Source title in the reading translation: Thomas Kaad: Angry comment on article about Jørgen Mads Clausen

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Hello Thomas Kaad ! We were a bit confused by your angry comment on our article about Jørgen Mads Clausen. First of all, you say we should be ashamed.

Why? Because we've lifted a veil over the despotism that controls both Sønderborg and Als? We can see that you have many good reasons for trying to discredit our research, but which one is the real reason?

Is it because you yourself are part of the powerful dynasty that also owns the company you are employed in. Or is it because you have a past in Peter Hansen's company Cormall Agro Holding? Or maybe because Peter Hansen put the weight of Venstre's city council group on your side of the scale when you wanted to demolish an old house that was in the conservation local plan for Høruphav.

You may recall that the same Peter Hansen and Venstre then expended equal energy in preventing the dilapidated estate Skansegården from being demolished and rebuilt. There are probably many other reasons, but we haven't dug that deep… yet. You shout fake news without in any way going into what information in our article you believe is not solidly substantiated.

The fake news label became popular during the US presidential election in 2016, but history has shown that the person who used the word most frequently… was himself thoroughly untrustworthy. So you're stepping into some famous footsteps. We are not ashamed to have dug a little deeper into the tightly knit Sønderborg tyranny.

If just one of our pieces of information in the heavy compendium about Jørgen Mads Clausen's, Peter Hansen's and their circle of friends' exploits were undocumented, you can probably calculate that both Clausen and JydskeVestkysten's board chairman, Peter Hansen would send both the most expensive lawyers and the most bloodthirsty journalists after us. They haven't done that. Among other things, because they do not want the documentation presented in court.

But we're sure you're aware of that. You seem to be part of the inner circle. Therefore, we are happy to send you any kind of documentation that you may need.

You just have to be a little more precise about your wishes. We're not quite sure who you mean, there's a corrupt fool who should be thrown out of town. Is it Jørgen Mads Clausen you mean?

If so, your chair will probably get a little warm in the coming days. But we may have misunderstood you. You express yourself a bit infantile and immature.

So dear Thomas, we would have liked to have answered you more personally on your own profile, but we can see that you have come to block us. Therefore this post as a personal service to you. To those of you who read this post and who may know about the matter - or to Thomas: Let us hear what you think.

Is Thomas right that corruption, stupidity and abuse of power are the order of the day in Sønderborg? - and that it is best not to write about it? Should we just let the power elite decide which version of reality is conveyed? Are you one of the many who do not dare to speak out about Sønderborg's real powers?

If not, please leave your opinion in the comments section below - or on Thomas Kaad's LinkedIn profile. Greetings to all of us from Skansegården

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Source title: Thomas Kaad: Vred kommentar på artikel om Jørgen Mads Clausen

Hej Thomas Kaad ! Vi blev en smule forvirrede over din vrede kommentar på vores artikel om Jørgen Mads Clausen. Først og fremmest siger du, at vi skal skamme os.

Hvorfor? Fordi vi har løftet en flig af sløret over det enevælde, der styrer både Sønderborg og Als? Vi kan godt se, at du har mange gode grunde til at forsøge at få vores research til at virke utroværdig, men hvilken af dem er den reelle grund?

Er det fordi, du selv er fedtet ind i det magtfulde dynasti, som også ejer den virksomhed, som du er ansat i. Eller er det fordi, du har en fortid i Peter Hansens virksomhed Cormall Agro Holding? Eller måske fordi Peter Hansen lagde hele Venstres byrådsgruppes tyngde på din side af vægtskålen, dengang du gerne ville nedrive et gammelt hus der lå i den bevarende lokalplan for Høruphav.

Du husker måske, at samme Peter Hansen og Venstre dengang brugte lige så stor energi på at forhindre, at den faldefærdige ejendom Skansegården kunne nedrives og genopbygges. Der er sikkert mange andre grunde, men vi har ikke gravet så dybt… endnu. Du råber fake news uden på nogen måde at komme ind på hvilken oplysning i vores artikel, som du mener ikke er solidt underbygget.

