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View Poll Results: Are you for or against Calgary hosting the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games?
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I am for Calgary hosting
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I am against Calgary hosting
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11-13-2018, 08:58 PM
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#941
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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
yes because all the seniors and stick in the muds voted early. Late results will change it. There is NO WAY it will be 65-35 No!
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If i understand correctly, it doesnt reflect when votes were made...its polling stations reporting once its over as there are no counts going on.
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11-13-2018, 09:02 PM
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Side story: car parked in middle of road with hazards on and nobody In it... on way to YES party. Then police and ambulance... then we see this man staggering trying to walk a straight line. Very drunk. Just saw officer toss car keys to other officer. Not good. At all.
7:35 PM - 13 Nov 2018 from Calgary, Alberta
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Is this more propaganda? 
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11-13-2018, 09:04 PM
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11-13-2018, 09:04 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Hopefully those results hold true and the "sticks in the mud" get to save a few thousand dollars. I'm going to invest mine in state of the art "get of my lawn" technology.
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11-13-2018, 09:05 PM
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#945
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by BigNumbers
Dion, as someone who doesn't live in Calgary, I am interested in why you're following this so closely, as you have no skin in the game?
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I forgot to add that my Federal and Prov tax dollars are involved.
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11-13-2018, 09:05 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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As bad as it may seem I want a resounding no result just so Council is humiliated.
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11-13-2018, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaine
Hopefully those results hold true and the "sticks in the mud" get to save a few thousand dollars. I'm going to invest mine in state of the art "get of my lawn" technology.
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11-13-2018, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Kaine
Hopefully those results hold true and the "sticks in the mud" get to save a few thousand dollars. I'm going to invest mine in state of the art "get of my lawn" technology.
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Well, what should we do with all these tax savings and free burden from cost overruns? That's not a bad idea.
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11-13-2018, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dion
I forgot to add that my Federal and Prov tax dollars are involved.
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11-13-2018, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
As bad as it may seem I want a resounding no result just so Council is humiliated.
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I want them to pay back every dime they wasted on this fiasco if it gets voted down. But I'm sure it's more likely they will double down and find a more efficient way to piss away tax dollars.
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11-13-2018, 09:08 PM
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11-13-2018, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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I'd personally be quite shocked if either side got more than 60% of the vote, just based on the conversations I've had/seen online it seems the population was pretty split on it.
But the news coverage seems much more weighted to the "no" side of things.
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11-13-2018, 09:08 PM
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I don’t think there is anything wrong with having an interest in this from afar. That said, using the argument of paying federal and provincial taxes goes both ways.
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11-13-2018, 09:11 PM
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#954
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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The idea that the dollars are being saved is false.
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11-13-2018, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Joborule
Well, what should we do with all these tax savings and free burden from cost overruns? That's not a bad idea.
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Keep it very close to you - and start thinking of that magic "use it towards something else idea".
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11-13-2018, 09:13 PM
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#956
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Not a casual user
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11-13-2018, 09:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
i think you'd be surprised... i know lots of nenshi voters voting no to this and seeing Nenshi's position has definitely soured my perception of him.
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I haven’t found any Partisan consistency in the people I have talked to on both sides of the debate. I think this is a good thing as everything doesn’t need to be politicized.
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11-13-2018, 09:18 PM
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The bottom line is that if this result holds, its not an indictment about the Olympic coming to Calgary concept itself. Or people being sticks in the mud or no fun.
Its a illustration of the lousy job done by Bidco and the City in this case. They came out with a Insurance salesman pitch combined with a Nigerian Prince scheme. This result is about a complete lack of faith and trust in the work that was done.
While this is a step back, it allows for the city to do the job right even if that means that its not the 2026 Olympics.
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11-13-2018, 09:19 PM
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11-13-2018, 09:20 PM
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#960
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
While this is a step back, it allows for the city to do the job right even if that means that its not the 2026 Olympics.
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Job right for what?
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