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Old 12-22-2021, 02:12 PM   #627
shadowlord
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Originally Posted by StickMan View Post
After reading their statement, it seems like the CSEC was kind of looking for an out as the costs kept increasing and were likely going to keep increasing, and Gondek kind of handed them that. The question is, what was Gondek's intent here? Was she just looking for her name in yet another headline and it went terribly wrong? Or was ending the arena deal her intended result?
I think she's wanted to get out of the deal from the get-go, and upon becoming mayor started thinking of ways to make it unpalatable to the CSEC and making them take the blame for it while looking good for herself - "I stood up against the billionaires".

I have no love for the CSEC billionaires, but this particular negotiation has a political motivation to it on Gondek's side.
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