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Airborne_Again wrote:

(79%) for keeping the airport. This is expected to have an important effect also on future decisions about other regional airports owned by a city or local government.

Great news! I was not aware! We need to make this more widely known!

Antonio
LESB, Spain

Airborne_Again wrote:

There was a public outrage, enough people signed a petition to force the city to hold a referendum about the future of the airport. Even if the voter turnout wasn’t great (37% IIRC), it was a landslide victory (79%) for keeping the airport. This is expected to have an important effect also on future decisions about other regional airports owned by a city or local government.

Wow! Great news. And even greater so as the government apparently has to heed to the result despite the low turnout and can no go and claim, well, so only about 30% over all care for it, so let’s close it anyway.

Such kinds of referendi are very important as they can show the public support many airports have despite politicians and land sharks claiming otherwise. But they are useless if the governments build in guilloutine clauses where they demand a 80% or whatever turnout for a referendum to be valid.

LSZH(work) LSZF (GA base), Switzerland

Mooney_Driver wrote:

And even greater so as the government apparently has to heed to the result despite the low turnout and can no go and claim, well, so only about 30% over all care for it, so let’s close it anyway.

The referendum was actually only advisory, but all parties on the Västerås city council have said that they will respect it.

Last Edited by Airborne_Again at 11 Apr 10:54
ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Airborne_Again wrote:

The referendum was actually only advisory, but all parties on the Västerås city council have said that they will respect it.

Then let’s hope they will…. Maybe that was part of why the turnout was not that good.

They would not be the first to spit on it if it did not serve their purpose.

LSZH(work) LSZF (GA base), Switzerland
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