Mayoral candidate says arena dilemma issue of integrity
Posted Sep 14, 2017 7:45 am.
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Mayoral hopeful Bill Smith is speaking out about the controversy concerning a new Calgary arena.
Smith said it would be good for Calgary, but it has to be the right deal.
“If the deal makes sense for Calgarians then I think it’s a great thing to have. But I tell you what’s most important at this point in time, I believe this is now become an issue with the integrity of our mayor going forward and I think that’s the biggest election issue we’ve got,” he said.
Smith said if he were mayor he would be straight up with Calgary Sports and Entertainment and update residents.
He said we’ve not seeing anything like that so far.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Wednesday the city is still willing to negotiate with the Flames, despite CEO Ken King’s surprising announcement to pull out.
He also said he’d have to take King at his word that the move was not related to the upcoming municipal election.
