ninjandrew

Two arguments Ive heard for the Edmonton arena are that the wave of people in the area pre and post game (event) will offer a lot of business, and that the Rexall neighborhood is crap because its low density population, whereas the downtown area is higher density (though I dont know what difference that one makes, or even how accurate).

So after everything we've been talking about, the only positive being realized for the city is that its filling ugly vacant space with something new and cool? That "facility improvement fee" is BS too.

The ticket tax was only a suggestion by the mayor, and expected to raise $125 mil (why not more, I dont know). Another $125 mil from a CRL. Community Revitalization Levy Plus $100 mil from Katz.

I've heard kimmys argument before, and would totally agree with it, but like Black Dog said about Rexall... Where does the concept come from that a building that generates a lot of money would put a lot of money into the community it's in? Does it have something to do with zoning (which I have almost no understanding of)? If construction was to begin within the next two years, I would want Bonams argument followed through, and the bill lowered from $400 mil.

From www.taxpayer.com: When I heard about this on the news I certainly thought it was an outrageous idea. Any thoughts as to whether or not it will go through, if people actually want it or why it should or shouldnt go through? As cool as some new arenas would be, I just think we have bigger concerns right now. I think they should put the whole plan on hold for awhile.

Precisely.

Where are you ES?

And the wisdom of transporting a schwack load of timber that whole distance, through a schwack load of forest.

Agreed, however since they raised the necessary hours worked in order to qualify for EI it's pretty tough to get if you've been working seasonal. I worked a 5 month seasonal job full time and I was short hours by about two weeks. I was pretty unhappy about that considering when you first get into forestry one often has to do contract work for awhile, and the industry is screwed right now... I think I'm a pretty good example of somebody that could have legitimately used EI between contracts, but it's pretty tough to make the cut.

Cool! It's good to have a fellow Edmontonian. Though I'm sorry I asked, it happened to kick off a lot of moronic comments...

Where are you Jim?

I always thought the G&M was the least biased.

The people on this forum all have different ideological beliefs and points of view. It would be a good representation of the Canadian population, except that the people on this forum care about how our country is run. If youre a right winger, why would you want to go to a right wing forum? You wouldnt learn anything...

But like RNG said, 1/3 of it goes in the trash. Sooooo.........

I liked the Don Adams era cone of silence best.