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Originally Posted by MattyC
The City (not the lord almighty He) is telling the Flames where they would like to put the stadium if they want public financing.
The rest is speculation and only shows your view so completely skewed by a hate for Nenshi that it's not worth bothering anymore.
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Sorry - didn't think I was being that skewed... I use HE because Nenshi is the face and voice for council on this issue. While we hear a peep occasionally from someone else, Nenshi is the voice - he's the one coming out and saying things like "CalgaryNext is dead", etc.
I do truly believe that Nenshi takes the East Village thing as a personal legacy. But if it affects your sensibilities (and to correct myself), then yes, "the city" is telling them to put it in East village, and "the city" isn't offering to pay for anything, and leaving the Flames to pay for 2/3 (city fronting 1/3, but the FLames to pay it back, with the remaining 1/3 coming from a ticket tax).
Any way you cut it, it isn't a reasonable request.