DougB
Senior Member
I doubt the City used anywhere near 5% in its assumptions
Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit
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darwink
Senior Member
The city has spent $810 million bucks already without debt. They have ~$75.8 million in revenue assured every year. Should have ended the year with ~$110 million in the green line reserve.
O-tac
Active Member
So R-Star had nothing to do with her current scheme to gift oil companies millions of dollars to cleanup their orphan wells which they are already legally obligated to do? There are tons of questions and she isn't being transparent at all.
‘Huge concern’: Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding | Globalnews.ca
The NDP says it's a "huge concern" that before Smith re-entered politics, she lobbied for an oil well cleanup bailout that she made a government priority when she became premier.
globalnews.ca
I read that ridership is back to 80% of pre-Covid. Also we don't know enough to take a ridership number and turn that into yearly revenue. It's not clear how many of these are going to be new, or existing riders, and how this will affect staffing-intensive bus operations. So I think the existing projections are still what we should be using, not double the number pulled from thin air.
I read a few years back that operations for the red line cost like 25 cents per rider, mainly because there's one driver hauling around 8 buses worth of passengers. The easier maintenance of electric vehicles doesn't hurt either.
DougB
Senior Member
If the NDP has evidence that individuals exceeded the $4,300 per donor cap, it is more than free to hand over the documents to Elections Alberta:So R-Star had nothing to do with her current scheme to gift oil companies millions of dollars to cleanup their orphan wells which they are already legally obligated to do? There are tons of questions and she isn't being transparent at all.
‘Huge concern’: Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding | Globalnews.ca
The NDP says it's a "huge concern" that before Smith re-entered politics, she lobbied for an oil well cleanup bailout that she made a government priority when she became premier.
Leadership Contestants - Elections Alberta
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R-Star is stupid, but linking it to campaign contributions is baseless. Of course political communications is based on the principle that if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes truth.
Rachel Notely used to be a labor lawyer. Is she beholden to public sector unions who are much more capable at mobilizing their membership to make small campaign donations and volunteer than oil companies would be at mobilizing their employees and shareholders?
DougB
Senior Member
Does the Green Line stand any chance of approaching Red Line ridership levels even through its capital costs will be several multiples of the Red Line?
No, but its operational costs should scale in a similar way.
O-tac
Active Member
Also of note:
lemongrab
Active Member
What about Third party advertising and advocacy groups?If the NDP has evidence that individuals exceeded the $4,300 per donor cap, it is more than free to hand over the documents to Elections Alberta:
Leadership Contestants - Elections Alberta
A leadership contestant is a person seeking to be the leader of a registered party. A leadership contest is the party’s process to select a new leader. Leadership contestants must register with Elections Alberta, maintain up-to-date registration information, and submit a financial return to...
R-Star is stupid, but linking it to campaign contributions is baseless. Of course political communications is based on the principle that if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes truth.
Rachel Notely used to be a labor lawyer. Is she beholden to public sector unions who are much more capable at mobilizing their membership to make small campaign donations and volunteer than oil companies would be at mobilizing their employees and shareholders?
O-tac
Active Member
Speaking of which it sounds like a wealthy Edmonton developer funneled $100K into pro Smith advertisements at hockey games, violating the $30K corporate donation limit.
Network of Companies Linked to Wealthy Developer Flowed $100,000 to Group Behind Pro-Danielle Smith NHL Hockey Ads
Companies linked to developer J. Cameron Allard made big donations to a third party advertising group, despite $30,000 contribution limit
pressprogress.ca
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Wonder if this is the townhomes.
MichaelS
Senior Member
Would the townhomes be needed for Stage 1, if the line isn't crossing the bow yet?
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
I didn't think so but then what else would be left in Eau Claire?
accord1999
Active Member
They may want to avoid confirming that until Stage 1 is well underway.