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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
It would be wonderful if one of our Sports journalists in Calgary would do an article constructed in much the same way as Barnes' posts in this thread. Dig back in their archives for some quotes would probably produce a pretty good piece of investigative journalism. Would love to ask Ken about some of his previous quotes....
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Except is that really fair? I think Ken King is a questionable character and he deserves all of the public flogging he is getting right now, but I think some of these "quotes" are unfair to him. Some of these were made before the Edmonton arena deal came to fruition, and when the economy and dollar was better. This context is important. I think that at the time he was sharing what the strategy was at the time, and doing so honestly. Beat the man up for his recent statements, even some of his dumber statements, but hitting him with stuff where the economic climate for a deal has changed so much really doesn't see fair. I would extend the same courtesy to Nenshi as well. Now, back to the regularly scheduled effigy burning.