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Originally Posted by Envitro
4) Lack of leadership from Nenshi and Council is what got us here in the first place. I do believe that this was a referendum on them and not so much the Olympics being hosted in Calgary. A divided council is what got us here in the first place, and nobody wanted to take the political risk of backing this bid, so they took the easy way out of a plebiscite so as to not risk re-election
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The IOC was 100% on the ballot here, if they had a sparkling reputation people would be far more interested in hosting them. You reap what you sow though.