At the AfD’s line-up meeting, Florian Kohler from Bamberg was elected as a direct candidate for both the state parliament and the district parliament in constituency 401 Bamberg-Land. The 23-year-old has also been deputy district chairman of the AfD Bamberg since April 2016.
The future young entrepreneur is particularly concerned about economic and financial policy, the AfD press release says. “In Bavaria, we need a policy that consistently focuses on the needs of young people and not nonsense like family reunification for refugees and people eligible for subsidiary protection”. Politicians must do everything to ensure that the willingness to perform is promoted, that performance equity is guaranteed and that the taxpayer is relieved, said Kohler. “The state does not have a revenue problem, but an expenditure problem; the taxpayers’ hard-earned money is not being dealt with sensibly in Berlin and Munich.”
Of central importance to the AfD direct candidate is the preservation of civil liberties and the consistent implementation of the rule of law. He therefore demanded an immediate medical age assessment of all unaccompanied minor refugees in Upper Franconia, which could save the district 950,000 euros every month. Another important concern is the reform of public broadcasting: “We want to abolish the compulsory license fees by means of a referendum or a petition for a referendum. Abolish referendum in Bavaria. Those who watch public programs should pay for them; those who don’t use these services don’t need to pay for them either. That is my understanding of freedom of contract, Kohler said.

VfL Untermerzbach has had twelve chairmen since its founding in 1948. At the inauguration of the new sports field the name Hermann Suckert was often mentioned. He was chairman of the VfL Untermerzbach from 1991 to 2017, a good quarter of a century, and in this capacity he had helped to initiate the construction of the new playing field.
The inauguration ceremony began with an ecumenical service, held in mutual dialogue between Pastor Sonja von Aschen and Gunter Steurer, worship commissioner of the Catholic parish of Kaltenbrunn. “We will inaugurate today a soil, which is trodden with feet”, explained the priest. She made it clear that one should know to whom and for what one stands. She could imagine that initially there had been euphoria when it came to the construction of the site, and that certainly at some point doubts and fears had arisen.

Thanks to supporters

“God set the rule of the game, but people often deliberately violate it”, said Gunter Steurer, who thus drew a bow to sports. God is coach and captain at the same time and will be his “teammates” never let down”, said Steurer. The two speakers agreed that a lawn needed water, but people also needed spiritual nourishment, which they could draw from God.
Stefan Scholl, chairman of the VfL Untermerzbach, was proud of the new sports facility, but also of all those who had helped to make it a reality. Here he named first of all his predecessor Hermann Suckert, former mayor Walter Eichhorn and mayor Helmut Dietz. Thanks were also given to Reinhold Heilmann from the BLSV district Habberge 8. “Our helpers in the club have contributed 1200 hours of work,” said Suckert, Scholl was pleased.
Hermann Suckert looked back to 2010, when the board decided to build a new playing field. “It was a paper war until we had settled the matter with the grants and subsidies.”, said the former chairman. After three years, everything was in the bag and the funding decision was received, said Steurer. In August 2014 it had then started, in 2015 the place was so far ready that the external plants could be arranged.
“I would like to thank all those who did the preliminary work with me, first and foremost former mayor Walter Eichhorn, Reinhold Heilmann from the BLSV and mayor Helmut Dietz. Untermerzbach can consider itself lucky to have had such great mayors in Eichhorn and Dietz, or rather to have had them”, said Suckert. He called for support for the young chairman Stefan Scholl in his work for the VfL.

44300 euros from the BLSV as a grant

Reinhold Heilmann recalled that seven meetings were necessary to get everything on track with the grants. “The total sum for the project was estimated at 168,000 euros. 44 300 euros came from the BLSV as a grant and 22 200 euros as a loan “, said Heilmann. He also praised the commitment of Walter Eichhorn and Helmut Dietz. Built then from 2014 to 2016. The VfL now has a modern sports facility where people can play sports.
Linda Toni, chairwoman of SV Memmelsdorf, highlighted the good cooperation between the two clubs, which have a playing community.

Street extension fee notice and no end in sight. Even after the abolition of this regulation was again discussed in the city council Ebermannstadt called it. Mayor Christiane Meyer emphasized that the obligation to pay for the citizens of Ebermannstadt, Wolkenstein and Wohlmuthshull still exists. The so-called “deadline regulation Has led to the fact that only those citizens will be asked to pay, who have been given up to 31. December last year was served with a fee notice.
Mayor Meyer acknowledged that the rule would be difficult for citizens to understand. Erwin Horn, head of the NLE parliamentary group, agreed with this. The hardship provision, Horn said, should be further specified on the part of the state government. “In order to give the municipalities legal certainty in the application of the hardship regulation envisaged, the state government should define in more detail which circumstances fall under such a regulation”, Horn formulated. The special situation of Ebermannstadt is to be subjected to an individual examination, she said.
For Deputy Mayor Sebastian Goetz, who took the floor for MOG, CSU and Young Citizens, this motion was “in the right direction”. However, it would have to be clarified beforehand whether the hardship regulation in the case of Ebermannstadt would only apply to certain measures or whether all measures would be affected. It must be clarified whether the retroactivity was legally compelling, demanded Goetz. Based on the statement of the Upper Franconian Government President Heidrun Piwernetz that the Government of Upper Franconia had at no time demanded a retroactive effect of the road development contribution statute, there is some evidence to suggest that the retroactive effect was not absolutely necessary. The appropriate legal statements would have to be made up for.
Mayor Christiane Meyer, on the other hand, was of the opinion: “Some things were not understood!” In the opinion of the district office, the decision-making scope of the city councils in the matter of the retroactive effect of the road extension contribution statute had been reduced to zero. “The district office is the authority that controls us.” There had been no reason to doubt the legal opinion of this authority. Even the former district president Benning had confirmed to her that the retroactive introduction of the statute “seemed necessary and required” appeared.
Rather dispassionately showed up thereby city councillor Ludwig Brutting (FW). “If it doesn’t help, it doesn’t hurt” he found and pleaded for exhorting the state government to announce as soon as possible the conditions of the hardship regulation. Then the municipality could continue to work again.
Rainer Schmeuber (CSU) clarified: The key date regulation had led to injustices. If it could be proven that the former district president had demanded the retroactive introduction of the statute, the government would now also be obliged to do so. Schmeuber argued: “If a fault of the superior authorities is provable, we can make them now also liable.” After all, Ebermannstadt is the only municipality in Bavaria that has not only decided on the retroactive effect, but has also implemented it. His proposal: The application of the NLE should be postponed until the “evidence” had been clarified. Then it could be discussed again.
Mayor Meyer tried once again to explain that there had been no alternative to the retroactive introduction of the road extension contribution statute. In addition it quoted a letter of district administrator Hermann Ulm (CSU) in which he stressed that the legally possible execution of the retroactive effect had been necessary. The employees of the district office had advised the municipality. “We firmly reject the allegation, which has been mentioned again and again in public, that we have acted here with threats of punishment”, wrote the district administrator. The City Council rejected the motion of the new list with the votes of CSU, MGO and Young Citizens. Richard Wiegartner (CSU) voted with NLE, Freie Wahler and SPD for the motion.