How can we host the winter games if we cant plow the roads..

We can use our potholes for the new fishpond and have an ice fishing derby.

LOLOLOLOL Every town or city that hosts this ends up in the hole financially. Our city planners like this sort of expediture though so it will happen!

LOLOLOLOL Every town or city that hosts this ends up in the hole financially. Our city planners like this sort of expediture though so it will happen!

Yeh but think of the economic boost these games will provide. My question is why do we use tax dollars to promote this event. Why is the Chamber of Commerce and the business community not footing the bill. They have the most to gain.

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"Yeh but think of the economic boost these games will provide. My question is why do we use tax dollars to promote this event. Why is the Chamber of Commerce and the business community not footing the bill. They have the most to gain."


My thoughts exactly Bridge.

The economic boost really only benefits the rich at the expense of the not rich.

Funny thing is it is the rich and or the people that control our tax dollars that always come up with these great economic boosting ideas!

Perhaps some day they will come up with some ideas that really benefit the people,
(who pay the tax dollars and extremely high prices for everything)and stop thinking about their legacies and personal bank accounts.

Seems to me that Vancouver, Whistler, would be the most common sense place to hold these games, considering that they have already spent Hundreds of millions to host the Winter Olympics.

Prince George cannot really afford to build all the facilities necessary to host the Winter Olympics, and should not even bother. We are already taxed to the hilt, in debt up to our ying yangs, and its time to become fiscally responsible and live within our means.

Whats the chances of that happening???

"Seems to me that Vancouver, Whistler, would be the most common sense place to hold these games, considering that they have already spent Hundreds of millions to host the Winter Olympics."

THEY have already spent?
Don't you mean we have already spent?

Why do you think all our services such as road repairs and snow plowing, etc have been cut so bad over the last couple of years.

"Prince George cannot really afford to build all the facilities necessary to host the Winter Olympics"

We are not talking Winter Olympics we are talking Canada Winter Games.

Lostfaith. Yes we have already spent.

Local road repairs and snow plowing within the City is the responsibility of the City. It seems that we are still getting the same level of service on Highways for road repairs, and snow plowing which is the Provinces responsibility.

So what facilities do you think we would need for the Canada Winter Games. Ski Jumps? Ice Oval? or do you think we already have the facilities because of the CN Centre, and Otway Ski Trails, and Purden Ski Hill?

"It seems that we are still getting the same level of service on Highways for road repairs, and snow plowing which is the Provinces responsibility."

As compared to when???

"So what facilities do you think we would need for the Canada Winter Games."

We don't need any facilities for any games , cause we can't afford them here in PG.

Palopu read the following again.....

Posted by: lostfaith on January 8 2009 5:00 PM
"Yeh but think of the economic boost these games will provide. My question is why do we use tax dollars to promote this event. Why is the Chamber of Commerce and the business community not footing the bill. They have the most to gain."


My thoughts exactly Bridge.

The economic boost really only benefits the rich at the expense of the not rich.

Funny thing is it is the rich and or the people that control our tax dollars that always come up with these great economic boosting ideas!

Perhaps some day they will come up with some ideas that really benefit the people,
(who pay the tax dollars and extremely high prices for everything)and stop thinking about their legacies and personal bank accounts.