It looks revolutionary, what is happening in three neighboring western Berlin districts, for the first time green city hall boss: inside everywhere: Jörn Oltmann was elected in Tempelhof-Schöneberg in November, now followed by Maren Schellenberg in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and yesterday evening Kirstin Bauch in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Update: Current report here).
But is “revolutionary” the right term? Even the figurative meaning (according to the Duden, a “profound change; revolutionary, previously valid, existing or similar repressing, fundamental innovation”) does not really describe what is currently going on in the three town halls. Firstly, the Greens have long been established (for some a bit too established) and secondly, the district “changes of government” took place here without the stress that occurs elsewhere, including in Berlin, on such occasions.
Our observer calls the historic handover of office in five decades of Christian-Democratic and now green-run south-west Berlin “genuine and cordial”. The dignity with which the previous district mayor and future city councilor Cerstin Richter-Kotowski (CDU) appeared is exemplary in times of unnecessarily heightened political disputes. The new (partly old) management teams also work in a harmonious, hands-on manner in the other two districts.
Now please make good politics with this positive drive, this mixture of new and tried and tested: climate protection, health, education, living, mobility, digitization, diversity, inclusion …
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Here are a few more topics that you will find in the current newsletter for Steglitz-Zehlendorf from Tagesspiegel, which you can order free of charge here like all other district newsletters:
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- With a waving cat: Inaugural visit to the new green district mayor
- From Oman via China to Paris: Wannsee sailor Julia Büsselberg (21) wants to go to the Olympics in 2024
- Buttoned pockets: the district is facing the “provisional budget”
- A “top dog” for the Rehwiese: residents want to take over the old kiosk
- 1623 people demand: More. Citizen participation. now
- All for one: All BVV parliamentary groups want to keep the kiosk at the Lichterfelde-West train station
- Campaign for a barrier-free neighborhood: Take photos of what’s in the way
- What girls dream of: Young refugees made their own movie with Hanna Schygulla
- Open air and streamed: overview of even more virus-proof church services on Christmas Eve
- Pitfalls in science communication: Discussion with virologist Christian Drosten
- Farewell to Sabine Jahn
- Heavy transport: Teltow Wall works of art become the focus in the National Museum of South Korea
- Berlin Hockey Club could prematurely become East German indoor hockey champions – twice
- An advent calendar full of audio stories: take a seat on the fairy tale sofa
- Newsletter author: Boris Buchholz
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