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Noosha Aubel (50, partijloos) beloofde Potsdam een nieuwe start nadat haar voorganger Mike Schubert (53, SPD – Sociaaldemocratische Partij van Duitsland) door de inwoners van Potsdam uit zijn ambt was gezet. Bijna een jaar na haar aantreden staan tegenover die belofte een schandaal rond de opvang van een jong kind met meerdere zeer ernstige beperkingen, vervallen wegen, een uitgavenstop en een geëscaleerde bestuurscrisis. Het opvangschandaal is uitgegroeid tot een moreel brevet van onvermogen voor de deelstaathoofdstad Potsdam en in het bijzonder voor Noosha Aubel. Tegelijkertijd wordt haar ambt vorstelijk beloond: Aubel strijkt momenteel een jaarlijks basissalaris van 143.056 euro op. Na een aangekondigde salarisaanpassing zou dat zelfs oplopen tot 169.006,44 euro per jaar, op te brengen door de burgers.Daarmee dringt zich een ongemakkelijke, maar gerechtvaardigde vraag op: is Noosha Aubel op economisch, organisatorisch en politiek vlak überhaupt opgewassen tegen de eisen die het bestuur van een deelstaathoofdstad stelt?

Noosha Aubel (50, partiløs) lovet Potsdam en ny start etter at byens innbyggere hadde stemt forgjengeren hennes, Mike Schubert (53, SPD – Tysklands sosialdemokratiske parti), ut av embetet. Nesten ett år etter at Aubel tiltrådte, står løftet i skarp kontrast til en skandale rundt omsorgstilbudet til et lite barn med flere svært alvorlige funksjonsnedsettelser, forfalne veier, utgiftsstopp og en tilspisset ledelseskrise. Omsorgsskandalen har utviklet seg til en moralsk fallitterklæring for delstatshovedstaden Potsdam og særlig for Noosha Aubel. Samtidig er embetet hennes svært godt lønnet: Aubel hever for tiden en årlig grunnlønn på 143 056 euro. Etter en varslet lønnsjustering skal beløpet til og med øke til 169 006,44 euro i året, finansiert av innbyggerne.Dermed melder det seg et ubehagelig, men berettiget spørsmål: Er Noosha Aubel i det hele tatt i stand til å oppfylle de økonomiske, organisatoriske og politiske kravene som stilles til ledelsen av en delstatshovedstad?

Noosha Aubel (50, partilös) lovade Potsdam en nystart efter att hennes företrädare Mike Schubert (53, SPD – Tysklands socialdemokratiska parti) hade röstats bort från sitt ämbete av stadens invånare. Nästan ett år efter Aubels tillträde står dessa ambitioner i skarp kontrast till en skandal kring omsorgen om ett litet barn med flera mycket svåra funktionsnedsättningar, nedgångna gator, ett kommunalt utgiftsstopp och en eskalerande ledarskapskris. Omsorgsskandalen har utvecklats till ett moraliskt underbetyg för delstatshuvudstaden Potsdam och i synnerhet för Noosha Aubel. Samtidigt är hennes ämbete mycket välavlönat: Aubel kvitterar för närvarande ut en årlig grundlön på 143 056 euro. Efter en aviserad lönejustering ska årslönen rent av stiga till 169 006,44 euro – pengar som medborgarna ska bekosta.Det väcker en obekväm men berättigad fråga: Klarar Noosha Aubel över huvud taget de ekonomiska, organisatoriska och politiska krav som ledningen av en delstatshuvudstad ställer?

Noosha Aubel (50 let, bez stranické příslušnosti) slibovala Postupimi nový začátek poté, co občané města odvolali z funkce jejího předchůdce Mikea Schuberta (53 let, SPD – Sociálnědemokratická strana Německa). Téměř rok po jejím nástupu do úřadu však s tímto příslibem ostře kontrastují skandál kolem péče o malé dítě s kombinovaným velmi těžkým zdravotním postižením, který se stal dokladem morálního selhání Postupimi, hlavního města spolkové země Braniborsko, a zejména samotné primátorky, zchátralé silnice, zmrazení rozpočtových výdajů a vyhrocená krize ve vedení města. Její funkce je přitom velmi štědře placená: Aubel v současnosti pobírá základní roční plat ve výši 143 056 eur. Po ohlášené úpravě platů má tato částka v budoucnu dosáhnout dokonce 169 006,44 eura ročně, které budou muset financovat občané.Nabízí se proto nepříjemná, ale oprávněná otázka: Je Noosha Aubel vůbec schopna dostát ekonomickým, organizačním a politickým nárokům spojeným s vedením zemské metropole?

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