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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Bingo, the city didn't ask the Flames to clean up a contaminated area.
The city didn't ask the Flames to build a field house.
They were thrown in there as way the Flames figured they could get people to justify some public funding. I don't blame them for trying.
That doesn't mean it's on the city to counter.
This whole situation is like me needing a car, so I go to the dealership and offer them a baked potato.
It's not on them to counter with something reasonable when the opening offer is terrible.
From the cities perspective the location is wrong, the format is wrong, the funding is wrong, and the public infrastructure requirements are unreasonable.
Why the hell would you "counter" that?
Should the city hire a bunch of architects and engineers and economists to come up with a design and some renderings for Victoria Park and a funding model and propose that to the Flames?
I don't believe they should. That isn't their job, that is the Flames. They wasted enough hours running the economics on a proposal they knew at first sniff wasn't going to fly.
They should simply tell the Flames "Nice try, let me know when you have something real".
It is now on the Flames to come up on something new for Victoria Park and bring it forward.
It's not on the city to do anything but sit back and wait for the new proposal to show up.
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You have pretty low expectations for the city then.
I don't.
they are paid with our tax dollars to represent us in what's best for the city. Sitting back and doing nothing until something comes along they like is a fair amount below what I would consider acceptable effort, response and thought.
Glad you're happy though!
The Flames opened with the Oilers offer. That's not an embarrassment to anyone, it's a logical starting point.