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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
My unpopular and vindictive reason for being happy about this result is that this time last year we were dragging people out of the midfield mobile home park because there was no way in our super tight city budget that these guys could find 4 million dollars to keep a moral and not unprecedented obligation and commitment to those citizens. So, right or wrong, I'm glad these people don't get to play Olympics. No trips to Switzerland or Beijing. No parties, no meetings, no fun projects. Just keep saving that 4 million.
The oval would make a decent field house. That ice is expensive. Let the soccer players have it.
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you probably would like what Kate Jacobson said.
Kate Jacobson is with Better Spent 2026, a group that wanted to talk about exactly that — where and why we should spend Olympic-size budgets elsewhere.
Jacobson calls budgets "moral documents" that reveal what a government really cares about. Look at the numbers, look where the money goes and you find the heart and soul of a place.
And with Calgary debating an austerity budget that envisions $100 million in cuts, one day after the plebiscite, she thinks it's a perfect time to have those hard number conversations that show more than just dollars and cents.
"When I'm saying I want money to be going toward public transit, toward our public school system, toward social housing, I'm making a moral claim and a value claim that people can disagree with or agree with. I think it's a fairly honest way to show people what you value and have a conversation about politics."