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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
You have a pretty clear view on how you think this has gone down. One that I'm not going to change. Plus that stuff wasn't really what I was arguing about.
I was making a broader point that this project has to be a partnership - and to this point I don't think either side have done a good job of positioning in that way to each other.
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I think you are touching on a very important point. Many are doing what we all do with a lack of information................fill in the blanks for ourselves. Which or course, get completely tainted by whatever bias' we bring to the table.
Fact is, whether it be the Calgary Next proposal (that to many seems half baked) or the small statements we get from the city, we likely aren't getting even 5% of the information that is going on behind closed doors with CSE, or in the city, or in conversations between the two. All we are getting to see / hear are what either side wants us to hear strategically in this negotiating process.
But to assume that the first the city ever heard from the Flames was their Calgary Next Proposal, and that they received no more details than what we heard about is silly. And to also assume that the Flames proposed the west village, unaware of the city's concerns with that location, or that they had preference for the east village would also be silly. Evaluating the tactics or the quality of what's going is ridiculous on either side, given most of us aren't at the table to hear what's actually being presented, while is very interesting, can't be done effectively.