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Old 09-13-2017, 11:18 AM   #950
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Originally Posted by corporatejay View Post
I'm on side with this and totally agree. I think there is some public benefit to having the team even if it not measurable like "civic pride" but not everything needs to be functional. The peace bridge is amazing but we could have build a bridge for half the cost but sometimes it's fun to have nice things.
Yes, this is the point I was trying (rather obliquely) to make. The question, for me, is what is a reasonable amount to spend on those intangible benefits in this case? For me, anything over 1/3 quite suddenly feels unreasonable and frankly unfair. Of course this is on top of any infrastructure investments that the City may make as well.
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