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Originally Posted by Boxman
The majority of that money goes to police services. That's people writing you tickets for going 60 in a 50 zone. Just what we need... Any mayor that doesn't have an adversarial relationship with the police, firefighter, and public sector unions is not representing the interests of the taxpayer, but is instead a union puppet.
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"In 2010 and 2011, when the last three-year budget was set, council was torn by successive debates over whether to include the police in citywide budget austerity measures. In each case, the force was spared having to do the same sort of trimming asked of all other city departments.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi suffered his first early political defeats when council rejected his bids to require police belt-tightening, and a hiring spree continued."
Calgary Herald
article from 2014 by Jason Markusoff