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Originally Posted by Bunk
What do you understand "to be paid back" means? As I said before - I think that's through tax revenues generated from the district, not from the owners, so that would not be asinine at all - it's how a CRL works.
On the Library vs Arena question, from that post I quoted earlier from Druh Farrell she talks about this exact thing:
http://www.electdruh.ca/a_new_arena
Do people think this is actually an unreasonable stance and perspective? |
So the debate were having is between a public building everyone can use for free but few do (I don't believe that 6.2 million figure and even if it is true I'd like to see a breakdown of how they came to it, it sounds questionable) or a private facility which promotes large amounts of community involvement and inclusivity.
Do you ever think that maybe those who can't afford to attend flames games still enjoy watching the team on TV? Maybe they enjoy reading about them in the paper or online? Without a team here, these same people you're championing for will lose it all the same if they leave (I highly doubt they're going anywhere).
If you still aren't convinced of the money pissed away with this library what would you do in this situation then. If you could go back in time and either spend the money on a library or cleaning up the creosote soaked land that's leeching into the bow river? I get if you don't agree that an arena is the best use of money, but to defend another library of all useless places is something I'll never understand.