I follow local politics a good bit, and in the past year....the mayor situation in Frankfurt has been a big deal.
The city council announced late yesterday....a up-and-down vote will occur on Thursday....to 'fire' the mayor (Feldmann, SPD).
He had given them 'notice' but in terms of leaving....he didn't want to leave until January. Why? This hasn't ever been explained in public. My gut feeling is that he has some kind of pension 'window' and needs x-number of months to get his deal.
Odds of this termination passing? If you count the parties and their members....there's enough to make it possible.
If it passes....and Feldmann still refuses to leave? Well....under state regulations, he can actually stay on for another couple of months (early November in fact)....still as mayor.
Then you'd have a referendum vote from the city (requiring 30-percent of people to show up, and a majority to say 'fire' the guy). Cost of this city vote then? Roughly 1.5-million Euro.
The whole thing has become a comedy show. There's not a week that passes where the mayor doesn't say something or trigger something....that makes him look even weaker.
Hurting the SPD brand in the local area? Oh, I'd say the Greens have doubled their strength in the city in the past year.
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