It seems that there are 3 camps of posters supporting the residents of Midfield Park.
1. The well known Nenshi haters who are happy to jump on anything they can associate negatively with him - despite the fact he has but one vote in Council.
2. Friends and family of those impacted by the Park closure.
3. Those that view this issue through the lens of 'fairness'. They suggest that 'morally' the City needs to do more for these people. Unfortunately, for the most part, these folks can't be bothered to address the very valid points raised by posters against sweetening the pot.
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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
What precedent?
What about the inverse? If the City of Calgary provided these two hundred people with even more compensation than they were legally not entitled to in order to help find them a living space, why does Joe Blow renter down the street not deserve $50,000 to help him buy his first home? Just because the City of Calgary was not his landlord? How is that fair?
If the City of Calgary fixes the infrastructure under the 'private' Mobile Home Park at the expense of several million dollars, why did it not have property tax money fix the plumbing for literally the thousands of land owners required to do it this year?
You want the City to treat these people differently to everyone else because the City happened to be their landlords. You can't talk about fairness in the same sentence.
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