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Originally Posted by MattyC
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We are the shareholders of Calgary, and have no choice whether or not we pay taxes to the city. If one beer could have bought more pencils for students, it's funds wasted. If they actually have a float for "fun things" it is still money wasted. Taxes are not profit. They are to be collected and redistributed back into the city, not parties at City Hall. If they want to spend their own salary on booze and drugs, and do it at a private function or party, go for it.
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Wow. So no juice or muffins at any municipal functions? You realize journalists would stop showing up to anything hosted by City Hall if there wasn't free food and drink involved, right?