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Old 10-21-2010, 04:10 PM   #160
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post

I also am not 100% convinced about Nenshi, I was only probably 60/40 for him over Maciver. The public service slant and non-profit slant actually does worry me a little bit. I think he's a little more left than i would normally like.
Just like to throw it out there that a municipality is a non-profit corporation. That was one of the most attractive things about Nenshi to me.

Left-right issues are almost completely irrelevant in city governance. Nenshi has business experience. However, running a city that delivers services to tax payers, and running a business that sells good/services to customers for a profit, or increasing share value are different things. Non Profits have a lot more in common with city governments than businesses do when it comes to budgeting and finances.

Calgary can't outsource garbage collection to India to cut costs.

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