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We know who voted against it. The same clowns every time

Eliminating spending on both of these wouldn't have a significant effect on capital budgets. Over last 4 years we've spent about $10 million on pathways/bike lanes. Traffic injuries/fatalities are at an all-time high and was the top issue for Calgarians in the most recent survey.

Council hid it from me. Admin had already started prepping the documents in anticipation of the NOM. I guess they mistook the Mayor for what he keeps referring to as being more "transparent".

This is embezzlement, corruption and misappropriation in legal terms, especially when providing documents with the intentional goal to deceive. In commercial law this is a crime with severe consequences IF you get caught. Did we caught them enough yet?

Developers lol. No they donate to candidates so it gets shifted to tax payers. Cool dumb story though.

This is what they hid from Johnston when he asked for line item detail.

Here’s the thing Mayor Farkas is not wrong in saying we have major infrastructure problems. Obviously replacing the fresh water line & simultaneously replacing a waste water line were priority 1 on the list but here’s what makes me go hmmm. If these new pipelines will last 25-35 years with routine maintenance or longer, then why is the city raising water & waste water related taxes by 70% over just 4 years? Wouldn’t it be more prudent to take the capital investment cost, the interest costs on any loan associated with the capital cost & the average maintenance costs over 25 years & then increase taxes at a more reasonable, easier to absorb annual amount over the next 25 years?

The hiring spree at city hall needs to be first on the list for scrutiny. Hundreds of positions. Millions of dollars. Adding layer upon layer to bureaucracy. End that now. #yyccc

Force them to unbundle their budget items. Often very necessary items are bundled with a bunch of wish items.

How 'bout that nice wind farm city taxpayers effectively bought for a major corporation, without knowing it?

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Those responsible should face real accountability. I mean, assets seized, jail, everything.

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new communities reduce tax burden developers pay for all infrastructure overtaxing comes from the inner city development as inner city developers do not pay for the infrastructure, the taxpayers pay for it see all that density? that is causing your taxes & fees to sky rocket