Archive post: »Venstre politician Peter Erik Hansen pressures the municipality to make ground…« · 2021-11-12

• Claus Ewers — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Daniel Staugaard — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Erik Damsgaard — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Kjeld Stærk — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Peter Hansen — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Thomas Worm Larsen — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Torben Lindvang — Mentioned in the current archived text

Source title: Venstrepolitikeren Peter Erik Hansen presser kommune til at fremsætte grund

Text version dated 12 Nov 2021

Venstrepolitikeren Peter Erik Hansen presser kommune til at fremsætte grundløse krav Falsk anklage om misbrug af kommunale fotos kostede gennem mere end et halvt år både skatteyderne og den falskt anklagede dyrt i behandlingstid og advokatsalærer. Senere erkendte kommunen, at der faktisk aldrig havde været en reel sag. Politikeren, der pressede kommunens forvaltning til at sætte det omkostningstunge maskineri i gang, holdt sig, sædvanen tro, økonomisk skadesløs.

Her får du en kort beskrivelse af det tragikomiske forløb. Portrætartikel af Peter Erik Hansen Den 2. oktober 2020 bragte vi en artikel om lokalpolitikeren Peter Erik Hansen (V) fra Sønderborg byråd. I den artikel fortalte vi om nogle af hans bedrifter og fokuserede især på hans kompetencer i skattemæssige spørgsmål.

Peter Erik Hansen, der for øvrigt selv har haft en livslang erhvervskarriere uden at betale mange kroner i selskabsskat, havde nemlig gennem en artikel i JydskeVestkysten beskyldt en anden erhvervsmand for skattefusk. I forbindelse med nævnte portrætartikel brugte vi et foto af hovedpersonen. Billedet var hentet fra Sønderborg Kommunes pressefotos.

Disse fotos er til fri afbenyttelse i forbindelse med omtale af Sønderborg Kommune. Da Peter Erik Hansen er byrådspolitiker for Venstre, samt i høj grad involveret i den byggesag i kommunen, som var emnet i Peter Hansens indlæg i JV, var vores brug af fotoet relevant. Presser kommunens forvaltning til at reagere Alligevel var Peter Erik Hansen så fornærmet over brugen, at han bad kommunens forvaltning om at stoppe brugen af fotoet.

Vi havde svært ved at se kommunens bevæggrunde til at reagere i en så latterlig sag, men da vi fik et krav om at stoppe brugen af billedet og trusler om et fogedforbud mod fortsat brug, bad vi kommunen om aktindsigt i forløbet. Aktindsigten afslørede, at Peter Erik Hansen havde ringet til kommunalchefen selv og bedt ham om at gøre noget ved sagen. Kommunalchefen sendte sagen videre til sekretariatschefen, der blandt andet skrev følgende til Peter Erik Hansen: ”Du må meget gerne vende tilbage med en tilkendegivelse af, hvad du ønsker, der skal ske, og hvad du ønsker, vi foretager os herfra.” Samme dag svarede Peter Hansen.

Han anmodede kommunen om at sikre: ”…at misbruget af ophavsretten standses. Herunder igangsætning af fogedforbud...” Sønderborg Kommune brugte ikke deres egne jurister, men valgte i stedet at sætte en af byens bedste advokater på sagen. Så var der arbejde til juristerne!

Derefter kørte sagen via advokaterne i et halvt år. Vi fik besked på at fjerne billedet og blev truet med et fogedforbud. Desuden blev kravene skærpet til også at omfatte to portrætter af byrådsmedlemmerne Daniel Staugaard (V) og Thomas Worm Larsen - Byrådsmedlem Sønderborg Kommune (V).

Vi henviste til retmæssig brug og indbragte kommunens afgørelse for Ankestyrelsen. Her venter vi stadig på en afgørelse. Reelt var der ingen sag Denne og mange andre tilsvarende sager begynder at tegne et mønster.

Truer Venstre helt almindelige borgere uden at have loven på deres side? Det virker krænkende for retssikkerheden - især for de mennesker, der ikke har økonomisk mulighed for at forsvare sig selv. Senest har Sønderborg Kommune åbenbart erkendt, at der ikke rigtig var en sag i det hele taget.

Derfor er advokaten taget af opgaven. Hvem skal betale for dumhederne? Det sidste, der er tilbage, er altså blot at betale de mange jurister og kommunalt ansatte for deres arbejde med en fiktiv sag.

Vi har måttet betale egne advokater. Skatteborgerne har betalt for Kommunens indsats, hvilket ifølge Kommunen er en selvfølge - selvom det næppe er normalt, at et byrådsmedlem kan bruge kommunens jurister og penge på at føre private retssager. Peter Erik Hansen - lokalpolitikeren, der satte processen i gang - skal naturligvis ikke betale en krone.

Trods hans åbenlyse mangel på situationsfornemmelse støtter Venstre 100 procent op om denne mand, eksempelvis med bestyrelsesformandsposter både i det statsstøttede Venstremedie JydskeVestkysten og i Den sydvestjydske Venstrepresse (DSVP). Samme loyale opbakning får Peter Erik Hansen fra sine støtter i erhvervslivet, eksempelvis Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang og Erik Damsgaard. I lyset af denne sag, er det interessant at Venstres nye byrådskandid Kjeld Stærk, i et debatindlæg i JydskeVestkysten blandt andet påpeger at: ”Administrationsomkostningerne i Sønderborg Kommune hører til blandt landets højeste i forhold til kommunens størrelse.” Tjae, men måske er en medvirkende årsag til omkostningerne, at Venstres egne byrådsmedlemmer bruger administrationen til private korstog.

