Graz is broke! This headline put the mayor of Graz KPÖ in a state of emergency – and on the palm. Elke Kahr (61) spoke to the “Krone” about money problems, questions of conscience and her big heart.
In the garden of the Grazer Volkshaus, the headquarters of the KPÖ, the last visitors to the “Lenny Market” end the week with a beer. If money is tight, there’s free pet food here on Friday afternoons. and society. “Lenny” is the name of the black and white cat that lives here. When the mayor comes, he also goes to the house, because there is always a bite to eat from her.
Elke Kahr is out of breath and throws her coat over an armchair. She puts her handbag, sewn together from denim and jacket fabric, on the coffee bar of the training center and the first thing she does is feed the house cat. She is late because she has personally brought the man who has been camping since spring in the middle of Graz’s main square to a warm shelter. “The room costs 160 euros per month, I have now taken over the first half of the year,” says the politician. 7744 euros of her salary 5794 euros donate to people in need. Europe’s first female communist mayor would rather have made headlines with a social issue than with the bad news that Graz could soon be broke.
Source: Krone
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