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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
When you gold plate everything and pay everybody on staff $28/hour +( https://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=city+of...=Calgary%2C+AB), it shouldn't be surprising that eventually you don't have enough left over to cover other capital projects. Our beautiful library, bridges etc. crowded out money that could have been used for additional things. It's a value judgement as to whether it's worth it or not, but if ultimately the arena deal can't get done because the city's broke, then it's another discussion point.
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Yeah, #### having a middle class!
The city isn't broke. The city isn't allowed to run deficits. How could it possibly be broke? They have to pay for all of these things, and thus they prioritize.
I'm not a city worker. But why do you think you think paying salaries for 13,000 people is remotely burdensome? 60% of those salaries are between $50K and $100K. And they're the enemy?
Are we going to fire all the Youth Employment Counsellors making $60 grand a year to fund an arena?
No. No we're not. I don't know if you read the news, but it's tough to find a city on this planet with better local government than Calgary. They're good in a crisis. They don't have oodles of debt. Literally every new road that's been built in the last fifteen years is awesome. They don't cower to billionaires. The fire department works.
Yeah, they're insane with the photo radar. They abuse the #### out of that power. But oh my god can things be a lot worse.