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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
And it's impressing visitors, not citizen needs. Kinda says it all no? More important for them to impress outsiders than voters. But that's the game, and it's why politicians are so loathed.
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Some of the infrastructure is needed and long lasting though. It’s not all two weeks and then forgotten about, particularly here. I understand that the Greeks building baseball stadiums was a poor choice for them, but that’s not what we have done here in Canada. And when you look at the potential transit and transport infrastructure, that might be geared to the Olympics, but it serves citizens for decades.
I think you can still see the positive impact of the ‘88 games here. It’s a massive injection into the local economy that otherwise wouldn’t happen.