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Originally Posted by Redlan
I am not thankful that an megalomaniac politician is telling me what HIS vision is and what it is going to look like...I am not the least bit interested in what the hell His legacy is going to be. And do not once think that he has the best interest of Calgary, at this point the interest is purely himself. He will say different, he will pander...because that is what he has been training himself his entire life to do.
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Would rather a mayor who can work the microphone (his job) and do it with confidence in his political positions than some sheepish, stuttering face turner who can be bought by private interests and apologizes to everyone on behalf of everyone. That's how anemic governments come about.
The mayor has to step in front of the camera - because it's his job.
The interesting thing is that Bill Smith or any other mayoral candidates can't exactly come out and do anything differently - the optics are so great on this that being in the Flames pocket means you can't just throw money at the problem; you have to take a rather staunch conservative standpoint on arena funding, meaning whether it's Nenshi, Smith, or someone else, all candidates may come at it from a taxpayer advantage angle.
That said, we do need Council - and CSEC - to go into negotiations with mutual gains bargaining in mind, meaning that everyone can have their slice of the pie. This can't be zero-sum.