2026 Olympics- Calgary votes no- 56%

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by chemgear

I had posted it early in this thread but I wonder how many astroturf accounts stacked the voting on this forum.

Have you seen the political threads lately? I'm quite sure those were legit morons.

[CPK80]

Name a main stream media that supported a yes..

I am not saying it was right or wrong.. They have a right to a opinion..

Originally Posted by Kaine

Uhhh what? Just as much misleading, half truths being spewed by either side.

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[getbak]

Start the clock...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1062565141898620928

[Dion]

Duane Bratt is saying that city council was unified on the 88 vote and not divisive like the present one.

He also pointed out that if this was a vote in 2014 it would have been a slam dunk for the Olympics. Todays economy and people not happy with our levels of govt and how they spend our money, played a factor into todays vote.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Something has to be done to make up for what a disaster this whole process was, and they are at least talking. Wouldn't be shocked to see it get done relatively quickly to make people forget. And really if Yes loses, not ensuring the arena was the centerpiece of the bid might have been a huge factor in the loss. A lot of what I'd consider the unconnected no voters were saying this wasn't worth doing without the arena.

A new arena would take a lot of the sting off.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by CPK80

Name a main stream media that supported a yes..

I am not saying it was right or wrong.. They have a right to a opinion..

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Obviously didn't pick up a copy of the Herald in the last week.

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1062565141898620928

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Muta

Well, I hope the NO people have a long-term plan to upgrade those facilities with that same available federal and provincial money, and have a plan to support the design, construction, sport and tourism industries for the next decade. Those are important industries and employers in this city.

Ask your city council...they voted to not even have this plebiscite 2 weeks ago.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Who is Devin Heroux and why do we care about him? Is this person actually an authority on something or just somebody that everybody is randomly re-posting?

[Kaine]

Originally Posted by Muta

Well, I hope the NO people have a long-term plan to upgrade those facilities with that same available federal and provincial money, and have a plan to support the design, construction, sport and tourism industries for the next decade. Those are important industries and employers in this city.

Or some may just not care enough to want to shell out significant tax dollars regardless of federal or provincial funding (who pay's those taxes again?). If they needed this bid to get completed or were never going to get done in a reasonable manner, that might be a bigger concern perhaps?


To counter that, I hope the YES crowd understand that a half baked, hastily thrown together gong show that was presented to the citizens of the city was not an ideal way to push their agenda. Proper presentation and planning goes a long way to winning over a crowd.

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Who is Devin Heroux and why do we care about him? Is this person actually an authority on something or just somebody that everybody is randomly re-posting?

I believe he works with CBC and is based right now at the Yes Camp reporting.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by CPK80

Name a main stream media that supported a yes..

I am not saying it was right or wrong.. They have a right to a opinion..

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CBC was on board the yes train.

Where the main stream media failed was how they consistently fail they provide an unmoderated platform for people to debate each other. Instead they need to be fact checkers and call out lies.

[burn_this_city]

I voted yes, however I think Nenshi's involvement in the lack of an arena and flagrant support for a perceived vanity project buried this. You can't play hardball on something a lot of Calgarians care about then 180 on your fiscal conservative bonafides.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Kaine

Or some may just not care enough to want to shell out significant tax dollars regardless of federal or provincial funding (who pay's those taxes again?).

Not shelling out tax dollars was never an option at the provincial or federal level. The province wasn't proposing a new tax to pay for this, they were just re-allocating their capital funding cut from property taxes to the MSI to the Olympic bid rather than paying off their own deficit.

The feds allocation is slated to be spent on a major international event. It's allocated money from the current tax rates, not a promise to raise new money contingent on a bid.

[RM14]

Yes party sounds more fun than the no party so far.. Haha and they are losing.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CPK80

Unfortunately.. all the main stream media was pretty much a no vote.. so they controlled the agenda..

Sad.. but I know I will at least have a little bit of grin.. when this eventually costs us more in the long run.. all the upgrades and improvements eventually have to happen, with no guarantees of other level of government support.

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I listened to QR77 and watched Global this morning and the entire panel was all yes.

[puckedoff]

Why are you guys posting like it was a 'No' vote? Is there public results yet or are you guys just jumping the gun?

[nik-]

Originally Posted by RM14

Yes party sounds more fun than the no party so far.. Haha and they are losing.

Because they all think someone else is picking up the bill.

Boom, mystery budget slam.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by RM14

Yes party sounds more fun than the no party so far.. Haha and they are losing.

Which means they're boozing

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Who is Devin Heroux and why do we care about him? Is this person actually an authority on something or just somebody that everybody is randomly re-posting?

Hes a guy whose phone is going to die