Keep in mind the Herald are huge cheerleaders for publicly funding a new arena. All of their editorials are highly partisan on the issue.
Here's
a poll from the Sun
A
story from Metro.
Quote:
If such a proposal were to include a request for financial involvement from the city, Jones said the matter should be put to the citizens of Calgary.
“I would love to do it with a plebiscite,” he said. “Let the people of the city decide: Do you want your taxpayer dollars spent on this?”
Ald. Andre Chabot doubted a plebiscite would be necessary, noting polls within the last few years have shown Calgarians are overwhelmingly opposed to putting tax dollars towards a new arena.
“I think the general public is of the opinion that it’s a fairly lucrative industry – certainly insofar as the players and the kind of money they’re making – and they don’t feel that they should be contributing to their profitability,” Chabot said.
Ald. Gord Lowe said that sentiment is reflected around the council table.
“As far as I know there is precisely no appetite in council to put public money into a private venture,” he said.
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Politicians live and die by polling. I trust that they have their finger to the wind when they firmly oppose public funding for private arenas.