1/ Under the cover of night, 8 of Calgary& #39;s #fiscalconservative councillors voted this past Tuesday to spend our money buying more needless, wasteful, expensive land in the distant edge development called Sirocco. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😡" title="Schmollendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schmollendes Gesicht">

https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=5e303fc4-893f-44a3-bfaa-493d6c18c9cd&Agenda=Merged&lang=English&Item=73

https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.a... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/yyccc"> #yyccc #sprawl

2/ They did so at 11pm after most Calgarians had gone to bed. They did so with the media focused on other #fiscalconservative shenanigans:

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/magliocca-expense-investigation-shows-years-of-problematic-spending-nenshi-says

…following">https://calgaryherald.com/news/loca... a very intense couple of days in council.
#yyccc #sprawl

3/ They did so in spite of Admin& #39;s recommendation not to. They did so in spite of our oversupply of greenfield land.

They did so knowing this land will be YEARS, if ever, before it& #39;s developed & that we have no way of recovering acquisition and servicing costs.

#yyccc #sprawl

4/ Acquiring this land follows this same council’s approval of 14 sprawling, unneeded greenfield communities in July 2018, with Calgarians on vacation. https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/sprawlcast-calgarys-14-new-communities

These">https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/sprawlcas... decisions add costs, raise our taxes, and deliver little in return.

#yyccc #sprawl

5/ Voting for sprawl:
@seanchucalgary
@BigRedyyc
@JeffDavisonYYC
@JyotiGondek
@RundleRay
@CouncillorKeats
@Joe_Magliocca
@Ward4Ward1

Opposed:
@JeromyYYC
@DruhFarrell
@EWoolleyWard8
@gccarra
@ChahalGeorge
@peterdemong
@nenshi

#yyccc #sprawl #fiscalconservatives

/6 Come November, when the tough tough conversations on our budget gap are in full swing, how many of these #fiscalconservative councillors will point out that they voted for these unneeded, expensive land acquisitions as they call for service cuts?

#yyccc #sprawl