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In the election, yesterday, Helsinki got a city council in which, among others, there are 10 entrepreneurs, one former entrepreneur, one free lancer actress, one non-fiction author, and one wife of an entrepreneur. The council makes a total of 85 members. I’ve gathered this information mainly in the Yle Election Results; additional information comes from Helsingin Sanomat Election Machine. It is possible that the information that I’ve gathered is not complete.
In my opinion, one can say that the entrepreneurs are well represented in the city council. However, if one takes a closer look on the parties from which these people that are familiar with entrepreneurship come to the council one has, as far as I’m concerned, a reason for concern.
Of the representatives that are also entrepreneurs seven (7) come from the National Coalition Party, one comes from the Green League of Finland, one is a Social Democrat, and a party card of the Christian Democrats can be found in the pocket of one of them. The free lancer actress is a Social Democrat, the non-fiction author and the wife of an entrepreneur come from the ranks of the communists. As I add that the former entrepreneur is a coalition politician, it’s easy to see that the coalition contingent, eight (8) councilors with the background of an entrepreneur, is remarkable whereas the entrepreneur candidates of the other parties have only rarely made it to the council.
How will the conditions of entrepreneurship be developed by a council that has one party group within which there is such a strong group of entrepreneurs while the other party groups are without such a group? As far as I know, a politician isn’t supposed to make decisions independently but to yield to the common opinion of the party group. How favorably does a party group see entrepreneurship if it has only one member that is an entrepreneur? I think that one has a good reason to misgivings: it might well be that, in the party group, the opinions of that one person will have low impact, if any.
In the election, yesterday, Helsinki got a city council in which, among others, there are 10 entrepreneurs, one former entrepreneur, one free lancer actress, one non-fiction author, and one wife of an entrepreneur. The council makes a total of 85 members. I’ve gathered this information mainly in the Yle Election Results; additional information comes from Helsingin Sanomat Election Machine. It is possible that the information that I’ve gathered is not complete.
In my opinion, one can say that the entrepreneurs are well represented in the city council. However, if one takes a closer look on the parties from which these people that are familiar with entrepreneurship come to the council one has, as far as I’m concerned, a reason for concern.
Of the representatives that are also entrepreneurs seven (7) come from the National Coalition Party, one comes from the Green League of Finland, one is a Social Democrat, and a party card of the Christian Democrats can be found in the pocket of one of them. The free lancer actress is a Social Democrat, the non-fiction author and the wife of an entrepreneur come from the ranks of the communists. As I add that the former entrepreneur is a coalition politician, it’s easy to see that the coalition contingent, eight (8) councilors with the background of an entrepreneur, is remarkable whereas the entrepreneur candidates of the other parties have only rarely made it to the council.
How will the conditions of entrepreneurship be developed by a council that has one party group within which there is such a strong group of entrepreneurs while the other party groups are without such a group? As far as I know, a politician isn’t supposed to make decisions independently but to yield to the common opinion of the party group. How favorably does a party group see entrepreneurship if it has only one member that is an entrepreneur? I think that one has a good reason to misgivings: it might well be that, in the party group, the opinions of that one person will have low impact, if any.
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