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Old 08-24-2010, 03:45 PM   #293
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Originally Posted by Bunk View Post
^ That's the real problem, the amount of time and attention paid to such a non-issue. Council members wasting breath on something as insignificant as a lane reduction on one sunday a year, while as Nenshi points out "the City went over budget on 100% of their contracts".
I'd throw the Peace Bridge (i.e. it's price not bidding process) into this non-issue category as well. People are focusing on a $25 million dollar bridge yet ingnoring the $1.5B deficit accrued from the current Subdivision SDA.
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