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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
We found "efficiencies" in the budget! We're saved!
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Originally Posted by RinkRat
I get a kick out of the creative accounting going on here, they trimmed down the security budget to less then half of what the Vancouver games were in 2010, and less then what they spent on a 2 day summit this year in Quebec which was 700 million. Security in 2010 was over a billion when it was all said and done.
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Yeah....I was reading through that and I have a bad feeling about this.
Once again, I think we're going down the road of 'Scratch and Dent Bin' Budget Olympics and there are a lot of things about that really concern me.
Primarily the lack of lasting legacy infrastructure. If we dont get that then whats the point? I can do without the party. We want roads, LRTs, an Arena, etc.
Secondly, the City is on the hook for cost overruns. There will be cost overruns. Olympic cost overruns are so absolutely certain that they come right after 'Death and Taxes.'
I really dont want to be on the 'World Stage' with events being held in 40 year old buildings that we slapped some lipstick on and where event security is essentially just Ol' Gil with a white hat telling you that he was a security guard back in '88 too but he misplaced his flashlight.
So whats the alternative? We blow the budget out of the water as it slowly dawns on us that the budget hashed out in 2018 is patently unrealistic as we near 2026? So we just suck up the additional costs?
Or do we diligently stick to the budget and bounce on the Devil?
Like I said....I've got a bad feeling about this.
I really, really want to vote 'Yes' but its not checking any of my boxes in terms of priorities.