The top Thirteen
Checklist for City and County Council Members: Key Issues to Firmly Defend in the Upcoming Council Term
1. Eliminate health service queues
“Access to treatment must be faster than it is now. Private health services should also be used to reduce queues.”
2 Everyone Has the Right to Safety
"Everyone has the right to feel safe on the streets and at home. The city must be designed to be safe and develop cooperation between social services, youth work, schools, and the police to address problems early."
3. Quality of Life and Services for Seniors
“Seniors should be offered high-quality services tailored to their life situation and individual needs. The quality of services must be effectively monitored.”
4. For Children and Families
“Let's make Vantaa the best place for families with children. Strengthen early childhood education, prevent the marginalization of children and young people, and create a smooth everyday life for families.”
5. Culture, Please!
“Invest in cultural services. It increases the city's attractiveness and livability. Cultural facilities and services need to be developed.”
6. Take Care of low-density residential Areas
“Zoning and supervision must be developed to better protect the character of low density residential areas, with single-family homes, semi-detached houses, and townhouses. "Residents of single-family homes should not have to fear that apartment buildings or other constructions unsuitable for the area's milieu will be built in their neighborhood. "
7. Good Schools and Enjoyable School Days
“Schools are important, and the work of teachers is valuable. Finland's future is made in classrooms. Let's enforce zero tolerance for bullying. It is crucial to invest in language education for children who speak foreign languages. This is important for the future."”
8. Don't Forget Old Residential Areas
“Old residential areas and centers need services and development. Let's create a binding program for their development. Tax money should also be used there, not disproportionately on new areas and projects like trams.”
9. Attractiveness Creates Vitality
“Good services and a reasonable tax rate can be combined when the city is attractive. When Vantaa attracts residents and job-creating companies, jobs and tax revenue are generated, which we use to develop Vantaa.”
10. Entrepreneurship Creates Jobs
“When Vantaa's heart beats, work and jobs are created. This produces resources that can be used to maintain services, ensure safety, livability, the environment, and recreational opportunities.”
11. Stop Harassing Drivers
“Cars and sufficient parking spaces are needed in Vantaa. Public transport should not be promoted by harassing drivers, but by developing public transport.”
12. Safety and Quality Social and Health Services
“Developing the services of the Wellbeing Services County requires both sense and heart. Only in this way can we ensure health, rescue, child protection, social, senior, and disability services in our tight financial situation. Service vouchers, freedom of choice, financial prudence, and safety.”
13. No Tax Increases
“Contrary to what the left claims, services are not funded by taxes but by work and entrepreneurship - just like the entire welfare state. Therefore, work should not be discouraged by tax hikes.”
NOTE: Translated by AI and can have mistakes