The whole of Frankfurt expected the resignation of its mayor on Wednesday, but he remains seated in the town hall as if nothing were wrong.

The Frankfurt public prosecutor's office suspects him of having made a kind of Peter Feldmann welfare scheme out of the workers' welfare scheme.

His wife received an unusually high salary, and Feldmann is said to have treated the AWO with benevolence in exchange for donations.

He always reacted unimpressed to the allegations, constantly joking, at peace with himself and the world.

He declared himself a "transparent mayor", referred questions about his wife's salary to the world of the 1950s and called the investigation against him a campaign.

Feldmann's affection went to his head

Feldmann has always been good at turning weaknesses into strengths.

From the start he flirted with staying away from important receptions and premieres, and when he did show up, it was usually too late.

This annoyed the city society, but most people in Frankfurt didn't care, as Feldmann knew.

They voted him not for Adorno awards, but for affordable rent and S-Bahn tickets, twice, with a large majority.

Apparently this affection went to Feldmann's head like a medlar at lunchtime.

Yes, Frankfurters are tolerant people, frugal and innocent.

They take the heroin injections in front of the train station with the same composure as the bankers' cold brew mugs.

The maxim of all their actions is "Lebbe goes further", the worst insult: "Offenbacher".

But, and this is where Feldmann's misjudgment shows: Frankfurt's patience has come to an end.

The theatergoers and newspaper readers among them may have turned away a long time ago.

But now the mayor alienated his very own clientele: the fans of Eintracht Frankfurt and all those to whom the monstrous story of the Römerberg was told at the bar.

When the whole of Frankfurt waited patiently for his heroes after the triumph in Seville, Feldmann made a serious mistake.

In the midst of this sacred ritual, he snatched the goblet from the bewildered heroes.

What had previously remained abstract and legally ambiguous was now clear to everyone: a man takes what is not his due.

House ban in the forest stadium

When a video from the fan flyer appeared in which Feldmann saw himself "hormonally incapacitated" by the stewardesses, it was too much for even the most good-natured.

Eintracht supporters are not among those who immediately shout sexism.

But that doesn't mean that every saying is funny.

As far as the cup was concerned, the mayor explained, possibly overestimating the effect of his own charm: As a Eintracht fan, "his horses had run away".

He smiled mischievously at the cameras.

But Feldmann is wrong when he thinks that the hearts of the people of Frankfurt are still open to him.

He is probably counting on the fact that a deselection process would fail.

The hurdles are indeed high.

Because Feldmann was directly elected, he can only be voted out directly, with a quorum of thirty percent.

But even if it never comes to that, things will get uncomfortable for him in his town.

They have already banned the mayor from the Waldstadion.

Maybe the apple wine shops will follow suit.