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Originally Posted by MarchHare
That's hardly a fair assessment of the situation. Many born-and-bred Calgarians are the most fiscally-conservative people in the entire country and view any spending above the absolute bare minimum to be wasteful.
Many transplanted Calgary residents, like myself, have seen the greatness other cities have achieved in terms of architecture and livability and want to see more of that in our adopted home. More often than not, we're met with violent opposition from the Ric McIvers of the world who are content living in a totally bland and boring city that lacks any kind of character so long as it keeps their taxes low (or I should say lower, since Albertans already enjoy the lowest taxes in Canada and are among the least taxed people in any Western democracy).
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Well, I can't say that I've met very many people like you in Calgary during the three decades I've lived here.
Fiscally conservative is one thing, fiscally resposible is another.
My point is that a majority of our population demands action based on short term goals, and that is what we end up getting from our leaders. Its only every once and a while something nice like this bridge manages to peek its head out.