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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
The loudest and most vocal against this project tend to be very ignorant about it I've found.
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Your post is kind of ironic because the more research I've done into how the bridge came to be the more horrified I get knowing how things can operate in city hall. Granted you will learn this wasn't the only unsavory project that was run through for personal/political gains. There's a lot of reading on it and I suggest you dig in as you could literally make a motion picture drama on this whole ordeal.
LOL I don't frequent this thread daily but has it really degenerated into a head count on people using the bridge? Honestly I hope people use it and I hope it becomes a nice landmark for the city but I believe a lot of people still don't understand where the disdain comes from and for people like me it's not the actual bridge or the cost. This bridge does not stink for the actual structure or cost, it stinks because of the unethical manner that it came to be. It's a lowpoint for Calgary City hall and represents corruption that IMO should have resulted in pink slips for numerous employees including Farrell, Bronconnier, and anyone else involved in bypassing city protocol with possible criminal charges. Then there is the sleazy back door stuff where after being shot down in the first vote Dale Hodges mysteriously doesn't vote the 2nd time (allegedly pressured not/threatended/paid off not to participate) giving the bridge it's narrow vote margin. It's pretty crazy how many rules were broken to get this bridge built which is why I am saddened when I pass it a few times a week.