The Flames aren't making their case to city. They're not making their case to economists. They're targeting their message to the more gullible segment of the population, so that those people can apply pressure on the city.
Even here, we're Flames fans, but we're also internet forum members. So we're likely to care less for their arguments than people outside because we (hopefully) have read and discussed this a lot. It's the people who aren't that interested in critical thinking, economic studies, and community revitalisation levies who will be their support base.
So yeah, we aren't stupid and he's not convincing us... but what about everyone else?
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