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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Is it a done deal? We all know this is a classic vote buy attempt, but what if it backfires? People like Yoho obviously think this is the ace in the hole to wrap up the election, but if polls come showing mild to strong opposition in Calgary to this deal, and the UCP losses the election, then what? Will Council, who will be the next to face the election sword, keep pursuing this at the expense of their own political future? Until we get some polling data on what people in this city think I would say it's a likely deal, but if the polling is against in any meaningful way and the UCP loses then it becomes much harder to predict.
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I meant a done deal in the sense that the taxpayers are going to pay for a chunk of the new arena. I just plain don’t like that, but that ship sailed years ago. Once you accept that, I think the focus has to be on a fair split.
I do definitively think this is a great project overall. It’s probably going to be awesome when it’s all said and done!