Civil society and poltical elites on local level

The paper deals with civil society and the elites (both political and civil) on local level, with focuse on the municipality of Černošice. Followed are the municipal activities within the time period before and after local elections 2010. Its aim is to find out the reasons for unusual electorate participation -- both active and passive. The paper also analyses factors which influenced the local election 2010 results in which the gathering of independent candidates Věci černošické gained 12 out of 21 mandates. Because failing of incumbent political elites can be regarded as the main factor for election success of the opposition, this topic is given substantial attention. The source of information published in this paper are written records of the civil initiative Černošice, nedejme se!, the gathering of independent candidates Věci černošické, and the data published by the Czech Institute for Statistics. The facts given are also based on interviews with politically active local citizens and public enquiry. According to this enquiry none of the addressed citizens were satisfied with the way in which the local authorities executed their public duties. Most of the stated opinions proved that the time period that has passed since election 2010 is too short to judge whether an improvement in municipal leadership occured. Nevertheless, all enquired people agree that information accessibility has improved. The election success of the Věci černošické can be also ascribed to creating a new way of communication with citizens by the means of printed monthly news distributed to all households and by establishing information websites.