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I pointed out to Ric that he was still fighting the Memorial closure when it was trimmed down to one August Sunday.

"The biggest reason was is because the proponents were still talking about expanding it to four Sundays and then every Sunday again," he said. "And you know what? There was no festival on the table when I was opposed to it. I’m sorry, we checked it, even in council. 'Is there an application, anybody actually actually asked for a festival?' and the answer was 'no.'

"So I’m all for festivals. I’m on the record for trying to support festivals in several ways. But it wasn’t a festival thing when I was opposed to it. It was shutting it down.... If you want to do that with a secondary road in a neighbourhood where the neighbourhood agrees, great. Shutting down a major road, whatever major road, just because — I’m sorry, I still oppose that. Why? Because it’s a silly idea."

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