Jindřich Potůček

24 years oldHlubočkynezávislý kandidát

Running for Spojené Hlubočky - Nestraníci

Main topics

communication with citizens

For four years now I've been trying to improve the municipality's communication with citizens through social media. It's not just about informing, but also about explaining why things happen, how they work and what making them happen involves. I believe education is an important part of the office's work. When citizens understand the municipality's decisions and how it works, they can get more involved in its life, see what's happening in a wider context and have more trust in the office's work. I want to keep doing this – to use social media not just as a noticeboard, but as a space for communication, explanation and building a relationship between the municipality and its citizens.

culture

Over the last term, culture in our municipality has seen an unprecedented boom. Many new events have been added, new traditions have emerged and the range on offer today is really varied. We shouldn't take this development for granted – it needs to be supported and, above all, sustained. It's our duty to help volunteers and create conditions so they can keep up their work. Culture, social life and the chance to meet others are an important part of life. That's why I want to support a varied range of events in which everyone – regardless of age or interests – finds something for themselves.

Associations and leisure

Just like with culture, behind the work of our associations are people who give them their free time, energy and often their own money too. Their work is hugely important for the municipality and deserves our support. Associations aren't just about the activity itself. Above all, they offer children and young people a meaningful way to spend their free time, teach them responsibility, cooperation and new skills, and give them a chance to belong somewhere. They're also an important way of preventing risky behaviour and crime. Strong associations mean active people, a lively municipality and a better place to live.

A few words about me

I'm a native of Hlubočky and this municipality has been my home all my life. I went to school here, I'm still a member of the SMTe association and I've long been involved in the life of the municipality – whether earlier through summer jobs maintaining the village and the ice rink, or by organising and promoting cultural and social events.

Today I spend part of my working time in various corners of the world. Thanks to that, I get to know other places and see how people live elsewhere. That makes me all the more aware that not only in Czechia but also in Hlubočky we really have it good. At the same time, let's admit that there's always something to work on and improve. I love Hlubočky, and that's why I'm not indifferent to the direction it will develop in. I want to be part of making sure life here stays good in the future too.

The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.