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Originally Posted by Slava
Well people are cheap. As soon as they are told that this is going to cost them money, they're primed to vote against it. I'm convinced that basically anything we have today that is great would be killed in a plebiscite. The new library, peace bridge or even iconic things like the Calgary Tower would never be built if you told people that it would cost them $20/month or whatever in taxes.
I'm convinced that any arena deal would fail if it were put to a plebiscite as well. It would face a campaign of "we could use that money for..." and "we should be prioritizing..." and there's no chance it would pass.
I'm pretty disappointed with this. I actually don't care much about the Olympics themselves, but that 7 year construction project and tourism boost would have been great.
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Perfectly summed up. There's several very important industries in Calgary hurting today, and that sting will be felt for a long, long time.