan var sett \u00e1 oddinn<br \/>\nfyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum, og \u00feess vegna er \u00e9g vong\u00f3\u00f0ur fyrir h\u00f6nd skj\u00f3lst\u00e6\u00f0inga<br \/>\nb\u00e6jarins \u00ed \u00feessum vi\u00f0kv\u00e6ma m\u00e1laflokki.<\/p>\n<p>K\u00e6ru vinir, f\u00f6gnum n\u00fdju upphafi, f\u00f6gnum \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e1 n\u00fd t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri,<br \/>\nvefjum \u00e6ttingja, vini og samfer\u00f0amenn hl\u00fdju og umhyggju og nj\u00f3tum j\u00f3la og<br \/>\n\u00e1ram\u00f3ta.<\/p>\n<p>Gu\u00f0 gefi ykkur gle\u00f0ileg j\u00f3l og fars\u00e6ld \u00e1 komandi \u00e1ri.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Haraldur L. Haraldsson, b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00deegar \u00feessi or\u00f0 eru ritu\u00f0 eru vetrars\u00f3lst\u00f6\u00f0ur. Dag fer n\u00fa a\u00f0 lengja \u00e1 n\u00fd, n\u00fdtt upphaf sem vi\u00f0 tengjum \u00fe\u00f3 oftast vi\u00f0 gaml\u00e1rsdag og n\u00fd\u00e1rsdag. Vetrars\u00f3lst\u00f6\u00f0ur vir\u00f0ast vera rau\u00f0ur \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0ur \u00ed m\u00f6rgum tr\u00faarbr\u00f6g\u00f0um. \u00de\u00e1 er sigri lj\u00f3ssins fagna\u00f0, vi\u00f0 h\u00f6ldum inn \u00ed enn eitt \u00e1ri\u00f0 og enn einn hringinn \u00ed kringum s\u00f3lina og svona heldur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13484"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}