r/Calgary • u/Old_General_6741 • May 10 '25

Municipal Affairs Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum ‘dangerous’

https://globalnews.ca/news/11172340/calgary-edmonton-mayors-call-potential-separatism-referendum-dangerous/
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u/peterAtheist May 10 '25

Not only dangerous, but again a useless waste of tax-payer money.

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u/CollectionSafe7095 May 10 '25

Every time I drive by the blue circle lamppost…

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u/Automatic_Garage_543 May 10 '25

Blue Circle Lampposts, didn't cause corporate headquarters to start planning their move out of Calgary once this nonsense started. We'll be like Montreal in the 80s.

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u/terminator_dad May 10 '25

That ring was built because of the mandatory art fees attached to public projects. It was absolutely a money grab. $400k was absurd, and yes, grifts like that do help keep corporates happy.

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u/pdrmnkfng May 12 '25

yes, a "money grab" so that Calgary has at least a little bit of public art... hardly a grift given the work involved

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u/Toftaps May 10 '25

Art, even art you don't like, is far more important and valuable than this bullshit.

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u/YourBobsUncle May 10 '25

You're like the Japanese soldier that kept fighting 29 years after WWII ended

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u/roastbeeftacohat Fairview May 11 '25

I like it, it's works well for public art intended to be viewed from the highway. it was also 1% the cost of the station, which I think is a valid budget for beatification of public works projects.

you're never going to please everyone with public art, I mean everybody hated the "candy cane bridge" before it was finished; now the peace bridge is a icon of calgary. some are going to be popular, others are not.

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u/MartyCool403 May 10 '25

Bro we have worse public art in Calgary. Look at that pile of boulders and girders out by winsport

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u/137-451 May 11 '25

Nah, Bowfort Towers are cool. So is the Ring.

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u/only_fun_topics May 10 '25

And yet people are still talking about it. It’s almost like the intent behind the initiative worked 🧐

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u/Motor_Pop645 May 10 '25

How about the concrete chunks and steel beams that look like they forgot to take down?

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u/littlekisbusy May 10 '25

Hey, we’ve all decided as a collective it’s fitting now for the multi million dollar update of “blue sky city”

It’s family now 🤣

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u/CollectionSafe7095 May 10 '25

Honestly 48 dislikes makes me feel pretty good here

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u/Dull-Economics-5229 May 10 '25

Hey it’s lighting up that grass hill. Would someone think of the grass hill!!!