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No, not taking it seriously is just thinking we can do everything that should be done all at the same time. Because apparently as a city we're just sitting on Scrooge McDuck piles of cash we just need to spend.
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not what I said
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We have no idea what the costs are going to be because we have no idea just how bad the contamination is.
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because no one has dealt with it
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We have an urban re-development under progress that's not filled out and would be hindered if we opened up a ton more land for development. Since the city allocated tax based funds to implement this development, they want to ensure the value is recovered from it as much as possible before opening up new land.
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Calgary is a big city with more than one area being developed at a time - forgive me for not swallowing everything City Hall tries to feed me.
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Regardless your "brutal argument" comment earlier, a microscopic percentage of people were talking about creosete cleanup before the Flames magnanimously declared they would revitalize the area for a small handout that's probably going to exceed a billion dollars.
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Neither of us have any data on how many people care about this. But I know that it is something I have heard about and talked about for as long as I have lived here.
And it is irrelevant at the end of the day. Cleaning it up is good for the city. Having a catalyst that can initiate government action - not just civic - can only be a good thing.
Making up numbers ("exceed a billion dollars") does not facilitate useful discussion.