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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I'm sure that's true, and I suppose that's part of what I'm asking. What could they possibly be sneaking by?
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The timing of this is awful. The city is $60 million short in the operating budget but a lot of people don't understand the difference between operating budgets and capital budgets.
The public is also upset at how council has functioned or not functioned over the last while. They just see $60 million in the hole and they want to build what...for who?
To be honest I don't think they're trying sneak anything by. Trouble is people feel they are or council is being stampeded into a decision and that's pretty well a sure fire recipe to get a no vote.
If this is such a good deal it should be able to withstand full scrutiny. Why does the decision have to be made within such a short timeframe.
I also think CSEC understandably wants as little public input as possible. They know full well a fairly large percentage of the populace does not want to see public money spent on an arena for a bunch of millionaires, especially in trying times such as the city is currently in.