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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Good opinion article in Herald today dissecting the "subsidy" argument.
"...Here’s a troubling scenario. Council agrees with the mayor’s push to “eliminate the subsidy” on utility levies, adding roughly another $4,041 per house to city coffers. The development industry says “fine, we’re not going to pay the community and recreation levy anymore” — that’s $4,370 less per house. City council could try withholding an agreement under such terms, but if the industry is agreeing to pay 100 per cent of those things they are legally obligated to, a court may see things differently."
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...268/story.html |
Sounds like a good reason to get the city charter, and to get it before the development agreement gets renewed. There's really no good reason why Calgary and Edmonton shouldn't be able to dictate the terms of their charters, as they hold 2/3rds of Alberta's population.