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Originally Posted by Bunk
There's a draft Naheed Nenshi for Mayor facebook group that has popped up. He's one non-councilor that would be an excellent choice for mayor. MRU business prof, herald columnist and Better Calgary Campaign founder.
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Haha, I clicked that link and three of my more politically active friends are already members. I know nothing about him, but based on those endorsements he'd probably fit fairly will with what I believe. I will have to look into this.
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"Most Calgarians also don't know that half of their property taxes, while collected by the city, are sent to the province. It's one of the things that needs to change," says Bronco.
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Is that really the formula? 50% of taxes collected? Because if so that's really horrible. If you want to pay for improvements for your city, you shouldn't have to pay the province to do it. If the city increase taxes for its residents, they exclusively should get to spend that money.
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I think our lack of culture in this city has more to do with the nature of employment in the oil patch (Engineers, accountants, and finance people) than whether or not our city council shuts down Memorial drive for a day in the summer, buys out the Cecil for $11 million, or builds an expensive pedestrian bridge.
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Not all Engineers are uncultured! It's the wealthy who fund most arts and sponsor festivals, so with a screename like Cowboy89 it's a bit odd that you're blaming engineers accountants and "finance people" for a lack of culture.