The Friends of Malmi Airport Association (FoMA) has appealed to the administrative court against Helsinki City Council’s decision to turn down the Malmi referendum initiative. The association sees the reasons for the decision as being in conflict with the Constitution and … Read More
The City of Helsinki to dig up Malmi “Meigs style” – urgent action ban request made to ELY
The City of Helsinki is about to start heavy excavation and mass exchange work in the Malmi Airport area even though the relevant decisions are not legally binding. The situation is reminiscent of the destruction of Chicago Meigs Airport in 2003 , when … Read More
Helsinki City Council rejects democracy in the individual case of Malmi Airport and tramples on the referendum initiative
Helsinki City Council has rejected Helsinki’s first and Finland’s largest municipal initiative for a referendum and thus said NO to local democracy. The municipal initiative proposed a municipal referendum on whether Malmi Airport should be kept in aviation use – … Read More
Threat of Helsinki proposing rejection of Finland’s largest municipal initiative looming – City Council has great responsibility for the future of direct civic democracy
Many of the decisions presented by officials as arguments do not have legal force. A public celebration for local democracy will be held at the Senate Square on 22 November and 8 December 2021. In August, a municipal initiative to hold a … Read More
Temporary building permit to be taken to the Supreme Administrative Court
Helsinki Administrative Court has decided not to process the complaint of the Friends of Malmi Airport against the truck drivers’ training area planned to be built in the airport area. If implemented, the project would destroy a significant portion of the … Read More