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Volksbegehren für das Weltkulturerbe Tempelhof und mehr Transparenz in der Politik. Volksgegehren und Bürgerentscheid gegen Blender, Bauernfänger, Täuscher, Trickser, Versagersenat, Der Volkswowereit, Partybürgermeister: Laut einer Forsa Umfrage verbinden die Berliner "Wowereit vor allem mit Partys und Feiern. Harte Themen werden nicht mit dem Regierenden Bürgermeister assoziiert". Während Berliner vergeblich und unermüdlich nach Job’s suchen, sucht Wowereit im KaDeWe lieber einen schicken Anzug - statt nach Investoren. Dabei hat Berlin im Ländervergleich immer noch einer der höchsten Arbeitslosenquote bzw. höchste Arbeitslosenzahl. <<<<....>>>> Aktionsbündnis be-4-tempelhof.de Träger des "Volksbegehrens für das Weltkulturerbe Flughafen Tempelhof und mehr Transparenz in der Politik" und des Bürgerbegehrens "Das Denkmal Flughafen Tempelhof erhalten - als Weltkulturerbe schützen" Informationen unter "www.volksentscheid-berlin.de", "www.tempelhof-weltkulturerbe.de" und "www.pro-tempelhof.de" Last call for Berlin's Tempelhof airport "This is a sad moment. This place is part of our lives, a part of Berlin," said Helga Stock, recalling how, aged eight, she had stared in awe at the non-stop stream of aircraft descending on Tempelhof, crammed with the goods to sustain a stranded city. "For us, Tempelhof is a place of hope." Berlin Blockade On June 12, 1948 the Soviet Union declared that the Autobahn leading into Berlin from West Germany was "closed for repairs." Three days later road traffic between the sectors was halted, and on June 21 all barge traffic into the city was stopped. Finally, on June 24 the Soviets announced that due to "technical difficulties" there would be no more rail traffic to and from Berlin. The following day they announced that the Soviet sector would not supply food to the sectors of the city that were under Western administration. The Western powers had never negotiated a pact with the Soviets guaranteeing these passage rights. The Soviets rejected arguments that occupation rights in Berlin and the use of the routes during the previous three years had given the West legal claim to unimpeded use of the highways, tunnels, and railroads. Berlin-Tempelhof airport in fight for its life “We would never have survived without this airport,” said Christian Fuchs, a pensioner in Berlin who will vote against its closure tomorrow. “We owe our lives to it.” Gerd Langguth, biographer of Mrs Merkel, said that “for West Germans Tempelhof is a symbol of freedom, not just another airport”. Berlin Tempelhof Airport vs. Chicago’s Meigs Field Best of all was being up on the roof one night and looking out over the enormous ramp. I imagined what it was like 20 years before when the life of the city depended upon the airport. All those radial engines starting up, all those growling propellers as the airplanes rolled down the runway. All that life. Now it is all gone. Tell me, is it true the name Richard Daley in German sounds a lot like Klaus Wowereit?