Fake news-stemplet blev populært under det amerikanske præsidentvalg i 2016, men historien har vist, at den person, der brugte ordet mest flittigt… selv var helt igennem utroværdig. Så du træder ind i nogle berømte fodspor. Vi skammer os ikke over at have gravet en smule ned i det tæt sammenknyttede Sønderborgske magtvælde.

Hvis blot én af vores oplysninger i det tunge kompendium omkring Jørgen Mads Clausens, Peter Hansens og vennekredsens bedrifter var udokumenterede, kan du nok regne ud, at både Clausen og JydskeVestkystens bestyrelsesformand, Peter Hansen ville sende både de dyreste jurister og de mest blodtørstige journalister efter os. Det har de ikke gjort. Blandt andet fordi de ikke ønsker dokumentationen fremlagt i retten.

Men vi tror godt, du er klar over det. Du ser jo ud til at være en del af inderkredsen. Derfor sender vi dig gerne enhver form for dokumentation, som du måtte have brug for.

Du skal bare være lidt mere præcis omkring dine ønsker. Vi er ikke helt sikre på, hvem du mener, der er et korrupt fjols, der burde smides ud af byen. Er det Jørgen Mads Clausen du mener?

I givet fald, bliver din stol sikkert en smule varm i de kommende dage. Men vi kan måske have misforstået dig. Du udtrykker dig jo en smule infantilt og umodent.

Så kære Thomas, vi ville gerne have svaret dig mere personligt på din egen profil, men vi kan se, at du er kommet til at blokere os. Derfor dette opslag som en personlig service til dig. Til dig, der læser dette opslag, og som måske kender til sagen - eller til Thomas: Lad os høre hvad du tænker.

Har Thomas ret i at korruption, dumhed og magtmisbrug er dagens orden i Sønderborg? - og at det er bedst, at der ikke bliver skrevet om det? Skal vi bare lade magteliten bestemme hvilken udgave af virkeligheden, der bliver formidlet? Er du en af de mange, der ikke tør udtale sig om Sønderborgs reelle magthavere?

Hvis ikke, så smid gerne din mening i kommentarsporet herunder - eller på Thomas Kaads LinkedIn profil. Hilsen alle os fra Skansegården

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Thomas Kaad: Angry comment on article about Jørgen Mads Clausen

Hi Thomas Kaad! We were a bit confused by your angry comment on our article about Jørgen Mads Clausen. First of all, you say we should be ashamed.

Why? Because we've lifted a veil over the despotism that controls both Sønderborg and Als? We can see that you have many good reasons for trying to discredit our research, but which one is the real reason?

Is it because you yourself are part of the powerful dynasty that also owns the company in which you are employed. Or is it because you have a past in Peter Hansen's company Cormall Agro Holding? Or maybe because Peter Hansen put the weight of Venstre's city council group on your side of the scale when you wanted to demolish an old house that was in the conservation local plan for Høruphav.

You may recall that the same Peter Hansen and Venstre then expended equal energy in preventing the dilapidated property Skansegården from being demolished and rebuilt.

There are probably many other reasons, but we haven't dug that deep… yet. You shout fake news without in any way going into what information in our article you believe is not solidly substantiated. The fake news label became popular during the US presidential election in 2016, but history has shown that the person who used the word most frequently… was himself thoroughly untrustworthy.

So you're stepping into some famous footsteps. We are not ashamed to have dug a little deeper into the tightly knit Sønderborg tyranny. If just one of our information in the heavy compendium about Jørgen Mads Clausen's, Peter Hansen's and their circle of friends' exploits were undocumented, you can probably calculate that both Clausen and JydskeVestkysten's board chairman, Peter Hansen would send both the most expensive lawyers and the most bloodthirsty journalists after us.

They haven't done that. Among other things, because they do not want the documentation presented in court. But we're sure you're aware of that.

You seem to be part of the inner circle. Therefore, we are happy to send you any kind of documentation that you may need. You just have to be a little more precise about your wishes.

We're not quite sure who you mean, there's a corrupt fool who should be thrown out of town. Is it Jørgen Mads Clausen you mean? If so, your chair will probably get a little warm in the coming days.

But we may have misunderstood you. You express yourself a bit infantile and immature. So dear Thomas, we would have liked to have answered you more personally on your own profile, but we can see that you have come to block us.

