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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
This macroeconomic argument is easy to make, but it's hard to make a distinction between inner city vs. suburb tax dollar ROI.
There is probably some synergetic relationship between inner and outer city tax dollars, but I have yet to find a reason why my tax dollars as a resident of Westbrook/Wildwood are even relevant to a Falconridge or Tuscany infrastructure services, just like you would feel the same way.
Either way, i would like to see tax dollars stay in the community they're paid from, and have a City-appointed finance manager per community with resident/citizen board members. If we feel a park is in order, we'll build it with our own tax dollars and leave Falconridge to deal with their own parks.
Public infrastructure and recreation costs, such as Memorial Trail or Prince's Island Park, should be designated city-wide taxes since most Calgarians will either use these pieces of the city at some point. Of course, robust research should go into what counts as a city-wide infrastructure piece.
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Totally agree. But don't know that it's possible or fair or costly to do so. We hope that our elected officials are smart enough and dedicated enough to do this work for us - but not sure that's ever going to happen.