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Originally Posted by pylon
I get the Flames proposal sucks. And they can leave for all I care if that's their line in the sand. But there was a far more diplomatic way to knock down Calgary NEXT and a far, far better way than releasing the city proposal and basically exposing what should have been confidential negotiations to the public.
He poked a big bear, and instead of the bear mauling him, it just looked at him, raised it's eyebrow and walked away.
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To be fair to Nenshi and the city, the flames could have presented calgaryNext in a much better way. They clearly didn't do their due diligence and rushed a presentation in which they were asking for a lot of tax payer money that would likely not see a very good return on their investment. Keep in mind they are negotiating with the city, a public entity, and that while confidentiality at the table should be expected while
negotiating, once an offer is formally presented the city has every right to inform the public if any tax dollars are part of the proposed deal.