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Originally Posted by JBR
I've heard a number of comments in discussions with people who are leaning 'no' and am surprised to hear over and over:
"I hate Nenshi and don't trust him so I'm voting no"
"Notley has to go, so I'm voting no"
"Trudeau sucks and I hate his father, so I'm voting no"
"The IOC is corrupt so I'm voting no"
Don't vote no for the wrong reasons. Calgary 2026 is not about them. Do you think Calgary 88 is Ross Alger, Ralph Klein or Peter Lougheed's legacy? I don't think so.
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I’m hearing arguements on the no side:
- I don’t want my property taxes going up.
Yet at the cbc townhall they said they would go up 1.5% which is $25/year and that’s only if other sources of funding don’t cover it
- Edmonton’s getting our games.
Ummm no they’re not getting any of our games. Whistler is getting ski jumping and cross country which i’m fine with to reduce our expenses. If there’s a world class site close by let’s use it. It’s 155 athletes out of 5000. Southern Alberta may get curling. I’m fine with that.
- Nenshi and council is corrupt and so is the IOC.
Ok maybe they are but i’m not going to let an economic driver pass us by because of it. Our city could use an economic boost since it isn’t coming from oil anytime soon. The IOC is trying to change their image with community involvement and community sense. They have to start somewhere.
- too much risk of cost over runs. Look at Japan.
We’re not Japan, we don’t do things like Japan and we’re hosting a winter olympics not a summer olympics. Winter olympics are smaller.
We also have 85% of the venues already built. Not as much risk to cost overruns when it’s already built.