It'll be interesting to watch this unfold. The mayor is overplaying his hand and might see this backfire, though probably not before the election.
Developers served them up a boogeyman and the mayor an his handlers have done a great job framing their agenda about old rich guys and poor city cost, but they are walking a fine line.
The more specific they get on the 'subsidy' the more people will pay attention and poke at it, and eventually he's going to have to talk about the brass tacks. The worst case scenario for the mayor is the developers signal they are ok with the 5k provided the city commits to delivering the rec centres and fire halls and whatever else gets lumped in. Then he either has to move his target or lose his boogeyman. And then the change agenda gets much more difficult.
Maybe he has polling numbers that make him nervous about who is going to be elected, but I think he'd be better off closing his lips.
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