With local elections taking place in Oberursel tomorrow, amongst other things for the town parliament (Stadtparlament), I decided to take a trip into the town centre this morning and see what the political parties had to say for themselves.
In particular I wanted to know about plans to replace the town swimming pool, which has been closed for several years. Recently there has been some discussion about the town selling off land to finance the building work. This would not be so bad, if there was not already a sports field on it!
Then I wanted to know what plans the town has for the future of the schools here, in particular any plans for Ganztagsschulen – schools that teach all day rather than just in the morning.
And finally I wanted to see what they had to say about the forthcoming Hessentag, in particular about the lack of information for businesses in the town and my recent attempts to get a permit to enter the closed-off part of the town in order to visit my customers during the event. [Read more…]
Voting in Germany used to be easy. As every German student knows, you have two votes – one for a candidate and one for a political party.
