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The Toothless Tiger in the District Administrator’s Office – or: How Götz Ulrich (CDU) Manages Shortage in the Burgenland District€18.04 million in uncovered deficit. A number that cries out for a political outcry. For resistance. For a fight. But what does District Administrator Götz Ulrich deliver on January 26, 2026? Not a declaration of war – but an administrative instruction. The tone alone is revealing (see video). Ulrich does not say: We will not accept this. He says: “We are moving with this draft and this deficit in a sad community of many districts in Germany.”Sad – yes. But where is the anger? Where is the fury? Where is the political instinct to turn this into pressure? Instead comes the central confession of impotence: “Politics places the orders – and at the municipal level we get the bill for it.”That is the perfect description of a toothless tiger. Not a fighter, but a cashier. Someone who dutifully accepts what is decided “up there” and passes it on “down here.” Ulrich makes it clear here: We are not actors – we are processors. And he goes one step further: “We cannot simply cancel these tasks.”Translated, that means: We can do nothing. So we do nothing. A district administrator who declares himself an impotent executive organ. Ulrich does call for: “Anyone who wants to keep districts capable of acting must finally bring about a permanent, sustainable financial endowment.” But: Who is this “anyone”? He names no addressee, no deadline, no consequence. No “if – then.” No political lever. Just pleas into the void. His words on the obligation to provide compensation also sound combative – but they aren’t: “Our position is clear: there is no obligation for the states to compensate at will and whim.”Sounds good. But what follows from that? Nothing. No means of pressure. No escalation. No mobilization of the public. No conflict. A tiger that explains it would actually be dangerous – but never bites. Then the next retreat into passivity: “You know, the issue is pending before the Federal Constitutional Court.”In other words: We’re waiting for Karlsruhe. The district administrator parks political responsibility with judges. Anyone who talks like that is not leading a district – he is managing a case file. And while Ulrich describes the budget situation as “disastrous,” in the same breath he lists million-euro projects: €55.3 million in investments, €46.3 million in structural construction, €23.6 million for the Naumburg education campus, new funds for schools: “We propose to make an additional €5,000 available to each school.”Pure contradiction: He declares a financial state of emergency – and then acts as if everything were routine operations. No prioritization, no political signal: We must save, fight, rethink. Instead: Keep on administering. And then comes the real low point – and it comes from Mr. Schumann, not from the district administrator. Schumann not only criticizes the tight schedule: “We now have barely five weeks to work our way into the budget… five weeks is damn tight.”He also criticizes the disregard for voluntary service: “When you then keep throwing things overboard … that causes a lot of chaos in many people’s calendars.”What does that mean in plain English? Not only is the budget poorly prepared – the political process is also being administered instead of led. Even the district council is treated like a subordinate authority, not like a democratic body. And the response from District Council Chairman Andy Haugk? “Thank you very much for the comment. We’ll take it on board.”No contradiction, no insight, no change. Just another filing away. Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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