This is an election which can be a case study of how money influences politics because of how vastly different the resources were between the two sides.
Three weeks ago, it was pretty much a no vote. The unbiased city committee recommended to stop all work and not to proceed with the plebiscite. 8 councillors voted not to proceed.
Since that point, we have had hundreds of radio, TV, online ads, athletes flown in from around the country and the world to talk about why the Olympics are amazing. I see election-esque road signs for YES everywhere. Everyone now suddenly is lining up to give massive corporate handouts in Calgary - the city of fiscal conservatism.
Amazing how money works in this world.
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