Herford: Challenging Misleading Debt Ranking in OWL

Herford

The report that the city of Herford is the frontrunner in terms of debt in OWL has annoyed those responsible in the town hall. “The figures from IT NRW suggest a comparability among the cities and communities that does not exist in this way,” says treasurer Jochen Strieckmann. But another calculation shows that per capita debt is even worse.