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Originally Posted by Kavvy
In a Canadian city, you are generally "asked your opinion" on topics by whom you vote for, and how often you contact your alderman. As citizen of Calgary, it is your right to vote for a candidate who would support this motion.
The only problem is, a good portion of your fellow Calgarians would hate to live in a city with no public art and aggressively fight you on this. IMO this is one great step to ruining our wonderful city.
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I have voted in this City for over 30 years and not once has the discussion about expenditure on Public Art been brought up by a candidate. Even when I asked specifically about this project, all of the candidates have brushed it off as not an election issue, which they then vote on in closed door sessions. I have no faith that the political "leaders" of this City will make an informed decision. As to the bolded not 1 of my neighbours agrees with spending millions of dollars on art work (and a $25M bridge plus bike lanes).
If you believe that our political leaders can make an informed decision when it comes to business in this city you haven't been paying attention. Our city taxes have increased by 60% overall in the last 10 years with absolutely no increase or improvement in services. Maybe take some of that money and use it for investing in business for the city.