Listen, let's cut the BS here and understand that this is going to be a very very strong negotiation and the city needs to be on it's A game and we can't have rookies making the calls here. We need strong representation here because the Calgary Flames ownership group is brining their A game and they know business.
They made a very risky move by getting rid of CMLC for this deal and have now managed to exit this and put the risk back onto taxpayers and the city.
The Mayor and council are being completely dishonest pieces of garbage by indicating it's to early to say if this is going to cost taxpayers more than the original deal. We already know it will cost ten's of millions more, end of story. You can't so much as buy a loaf of bread in this environment and not know your getting ****ed by inflation, let alone building a massive, complex structure.
The city better extract some additional item's as a result of this new deal in exchange for additional cash contribution from the city. To all the progressives on council and in the mayor office, this is their opportunity to assist and help the little guy and girl as much as possible.
I hate to say it but most of the people on council and in the Mayor's office have some pretty low grade overall business and lackluster resumes overall. The people who are in the position like Murray Edwards are the type of people who are of vastly higher intellect and can actually out perform in business. They see things at a different level than "normal" people and are usually on the inside track by sure financial and political capital.
As soon as the Flames and Oilers ownership groups announced in August that effective September 15th, their facilities and businesses would require proof of vaccination in order to attend, I knew Alberta was getting a Vax Passport. Government MLA and Jason Kenney was feeding the common Albertan a bunch of BS but behind the scenes the big dogs were making plans for their multi billion dollar businesses that generate hundreds of million in revenue.
Low and behold, in the middle of September Kenney dropped the bomb about the Vax Passport as some urgent last minute system that needed to be enacted.
I will repeat that the city needs to be able to get some additional wins in exchange for the additional boatload of cash we are going to be sending the wealthiest people in Canada. It can't just be the little guy always on the losing end of things.
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