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Originally Posted by timun
What do you want cut, Slava? Again: just more kvetching about no cuts, about "not even a cutting back of the increases". So what do you want cut?
I'll make one suggestion: I never wanted them to spend a dime on the new Flames arena. But that ship sailed. I'm never going to forgive any of these council members for their stupidity on that one, and let's not forget: Braid's "Sane Six" also voted for that turkey of a deal. "Sane" when it comes to voting down a property tax increase, but where was that fiscal restraint and "sanity" when it came time to tell the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation to build their own ####ing arena instead suckling on the teat of taxpayers? Hmm?
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I’ve already said the arena deal was bad, but like you said that ship has sailed. But here’s the issue for me. It’s not even about cuts, it’s about increasing spending less than what they have. When the budget originally came out this year it wasnt at 7.8% and Dan McLean (who I don’t agree with on basically anything) said it was more like 7.8%. Councillor’s wouldn’t consider any way to reduce that increase at all, and here we are again seeing no consideration of that.