The topic that attracted the attention of a TVP Ekspres Reporterów journalist concerns the ethics of local-government officials. The reporter looked into a civil servant with an average monthly salary of more than PLN 21,000, an annual income of PLN 40,000 from selling sculptures, and co-ownership of a house worth PLN 1.5 million. This civil servant received a 99% discount on the purchase of a municipal property.
When we were working on the article The civil servant bought a municipal flat for 1%. A series of irregularities detected in May 2025, we emailed the civil servant to ask whether she was aware that a municipal official had broken the law when issuing the decision to sell and lease the property (the official is now deceased, so the prosecutor’s office will not investigate his violation of the regulations). We also asked whether she believed that purchasing a municipal flat was ethical, given that municipal properties are intended for residents of the municipality in a difficult economic situation. She never replied to us. The Karkonosze County starosta, Krzysztof Wiśniewski, also remained silent on the matter.
And it was precisely this property that the Ekspres Reporterów journalist asked the civil servant about six months later. She admitted that she had bought the flat despite a queue of people waiting, because she had renovated it.
The civil servant had been associated with Bolesławiec for 10 years. She was the one who established the Bolesławiec Ceramic Brotherhood in 2009. During the official opening of the 27th Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival, the Ceramic Brotherhood granted her honorary membership.
While working on the report about the property sold for 1%, Paweł Kaźmierczak also investigated the Karkonosze County starosta’s educational background. In this matter, Karkonosze County starosta Krzysztof Wiśniewski issued a special statement.
You can watch the full report on TVP2 on Tuesday, 20 January, at 10:30 p.m. online: Ekspres Reporterów Magazine: For Next to Nothing (the report starts at 3′15′′)