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Originally Posted by curves2000
I understand the appearance of Farkas and how him and some others appear to be grandstanding, it's their "thing".
What I don't like is this "illusion" that all this consultation occurred in the public forum and everything is on the up. Sure a lot of citizens knew that the Flames and the City/Stampede board were working on a deal behind close doors but the exact details were not made public until a week ago. Certain aspects of the deal and the optics aren't good and wouldn't be allowed if it wasn't for our beloved hockey club..
I don't think anybody would think that a handful of days of discussion would be enough.
Anyhow I am glad it's over, I am looking forward to it and I will enjoy it. Hopefully this really does end being the cat's A** like we are all being sold it will be and that everybody benefits from this in a huge way both as a city, the citizens who will frequent the area and those who attend events.
Sorry about the long post!
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Heres the thing though:
The details werent made 'Public' until recently, but the Councillors knew all about it and had been informed in depth about the structure and framework of the proposal.
The 'Handful of Days' argument is pure Horse-Hockey.
That was just political grand-standing by Councillors wanting to absolve themselves of responsibility, and ergo their jobs and duties, and drop it in the Public's lap to absolve themselves of any blame or responsibility.
That is what people find reprehensible.
Farkas et al knew all about the proposal but wanted to hide from responsibility by foisting their duties onto the public so that they absolve themselves of any and all criticism.
Its pure politics and its disingenuous. Its the equivalent of saying:
"We're taking a risk, but we dont know if we're going to win or lose so we're just not going to play despite the fact that its our job."
And I hope the constituents remember that when the time came to do their jobs their elected representatives refused to represent them for good or ill.