Demonstrators at city hall on November 3 called for funding cuts to Tallinn municipal's television station to free up money for renovating nursery school.
The city council voted down a citizen-drafted bill - a first in Tallinn history - that would give 1.9 million euros for Tallinn TV to nursery schools instead.
"We demand that the city put more value on children than propaganda and success at elections, nothing more," a demonstrator told ETV.
The non-profit Kodaniku Hääl (Citizen's Voice) gathered 3,000 signatures, allowing it to introduce the bill.
"This is a very clear sign that a very large part of citizens of the city are dissatisfied with the city's current decisions and current budget preferences," said a Social Democratic member of the city council, Jaak Juske.
The renovation would get 128,000, while the capital's TV station more than ten times more - 1.9 million euros.
Tallinn city council chairman Toomas Vitsut, who also heads the finance committee, said he welcomed the interest but said he did not support the opposition to the city in "such an important area."
"We will definitely address this in next year's budget, but proceedings are at a stage where it would be premature to talk of very specific figures," he said. "But we have discussed undertaking renovation of 30 nursery schools next year."
Kristopher Rikken
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