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Originally Posted by Fuzz
So the "outsiders" I meant were developers. Council was well known to be on the take from developers at the time, so their wasn't protection from them.
I'm not against development or expansion. One of the big problems is it is a small valley, and they gave so much of it to golf courses that serve so few. Does Silvertip paying anything close to the amount of taxes that could be generated by housing? I don't have the numbers, but I highly doubt it. So that's one issue, misuse of land. Banff has a need to reside clause, and while I don't think Canmore needs to go there, I do think they need a much better balance of homes vs second homes. At this point it's all ####ed so I don't really have any hope anything will get better, and Canmore will continue to see what made it so great erode away, at least for those who care about those things. But there were many points in the past far better decisions could have been made. All water under the bridge now.
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So why didn't residents vote them out? With a mayor and 6 councillors (I couldn't find exactly how long this has been the structure) every vote matters quite a bit.
Absolutely fair questions about land use planning, just as there are in every community in the world. At the time of development Silvertip and its mansions probably seemed like a reasonable use and good ROI for the land. What do you think the reaction would be of the average Canmorite if the landowner announced they were replacing the golf course with hundreds of modest and relatively affordable row-houses?