Rick Bell: City spending “is consistent with having an absence of rules”

[MrMastodonFarm]

On good, another Rick Bell article on the bridge.

Guy's such a .

I can't wait for the bridge to be finished. It's these little touches around the city that make living here more enjoyable. I'm sure SAIT could have saved a lot of money by not putting that cool cloud covering around their parking garbage, or a soccer field on the top... but it makes the c-train ride past it not horrible.

I wonder how hard he would have gone after the Calgary Tower if it was being built not.

[Mightyfire89]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Anyone who uses the words "Silly Hall" in almost every single column they write does not deserve to be writing a column in the newspaper. Rick Bell makes Bruce Dowbiggin look like Eric Duhatschek


That being said, I really wish the bridge controversy would die. I think it's just a magnet for people to complain about city council. Is the bride a necessary expenditure? Not really. But just give it up....

Brides are expensive, but not really necessary, though my bride would probably disagree.

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

On good, another Rick Bell article on the bridge.

Too bad that you're ignoring the important parts of the articles...

The bridge is only a small part that matters to some. The rest should matter to all of us.

[mykalberta]

It is hard to believe that there isnt a certain minimum contract value which requires at least some tendering. Say anything over 1mil?

I am not surprise the bridge wasnt tendered given who the major backers on council were. They are like many who think that just because someone splashes some paint on a canvass that its a work of art just because of what he/she did in the past.

Given this citys inferiority complex with larger more cosmpolitan cities it makes perfect sense why they went with Calavatra. You cant have someone from a pidly city like Calgary design a pedestrian bridge that isnt really needed given the relatively low population density in Sunnyside.

Also I still dont believe the whole memorial angle. If the bridge was part of a larger more expensive project than fine, but its not, it is the larger more expensive project. The rest seems like it was an afterthought to sell the bridge.

[IliketoPuck]

What did silly hall do this time....