Therefore this post as a personal service to you. To those of you who read this article and who may know about the case - or to Thomas: Let us hear what you think. Is Thomas right that corruption, stupidity and abuse of power are the order of the day in Sønderborg? - and that it is best not to write about it?

Should we just let the power elite decide which version of reality is conveyed? Are you one of the many who do not dare to speak out about Sønderborg's real powers? If not, feel free to leave your opinion in the comments section on our Facebook page - or on Thomas Kaad's LinkedIn profile.

Greetings to all of us from Skansegården

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Thomas Kaad: Vred kommentar på artikel om Jørgen Mads Clausen

Hej Thomas Kaad! Vi blev en smule forvirrede over din vrede kommentar på vores artikel om Jørgen Mads Clausen. Først og fremmest siger du, at vi skal skamme os.

Hvorfor? Fordi vi har løftet en flig af sløret over det enevælde, der styrer både Sønderborg og Als? Vi kan godt se, at du har mange gode grunde til at forsøge at få vores research til at virke utroværdig, men hvilken af dem er den reelle grund?

Er det fordi, du selv er fedtet ind i det magtfulde dynasti, som også ejer den virksomhed, som du er ansat i. Eller er det fordi, du har en fortid i Peter Hansens virksomhed Cormall Agro Holding? Eller måske fordi Peter Hansen lagde hele Venstres byrådsgruppes tyngde på din side af vægtskålen, dengang du gerne ville nedrive et gammelt hus der lå i den bevarende lokalplan for Høruphav.

Du husker måske, at samme Peter Hansen og Venstre dengang brugte lige så stor energi på at forhindre, at den faldefærdige ejendom Skansegården kunne nedrives og genopbygges.

Der er sikkert mange andre grunde, men vi har ikke gravet så dybt… endnu. Du råber fake news uden på nogen måde at komme ind på hvilken oplysning i vores artikel, som du mener ikke er solidt underbygget. Fake news-stemplet blev populært under det amerikanske præsidentvalg i 2016, men historien har vist, at den person, der brugte ordet mest flittigt… selv var helt igennem utroværdig.

Så du træder ind i nogle berømte fodspor. Vi skammer os ikke over at have gravet en smule ned i det tæt sammenknyttede Sønderborgske magtvælde. Hvis blot én af vores oplysninger i det tunge kompendium omkring Jørgen Mads Clausens, Peter Hansens og vennekredsens bedrifter var udokumenterede, kan du nok regne ud, at både Clausen og JydskeVestkystens bestyrelsesformand, Peter Hansen ville sende både de dyreste jurister og de mest blodtørstige journalister efter os.

Det har de ikke gjort. Blandt andet fordi de ikke ønsker dokumentationen fremlagt i retten. Men vi tror godt, du er klar over det.

Du ser jo ud til at være en del af inderkredsen. Derfor sender vi dig gerne enhver form for dokumentation, som du måtte have brug for. Du skal bare være lidt mere præcis omkring dine ønsker.

Vi er ikke helt sikre på, hvem du mener, der er et korrupt fjols, der burde smides ud af byen. Er det Jørgen Mads Clausen du mener? I givet fald, bliver din stol sikkert en smule varm i de kommende dage.

Men vi kan måske have misforstået dig. Du udtrykker dig jo en smule infantilt og umodent. Så kære Thomas, vi ville gerne have svaret dig mere personligt på din egen profil, men vi kan se, at du er kommet til at blokere os.

Derfor dette opslag som en personlig service til dig. Til dig, der læser denne artikel, og som måske kender til sagen – eller til Thomas: Lad os høre hvad du tænker. Har Thomas ret i at korruption, dumhed og magtmisbrug er dagens orden i Sønderborg? - og at det er bedst, at der ikke bliver skrevet om det?

Skal vi bare lade magteliten bestemme hvilken udgave af virkeligheden, der bliver formidlet? Er du en af de mange, der ikke tør udtale sig om Sønderborgs reelle magthavere? Hvis ikke, så smid gerne din mening i kommentarsporet på vores Facebook-side – eller på Thomas Kaads LinkedIn profil.

Hilsen alle os fra Skansegården

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