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Det fremgår af kommunens bilag vedrørende sidstnævnte konference, at Bertelsmann budget
for hele konferencen lød på 250.000 DM eller ca. 900.000 kr. 1
Der henvises herom og om øvrige udgifter ved deltagelse i Cities of Tomorrow til kapitel
17.8.2.
16.5. Efterforløbet
I lyset af Farum-sagens opkomst i foråret 2002 og omtalen heraf, bl.a. i den ovenfor omtalte
artikel i marts 2002 i The Wall Street Journal Europe og Peter Brixtoftes fratræden som
borgmester den 13. maj 2002 besluttede Bertelsmann Fonden med virkning fra 15. maj 2002
at ekskludere Farum Kommune fra Cities of Tomorrow.
Bertelsmann Fonden svar af 30. marts 2006 til kommissionen var vedlagt kopi af udateret
brev fra borgmester Peter Brixtofte til de øvrige deltagere i Cities of Tomorrow. Det hedder i
brevet: 2
”Dear fellow networkers,
Farum is a committed member of the Cities of Tomorrow network. Such is our
commitment to the network that I feel obliged to inform you of last month’s tumultuous
development in Farum.
Spurred by a series of critical articles published by a Danish newspaper, my political
opponents in the Town Council have initiated allegations of economic
mismanagement of municipal funds against me.
Being subject to such allegations from the media and the political opposition is
always a messy affair - above all, it is time-consuming and puts a temporary halt
to any new development plans for our community.
Therefore, to put an end to allegations of economic mismanagement, we have
welcomed an independent committee to carry out an impartial investigation of Farum
Municipality’s economy. In addition to the work of the committee, we have
entered into dialogue with the Ministry of Interior to correct any temporary imbalances
of our finances.
1 584-4,f14,b7
2 629-1,f4. Udateret.
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