Bailiffs brought in as Brzozie gmina goes bust after local head does runner

Brzozie's budget this year came to zł.5.2 million, while its outstanding debts last week totalled zł.5.5 million. As a result, bailiffs seized the gmina's administrative building, together with all its computers and furniture, as well as the buildings of the elementary school and gymnasium and a school bus. Furthermore, if the gmina does not pay at least part of its debt to the Brodnica power plant by the end of the week, it will have the electricity to all its public buildings cut off. The present predicament has been attributed to Kazimierz Skowroński, who has been the head of the gmina since 1990 and who left the office last week without giving any notice. He has been replaced by Mieczysław Jędrzejczak. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.3) E.B.