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Originally Posted by 442scotty
I think the west village idea with a little design tweaking was an awesome idea.. expensive? Yep but the city has no problem spending money on stupid art , bicycle lanes used by a few dozen people at most and let's not forget the $$ spent on the downtown library to be used by maybe ? A couple hundred people?
The west village is an awesome idea that with some tweaking would bring a lot of people and money downtown as a complete entertainment district. Nenshi should have thought about it but he didn't and it's burning a hole in his butt.
I for one am tired of a lot of politicians in this city but municipal politics being what it is they are all coming back because nobody cares enough to change things and toss some of the dead weight out
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Awesome idea? That location was clearly motivated by other factors in the area. That debacle of a proposal was so bad it didn't even allow for proper pedestrian or transit access to the building.
You don't allow fatcat owners of a team to hold a city hostage for their own agendas. You ask tough questions and bargain with the city that, you know, is actually trying to maximize areas that are already under construction and rehabilitation. If they think Calgarians are going to stand for this kind of sleaze ball tactics they have clearly misjudged the city immensely.
I hope all fans take a stand and stop attending games until the CSEC gives their heads a shake and start acting like adults.