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Are the vultures already circling? The district is missing more than 109 million euros for the 2026 budgetWhat District Administrator Götz Ulrich presented to the district council for the 2026 budget was above all one thing: a declaration of political bankruptcy. What District Administrator Götz Ulrich presented to the district council for the 2026 budget was above all one thing: a declaration of political bankruptcy. No draft budget, no clear statements, no analysis of causes – instead, plenty of bureaucratic jargon, legal smokescreens, and the demonstrative shifting of responsibility onto laws, courts, and the State Administrative Office. That the district budget for 2026 could not even be submitted is sold by Ulrich as a quasi-natural outcome of “difficult framework conditions.” But anyone who listens more closely quickly realizes: This is not a political leader speaking, but an administrative official hiding behind paragraphs. Laws that even the district administrator does not understand?Particularly revealing is Ulrich’s handling of the recent amendment to the Municipal Constitution Act. According to the district administrator, it was “urgently necessary” and now provides “greater legal certainty.” Yet no sooner is this said than the caveat follows: one must first examine how this law is actually to be understood, whether additional case law applies, and which criteria truly count.In other words: A key law on municipal financing comes into force – and even a district administrator cannot clearly interpret it. Why is no fundamental question raised here? Why are legal provisions created whose practical application is apparently so unclear that even the highest municipal officials must first “ask” the State Administrative Office – and in the end lawyers decide what was politically intended? Legal certainty looks different. 109-million-euro hole – but no causes?Ulrich cites figures: 75 million euros less in assessment bases, a funding gap of more than 109 million euros, a notional levy rate of 53 percent. This is drastic – and yet the district administrator remains strikingly vague when it comes to the causes.High social costs, youth welfare, public transport – yes, these are well-known cost blocks. But why are they exploding? Why are revenues collapsing? Not a word about:
Who is actually supposed to pay for this?Completely ignored in the district administrator’s remarks is the crucial question of how cities and municipalities are even supposed to shoulder these burdens. Every percentage point of the district levy hits municipalities that are already long at their limit: collapsing business tax revenues, rising social expenditures, investment backlogs in schools, roads, and fire services. Where the money is supposed to come from remains unanswered. Tax increases? Further cuts to voluntary services? Even more debt? The district administrator appears to give no thought to any of this. Instead of offering solutions, the problem is simply passed downward – to mayors and city councils who then have to explain to citizens why services are being cut, while the causes of the misery remain untouched.Administration instead of representationUlrich’s self-image becomes clearest in his statement that above all one must avoid the State Administrative Office objecting to the budget. Approval in the district council? Secondary. Relief for the municipalities? Apparently negotiable. The main thing is that the supervisory authority is satisfied.This raises an uncomfortable question: Does the district administrator still see himself as a representative of the citizens and municipalities of the Burgenland district – or exclusively as an extended arm of the supervisory authority? A district administrator is not merely a budget manager. His task is to
Technocracy instead of leadershipWhat remains is the impression of a district administrator who has settled into a self-built corset of paragraphs, balancing procedures, and legal ambiguities – and who apparently no longer considers political leadership possible.Yet precisely in times of exploding costs, economic crisis, and growing burdens on cities and municipalities, the Burgenland district would need not a tightrope walk, but clear words, clear assignments of responsibility, and a clear stance toward state and federal government. Instead, there is:
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