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Originally Posted by Weitz
Did they ever sort out the downhill ski events?
Last I heard the National Park wasn't interested in having the Olympics (lake louise)? And Nakiska isn't big enough anymore? I'm sure that has changed though?
Voted no btw. Too much money. No benefit. If there was benefit cities would be tripping over each other to host.
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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
The city needs to get out of control spending fixed before committing to a huge event such as this.
I'd love to support an Olympic bid, but not with the current council and budget.
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I keep echoing that I agree but to answer, cities are not tripping over themselves because they are doing just fine without the Olympics. The timing couldn't be better, without the Olympics taxes are set to increase with no plan in sight to slow them down. With them, they also rise but it creates jobs along with it and a short term boost until we can hopefully fall back on trans mtn.
The out of control spending has no chance at being fixed anytime soon. Over 100 million has gone into helping downtown business with property taxes due to high vacancy over the last 2 years. Downtown commercial office is worth over 10 billion less today than a few years ago (taxable money for the city).... Like it or not, we are still in a pit and the province or city appear to have no solution to fix it for several years. Any outside funding that is a multiple of our own funding is greatly welcomed.
For the record, I'm not a huge Olympics guy
Hate how the government has handled this entire process
Don't trust much of what's being said (although I do believe we can do it without going over the budget + 1.1 billion contingency fund)
I'm voting yes because I'm sick of a dying Calgary with no end in sight. I'm voting yes because I believe there is a deal to be had with the flames which looks much better for tax payers than the previous deal. I'm voting yes because it means billions into this city we would never see without the olympics. Taxes are going up either way people.... We either try something drastic or slowly bleed out.