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Old 11-16-2013, 06:21 PM   #97
Addick
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh View Post
Cal Wenzel donated millions of dollars to an array of great charities in Calgary, both personally and corporately. What have you done???.
While Voodooman's post was out of line, donating money to charities does not make someone a good and honest person. How many Mafia bosses went/go to church on a Sunday morning?


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Originally Posted by 1stLand View Post
I just find it funny that Nenshi would choose to go after Cal Wenzel after that video surfaced and then make "Home Builder Subsidies" an issue in the election. It feels like a personal vendetta to me.
I don't think it is a personal vandetta but rather an issue about which Nenshi is passionate. It was an issue he wanted to address before the election and Cal Wenzel simply gave him some excellent ammunition.


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Politically, I think Nenshi alienated a lot of people who worked in the Home Building industry and understand how subsidies work and saw how badly Nenshi 'Dumbed down" the issue to make it seem like Tax Payers were subsidizing Millionaire Developers.
People are angry when a politician runs on a platform that includes closing a loophole that has benefited them greatly in the past, big surprise there.
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