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Originally Posted by Bingo
That's like the old couple in the Shuswaps that lists their house every summer for $100K more than it's worth and then whine at the golf course that they can't sell it.
Good plan though.
Every negotiation is an opportunity. A counter is a constructive way for the city council, our representatives, to use that opportunity in our best interests. To cross your arms, misrepresent costs, and then wait for the other side to counter their own proposal is not the best way to get things done.
I'm sure the Sunalta residents love your wait and see approach though.
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It's really not a misrepresentation. It's the bill. The fact that a portion of the bill will have to be paid at some other completely undetermined date regardless of what is developed there doesn't change the fact that this is the actual cost of developing CalgaryNEXT. It's considerably less disingenuous to include the cost of something that will be eventually paid anyway, at some point, than it is to just totally ignore those numbers when presenting a price of a project.