A few words about me
I'm not just a producer, but also an everyday cyclist, a lover of good beer and a bit of a chronic fixer of things that don't work. When I see a problem, it's usually not enough for me to just complain about it. I need to find out why it came about and whether it could be solved.
I've lived in Prague 5 all my life. I've cycled and walked Smíchov, Košíře and Kavalírka criss-cross, and I care what the place I call home will look like in ten or twenty years.
While working at the anti-corruption NFPK, I learned one important thing: we often have no idea why and how the town hall makes certain decisions. And that a big problem doesn't have to have a big conspiracy behind it. Sometimes a badly set-up contract, insufficient oversight or a few small holes are enough, and through them you end up sinking the whole ship.
And it's precisely how the town hall works that affects our everyday lives perhaps more than high politics. It's time to untangle ourselves from old structures, give the city back to people and start shaping it for people again.
We don't have to reinvent the wheel here. We can take inspiration from what already works elsewhere: manage greenery better, help SVJ turn concrete courtyards into green oases, bring drinking fountains back to playgrounds, or liven up public space with culture, concerts, markets and neighbourhood events.
These are seemingly small things. But they're exactly what decides whether you merely live somewhere or want to make a life there, raise children and one day grow old.
The town hall isn't just there to fix pavements. It should look after the place and the people who live in it. And that starts with sensible financial management: wasting less and investing more in things that make sense.
The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.
