It has been about four months since Mayor Mike Schubert (SPD) addressed the city council announced that he would pay for free VIP tickets for himself and his wife. This is the case when the acceptance of the respective cards is contested. For this purpose, he announced a further investigation. He would ask the external ombudsman, the town hall commissioner against corruption and the organisation Transparency International (TI) to to review all his participation in sporting events since 2019, with and without accompaniment.