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The class struggle is in full swing in Oberwil-Lieli. On September 27, citizens must decide at the polls whether a field on the outskirts of town should be turned into a neighborhood of villas for millionaires.
This will only be possible if the municipality converts its own building land into agricultural land in the middle of town, this is what the land use law wants. To do this, however, a previous community project must have been sacrificed, in which affordable housing should have been created for families.
Resident Franziska Janett (70) fights with letters to the editor, a countercommittee and a petition against the village district. But young families who can barely buy property in Oberwil-Lieli are also upset. Then there are the farmers who complain about the loss of cultivated land.
Glarner warns of monster taxes
After VIEW reported on the business, SVP National Councilor Andreas Glarner joins the discussion and is busy distributing brochures in the village. Its appeal: you must not scare the rich in town. “The opponents’ attempt to use a tabloid to imply a policy that is one-sidedly geared toward good taxpayers is simply unfair,” Glarner wrote in the brochure.
And then he explains what would happen if the rich were scared: “Please do the math yourself: anyone who sends even two children to our primary school would have to pay around CHF 26,000 in taxes. If the children go to the district school, they would even exceed 52,000 francs. “If you don’t want that, according to the millionaire Glarner, you have to take care of good taxpayers. Glarner didn’t want to explain his brochure to BLICK.
Opponents must stay away from Oberwil-Lieli
But the very wealthy Hans Widmer (80), former head of McKinsey, Tecan and Oerlikon-Bührle, is also quick to help the SVP National Council. He also distributes his own brochures advertising the village district.
This is joined by former FDP councilor Urs Haeny (73), who created a committee in favor in early September, and is now also distributing brochures with advertising for the project.
Opponents, however, have a hard time: a close relative of a local council member even recommends a project opponent to move out of the village. “At Homegate.ch you will find a house on the outskirts of Lieli,” he wrote in a brochure and tossed it in his mailbox.
