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Originally Posted by Bunk
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.
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People who buy the narrative that negotiations have broken down because of Nenshi are delusional. I suppose if they tell themselves it's only one guy being a dick, they don't have to face the reality that a whole bunch of people in positions of responsibility in this city, from analysts to planners to every member of council, do not believe the offer made by Flames ownership is anything close to being a good deal for citizens.
If the pro sports model requires billionaires ruthlessly pumping taxpayers for subsidies, then pro sports can eff off to cities full of rubes who like being pumped.