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Originally Posted by Amethyst
From his candidacy announcement. No way would I support this.
-Current council is horrible (I hate this attitude in politics)
-Freeze municipal taxes for 4 years (Don't paint yourself into a corner)
-Find "efficiencies" to do that (Code for "I will slash programs.")
-Blames current council for 1st arena deal falling through
-Cancel blanket rezoning (Pandering to/agrees with those whiny babies who claim their community is "special" and just can't increase density)
-Current council is "elitist" and Calgarians don't trust them (Candidates who claim others are elitist is a good red flag who not to vote for.)
-People want change (What are your ideas for change? I don't want change for change's sake. Give me an idea of your recommendations, otherwise "change" is just like "elitist," a term to get people riled up with no actual plans.)
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This man has been on council before, he should understand what this entails. Municipalities are legally unable to run a deficit, it's part of the Municipal Government Act. So any freezes to taxes are going to come at the expense of capital budgets, operating budgets, reserve funds, or increased debt load.
If you vote for him, you're a fool who doesn't give a #### about Calgary.