Political ticker: Election campaign rhetoric to be expected at the GR meeting
The City Council meets on Wednesday at 9 a.m. The focus is not only on the NEOS application for the dissolution of the municipal council, which again had to be put on the agenda. Fair Innsbruck and FPÖ are in rhetorical campaign mode in the run-up to the municipal council.
INNSBRUCK. The current hour was this time from GR Gerald Depaoli selected: “Current hour 1726 days Mayor Georg Willi! Chaos, standstill, favoritism and city rights violations. What’s next?” is the topic and reminds of the intensive phase in the election campaign. According to the applications from the city senate, among others. “Municipal roads, nationwide 30 km/h limit in the city area”, as well as the motions of the committees, the motions are up for discussion and voting. It starts with the applicationDissolution of the municipal council of the provincial capital of Innsbruck“from GR Dagmar Klingler-Newesely. The application was not discussed in the December meeting because 17 municipal councilors abstained. After a submission by NEOS to the municipal supervisory authority, this called for a discussion of the application.
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“Mayor Georg Willli was elected mayor of the city of Innsbruck on May 6, 2018. Since then there has been chaos and standstill in Innsbruck’s city politics. Favorite politics and city rights violations are now the order of the day. Georg Willi’s favoritism, which was uncovered by the control department, is still happily celebrating its origins in the town hall”, GR Depaoli introduces the topic of the current hour.
SMEs need support
“The city can do a lot if it wants to!”, List Fritz-GR Thomas Mayer convinced. In most cases, the only thing missing is the political will to simply implement important relief measures. “The lower to middle income groups cannot live on their savings account forever. Therefore, these population groups need the greatest possible relief in all areas,” Mayer sees an urgent need for action. For this reason, the list calls for Fritz in the upcoming municipal council additional energy cost subsidy for medium-sized companies as a supplement to the state grant. This should be available to all Innsbruck community citizens whose income is above the state requirements but within the requirements for housing subsidies. This means that even a one-person household with a monthly net income of between EUR 1,900 and EUR 3,000 would have the opportunity to receive a municipal energy cost subsidy. “According to the application, the same applies to a two-person household with a net income of between EUR 2,700 and EUR 5,000 per month,” says Mayer, who can imagine a flat-rate subsidy of EUR 250 as the subsidy amount.
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support tenants
Many tenants from non-profit housing associations such as the Innsbruck real estate company are coming under increasing pressure.
“It cannot be that the city evades responsibility, although non-profit housing developers such as Neue Heimat Tirol are 50% owned and Innsbrucker Immobiliengesellschaft 100% owned by the city of Innsbruck,” says Mayer, who received financial support from the of the city also used for this group of tenants.
Another re-election application
“The political standstill in Innsbruck is cemented with the current constellation,” explains Vizebgm. Markus Lassenberger, who says: “It is better that we now have a short election campaign and can then get started with a new mayor than to remain completely inactive until the regular election date. Due to the multiple crises, we simply cannot afford to stand still.”
Lassenberger criticizes the fact that BM Willi simply negates municipal council decisions because he does not like them. He lists: “The construction of a recycling center in the west, the construction of a 50-meter pool, the erection of bollards to protect against terrorism, etc. The standstill is documented.” nothing good can be expected for 2024.”
For the FPÖ it is therefore clear that only new elections can help out of this misery. “Willi has apparently not only lost control of the city, but he also seems to be no longer heard in his own party. This is not surprising, since everyone in the Green Party knows that Willi’s star has already fallen. He should simply make room for someone else who will bravely fight for Innsbruck’s interests. This also includes the flight weather service, which not only secures a few jobs, but is also essential for the security of city functions. The elders still remember the great tragedy of Britannia. Something like this must never happen again,” says StR Rudi Federspiel. For this reason, the FPÖ-Rudi Federspiel will, with a clear conscience, submit a monthly dissolution application. “It’s about time that voters put their foot down,” Lassenberger concluded.