Innsbruck's balance sheet
Who were the busy bees in the municipal council?
The legislative period is rapidly drawing to a close. Time to take a look at a few facts and figures. Who tabled the most motions? Who was absent the most? First things first: even with the most precise data, it is not possible to say exactly who was how busy - but they do give a picture of the mood.
Many of the candidates for the Innsbruck municipal council and the mayor's seat were already on the municipal council in the previous legislative period. You can try to measure these people by their deeds, by their "diligence" - and not just by their promises. But one thing is clear from the outset: it remains an attempt - more or less successful. It is difficult to measure who was how diligent. For example, the "Tiroler Krone" wanted to have the speeches recorded - who spoke and for how long - but we were told by the city that this was impossible.
The effort involved would go beyond any scope, because it would have to be done "by hand". But even if it were possible, we would only know afterwards how much someone said - not whether what they said was constructive or useful. The situation is similar with motions. Here too, of course, it is not possible to measure how much work is behind the individual motions - only how many were tabled. We also don't know how many motions are about the content of the City of Innsbruck - and how many motions are "politically motivated", such as motions to vote out deputy mayors. We also have figures on the "absences" of individual elected representatives, with Thomas Lechleitner (first Greens, then Lebenswertes) leading the way.
But of course we don't want to accuse anyone who is ill, caring for someone or has another drastic reason of being "lazy". In any case, the "just" party submitted the most motions by a margin of one. We don't know who prevented the most projects - the FPÖ abstained the most.
Many venomous tips in the "current hours"
We also took a closer look at the current issues: "Mobility" and "Housing" were the most frequently selected topics. In the period from 2018 to 2023 inclusive, Für Innsbruck was allowed to choose the topic five times, and the parliamentary group wanted to discuss improvements for pedestrians three times. However, the topic descriptions also contain criticism of the other parliamentary groups - such as "Black-Blue failed: Innsbruck's chances through the new election" (Greens), "Four years under Mayor Willi - four years of stagnation!" and "Away from the green environmental policy that has failed miserably in Innsbruck" (both Liste Fritz) and Just Innsbruck, which was allowed to choose the topic of the day six times, taking shots at the mayor and the Greens five times, such as "The green mayoral experiment Georg Willi has failed". The Neos tried a more constructive approach with their choice of topic: "Respect, communication and cooperation in Innsbruck's municipal council: a review to improve political behavior" from 29 January 2020. Unfortunately, it didn't achieve much.
Election promises wherever you look. Politicians are extremely willing to work. As in 2018, what has become of it? Housing is still wickedly expensive. You still have to be (deathly) brave in places to cycle in Innsbruck. The city center is becoming an empty shell of its former self. No, it's not all bad - you can't be that unfair. But it could be so much better. If, in addition to political differences, personal grievances and vanity had not found their way into the municipal council.
This legislative period was just a repeat of the previous one. Bills were settled, over and over again. The standard was steadily lowered, disrespect and shouting were tolerated for too long. Among the bruised egos, the elected representatives of the people were barely visible. But, as one philosopher put it: "The heart is not an organ of democracy. Where emotions and affects dominate political discourse, democracy itself is in danger." In other words, politics is not a matter of gut feeling, but of reason.
So no matter who is elected to the next local council: Please promise professional politics as well as affordable housing. Promise to leave your anger about past injustices and your pent-up emotions at home and start again with a clear mind, competently for the good of our city of Innsbruck.
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