Then it crashed: Garmisch-Partenkirchen's mayor Elisabeth Koch had to take serious criticism in the local council.
The failed mayoral candidate Dr.
Stephan Thiel and her constant rival Martin Sielmann beat her verbally.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - She stoically followed the speeches.
Every now and then she turned her head to the right in the direction of the desk.
In between, she reached into the lunch bag of the person sitting next to her, Claudia Zolk.
Maybe a little bite to calm you down?
Where: Outwardly, Elisabeth Koch (CSU) appeared calm.
Inwardly, however, it should have been simmering.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Greens and FDP verbally beat the mayor - even below the belt
The mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchner was confronted in the context of the budget debate with a settlement that did not lack any severity.
Dr.
Stephan Thiel (Greens) and Martin Sielmann (FDP) verbally beat the town hall chief without ceasing.
Sometimes with low blows below the belt.
Anton Hofer (Ga + Pa together) did not save with criticism either, but included the entire local council.
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One of the chief critics of the budget speeches: Dr.
Stephan Thiel (Greens)
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It was two hours in the Werdenfels festival hall that showed that there was a deep wedge between the factions - the friction that was thought to have been under Mayor Dr.
Sigrid Meierhofer (SPD) has already reached its climax, should have strengthened even more.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Deep wedge between factions in the municipal council
Koch is of course of this type. It is often provoking.
There is no other way of describing her introductory words this time.
First she praised the preliminary discussions in the finance committee as “very constructive and trusting”, then she took out the steam hammer.
She warned those colleagues who would vote against the 109 million euro package: "I know that one or the other will not agree, but then he will vote against the renovation of our schools, and these are our children." , which Hofer rated as "foolish".
“To say something like that is completely wrong.
You cannot assume that people are voting against the children. "
Hard settlement with the mayor: accusation of a lack of understanding of democracy
The template was thus given.
And the household faded into the background.
"A tradition," said the Green Group spokesman.
"The past political work of the whole year is considered." For Thiel something like the clarification of the question: "Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys." He classified the First Mayor in the latter category.
With the lavish wish list like a World Ski Championships, a congress center and less traffic, discussions “at eye level”, including transparent support from the town hall chief, are required.
"Instead, hydrants are cleared, footpaths are swept, steam-blasting is used, the fire brigade accompanies the drone flight and other services."
Zoff in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: failed mayoral candidate criticizes mayor
Thiel referred to Koch's Facebook activities.
He asked the smug question of how many followers, i.e. friends in social media, she had, apart from “the 17 permanent fixtures here in the hall?” His problem: “The appropriate job description for this corresponds more to E6 than B3”.
He was referring to the salary scale.
No silk dirndl or a visit to Scala with the Italian president makes up for that.
Dr.
Stephan Thiel
The procedures in the meetings also disappoint the failed mayor candidate, the regular blocking of things that the CSU does not like by the house power.
"Overall, this appearance suggests a lack of appreciation for the work of the municipal councils - at least with those who think differently." Thiel sums up the mayor's approach with a lack of understanding of democracy.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: "Mayor with room for improvement"
He had the impression that Koch had never left the role of chairman of the CSU parliamentary group.
She does not save with defamatory remarks about members of the community council, she often lets herself be carried away to gossip after meetings.
"That is not behavior that supports the state - there is no silk dirndl or a visit to Scala with the Italian president to compensate for that." Such an appearance as the holder of the highest office in the municipality is rather "extremely strange for us".
Thiel found the great supporter in Martin Sielmann.
The FDP lone fighter celebrated his fellow Greens frenetically.
"Stephan, you gave the best speech I have heard in this council in seven years." If he wasn't a member of the FDP for so long, he would immediately fill out an application from the Greens.
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The mayor's permanent rival: Martin Sielmann (FDP).
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That made it clear what was to come.
Sielmann was not happy with his long-term rival in recent years.
"We have a mayor with room for improvement," he said cautiously.
"I would like to encourage you to finally give up your role in the opposition and to reflect on what is essential: to bring the community together."
Municipal council in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: criticism of the mayor - "Mrs. Koch - or Müller?"
One point that Thiel and Sielmann denounced was the fact that Koch had refused an annual interview with the daily newspaper, "because they didn't like the interviewer," complained Sielmann.
“This monarchical demeanor, even if they are called Sissy, is completely out of place.” He rated it as “pre-democratic”.
The tirade on Koch culminated in a name-twisting game.
The mayor felt compelled to interrupt Sielmann of all people because of a necessary ventilation break, and spoke to him with Schröter.
As a reminder: In the old year, the current FDP Bundestag candidate had changed his surname.
A faux pas that Koch made again after the break - and finally got Sielmann angry.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: City council meeting reaches negative climax - shot against mayor goes over the target
It improved a few seconds later - but too late.
“You see, Frau Koch - or are you called Müller?
- Everyone has the right to be called by their name. ”So the session was heading towards its negative climax.
"They do it systematically, and they do it regularly," he accused the cook.
Sielmann asked his doctor about such behavior.
“He said that such confusion of names was a clear indication of the onset of dementia.” A slight murmur could be heard in the hall.
A shot that went over the target.
But the speaker did his thing.
He ironically called Koch Frau Müller and continued to settle the current local politics.
An ugly end to an evening when the household should have been the focus.
In the end it was approved with 18: 9 votes.
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