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Originally Posted by New Era
...With this bid, Calgary will again set a new standard for an Olympic bid, just for different reasons...
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Vancouver did have a plebiscite, and it passed with something like 65%. But 2003 is ages ago and the general public view of the IOC is far more negative now after multiple scandals and the public having a better grasp of just how corrupt they are as an organization. Every recent plebiscite that potential host cities have had, from the US to Europe, has failed. So Calgary would be bucking the trend if they approved.
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The reasons these plebiscites continue to fail is because the model is broken, and the ONLY way an Olympic Games can be successful in Calgary is under a new model. I think the proposal from the city is just that—an attempt to trigger a market correction that the Olympic movement so desperately needs to move it away from corruption and familiarity with despots and dictators.
I recognize that this is not the spirit of New Era's quoted response, but I think he is totally correct about this: Calgary would be setting a new standard, and one that is becoming all-the-more pertinent. I, for one, enthusiastically embrace this approach and anticipate a necessary correction to the idiocy of the current Olympic economic model.