Out of the opposition role: SPD Geretsried hopes for new momentum

Created: 04/12/2022, 20:00

The newly elected board of directors: (from left) Deputy Secretary Turgay Büyüksürücü, Treasurer Arthur Wolfseher, Secretary Bernhard Lorenz, Deputy Chairwoman Gabriele Poch, Assessor Carina Forster, Assessor Klaus Forster, Assessor Wolfgang Werner, Deputy Chairman Michael Lasidis, Chairman Martin Bruckner and Assessor Hans Hopfner.

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The Geretsrieder SPD hopes for new impetus through the success at federal level.

At the annual meeting in the council chambers, many construction sites were discussed.

Geretsried – Martin Bruckner remains chairman of the Geretsried SPD.

After the success of the Social Democrats in the federal elections, they are hoping for some momentum for the local association, which currently has 56 members (four fewer than in 2019).

At the annual meeting in the council chambers, Bruckner and the SPD parliamentary group spokesman, Hans Hopfner, made no secret of the fact that the result of the 2020 local elections in Geretsried was disappointing.

“With only four seats left on the city council, we have shrunk considerably.

While we used to work well with the CSU, we now see ourselves more in the opposition role," said Hopfner.

Town center in Stein: Geeretsrieder SPD hopes for earlier start of construction

As an example, he cited an application by his party and the Geretsrieder list for mobile air filters to protect against corona viruses in city schools, which was rejected by the CSU and free voters.

Fixed air purification devices are now to be installed by the end of the year – far too late, Hopfner thinks.

The SPD parliamentary group leader is hoping for a somewhat earlier start of construction for the community center in Stein.

The project was postponed by four years to 2026 due to the financial situation of the municipality and the numerous compulsory tasks in the area of ​​day care centers and schools.

It is also important to the comrades that an underpass for cyclists should be built at the Blumenstraße/B11 intersection in the medium term.

Martin Bruckner said he observed the situation there once in the morning before school started: "It's life-threatening, the way the students wind through the cars in the morning." should be provided with a traffic light, the SPD considers an underpass to be the better solution in the long run.

On the other hand, Hopfner finds it reasonable that none was built at the town hall – it would have cost 1.5 million euros.

The small detour past the town hall is reasonable for every cyclist, says the frequent cyclist.

SPD Geretsried wants to fight for the district clinic in the district council

The members wanted to retrofit the ice rink with photovoltaics, which is difficult but not impossible given the round shape of the roof.

Sports officer Wolfgang Werner promised to keep that in mind.

At the request of members, he also wants to work to rehabilitate the soccer field of the soccer friends (FF) Geretsried on Robert-Schumann-Weg, which is muddy after rain and therefore difficult to play on.

Bernhard Lorenz suggested that the city should ask citizens in good time if they are interested in connecting to the planned district heating network if the Canadian investor Eavor promotes geothermal energy in Gelting and installs its heat exchange system.

District Councilor Wolfgang Werner then addressed some of the district council issues.

The SPD parliamentary group – also reduced to four people – will continue to fight to keep the Wolfratshauser district clinic in the hands of the district, he announced.

District chairman speaks out in favor of peace policy

Werner advertised the new X buses.

He uses them often himself.

For example, you can get from Geretsried town hall to Wolfratshausen train station quickly and inexpensively for 1.80 euros.

He cannot confirm that the buses are usually empty, as some claim: “They run every 20 minutes.

Not every bus is full, but overall the innovation is already being accepted.” Perhaps with lower incidences, more people will soon dare to use public transport again.

District chairman Klaus Barthel addressed the Ukraine war.

The great good of democracy is not valued enough in this country, he said in view of a turnout of only 40 percent in Geretsried in the federal elections.

The former member of the Bundestag spoke out in favor of a peace policy.

Willy Brandt's policy of detente during the Cold War contributed significantly to the freedom of the Baltic States.

Barthel demands a new world economic order.

Instead of every country trying to get hold of as many raw materials and fossil fuels as possible, we must jointly push for the expansion of renewable energies.

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