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Originally Posted by nik-
The funniest thing about this is the people who are most likely to call Nenshi "spendshi" and hate him for the spending his does are probably some of the hardest on him for actually trying to not let the taxpayers of this city get bent over like they do in other cities on arena deals.
Fandom erases all conservative principles I guess.
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I mentioned this in one of the various other threads, but sports is such a weird one in terms of how it fries people's brains. Estrada and New Era are total polar opposites politically, yet they both support basically as much public money as it takes to build this thing. It really does blind people and make them betray core principles.
And, as I've mentioned far too many times, people are begging for what amounts to quasi corporate welfare, in exchange for a 100% guaranteed price increase of at least 20% on a product that will, being as generous as conceivably possible, maybe be 5% different. And that that 5% could also mean worse. Just insanity.