Eksempelvis den årelange modstand mod Skansegården. Alt tyder på, at det ikke er sidste gang, du skal være med til at betale for Peter Erik Hansens bedrifter. Venstrepolitikere har åbenbart kompetencer, der gør dem i stand til at se mærkesager, som vi andre har svært ved at få øje på.

Derfor bliver de let misforstået. Måske fordi de har svært ved at forklare deres agendaer for resten af befolkningen. Denne video kan anbefales for dig, der gerne vil være bedre til at forstå Venstres politiske budskaber. https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/v-kraever-genaabning-af-madkasser-minister-maa-handle/8534975 (Opslaget har tidligere været bragt på vores Facebook side)

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Venstre politician Peter Erik Hansen pressures the municipality to make ground…

A false allegation of misuse of municipal photos cost both taxpayers and the falsely accused person dearly in processing time and legal fees for more than half a year. The municipality later acknowledged that there had never actually been a real case. 

The politician who pressured the municipal administration to set the expensive machinery in motion, as usual, avoided any financial loss himself. 
Here is a brief account of the tragicomic sequence of events.

Profile article about Peter Erik Hansen
On 2 October 2020 we published an article about local politician Peter Erik Hansen (V), a member of Sønderborg’s municipal council. In that article we described some of his exploits and focused particularly on his skills in tax matters. Peter Erik Hansen, who, incidentally, has himself had a lifelong business career without paying many kroner in corporation tax, had accused another businessman of tax fraud in an article in JydskeVestkysten.

In connection with the profile article mentioned, we used a photograph of its subject. The picture was taken from Sønderborg Kommune’s press photographs. These photographs may be used freely in connection with coverage of Sønderborg Kommune.

As Peter Erik Hansen is a Venstre municipal councillor and is heavily involved in the building case in the municipality that was the subject of Peter Hansen’s contribution in JV, our use of the photograph was relevant.

Pressures the municipal administration to react
Nevertheless, Peter Erik Hansen was so offended by the use that he asked the municipal administration to stop the use of the photo. We found it hard to understand the municipality’s reasons for responding in such a ridiculous case. But when we received a demand to stop using the image and threats of a court injunction against its continued use, we asked the municipality for access to the records of the proceedings.

The access-to-records material revealed that Peter Erik Hansen had called the municipal chief himself and asked him to do something about the case. The municipal chief passed the case to the head of the secretariat, who wrote to Peter Erik Hansen, among other things: “Please do come back with an indication of what you want to happen and what you want us to do from here.”
Peter Hansen replied the same day. He asked the municipality to ensure: ‘…that the misuse of copyright is stopped.

Including initiating an injunction...’
Sønderborg Kommune did not use its own lawyers, choosing instead to put one of the town’s best lawyers on the case. That gave the lawyers something to do! The case then proceeded through the lawyers for half a year.

We were told to remove the image and threatened with an injunction. The demands were also tightened to include two portraits of councillors Daniel Staugaard (V) and Thomas Worm Larsen - Byrådsmedlem Sønderborg Kommune (V). We cited lawful use and referred the municipality’s decision to Ankestyrelsen.

We are still awaiting a decision there.

In reality, there was no case
This and many other similar cases are beginning to form a pattern. Does Venstre threaten ordinary citizens without having the law on its side? It seems to undermine legal protection – especially for people who cannot afford to defend themselves. 
Most recently, Sønderborg Kommune apparently acknowledged that there was not really a case at all. The lawyer has therefore been taken off the assignment.  

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Who must pay for the foolishness? All that remains, then, is simply to pay the many lawyers and municipal employees for their work on a fictitious case. We have had to pay our own lawyers.

The taxpayers paid for the municipality’s work, which the municipality says is a matter of course – even though it is hardly normal for a councillor to use municipal lawyers and money to conduct private lawsuits. Peter Erik Hansen, the local politician who started the process, naturally does not have to pay a single krone. Despite his obvious lack of awareness of the situation, Venstre backs this man 100 per cent, for example with board chair positions at both the state-supported Venstre media outlet JydskeVestkysten and Den sydvestjydske Venstrepresse (DSVP).

Peter Erik Hansen receives the same loyal support from his supporters in business, such as Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang and Erik Damsgaard.

In light of this case, it is interesting that Venstre’s new municipal council candidate Kjeld Stærk points out, among other things, in an opinion piece in JydskeVestkysten that: 
‘Sønderborg Kommune’s administrative costs are among the country’s highest relative to the municipality’s size.’
Well, perhaps part of the reason for these costs is that Venstre’s own councillors use the administration for private crusades. For example, the years-long opposition to Skansegården. Everything suggests that this will not be the last time you have to help pay for Peter Erik Hansen’s exploits.

Venstre politicians apparently have abilities that allow them to see key issues that the rest of us find hard to spot. They are therefore easily misunderstood. Perhaps because they find it difficult to explain their agendas to the rest of the population.

This video can be recommended to anyone who would like to become better at understanding Venstre’s political messages.