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Bunk · 03-13-2018, 01:35 PM

Even if the Mayor were actually adamantly against the Flames goals he sits on a City Council with 15 votes. The Flames offer, I understand, was unanimously voted against. The Mayor is also not literally sitting at any negotiating table. Surely there's enough supposedly "pro business" or "pro-Flames" Councillors to force a vote on the Flames' proposed structure, or something close to it. The fact that 15 saw it as unreasonable really has little to nothing to do with Mayor Nenshi. If he was that powerful he'd win a heck of a lot more important votes by a much bigger margin. Heck, there are Councillors that vote against the Mayor on key items to spite the mayor, because they don't like him.

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Bunk Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Exp:	Even if the Mayor were actually adamantly against the Flames goals he sits on a City Council with 15 votes. The Flames offer, I understand, was unanimously voted against. The Mayor is also not literally sitting at any negotiating table. Surely there's enough supposedly "pro business" or "pro-Flames" Councillors to force a vote on the Flames' proposed structure, or something close to it. The fact that 15 saw it as unreasonable really has little to nothing to do with Mayor Nenshi. If he was that powerful he'd win a heck of a lot more important votes by a much bigger margin. Heck, there are Councillors that vote against the Mayor on key items to spite the mayor, because they don't like him. __________________ Trust the snake. Last edited by Bunk; 03-13-2018 at 01:37 PM.