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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Police are looking for two people they believe may be responsible for anti-Syrian and anti-Muslim messages spray-painted at the Tuscany LRT station.
HATE MOTIVATED CRIME: POLICE
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Funding plan on right track Transit
Councillors to back long-term strategy for the new Green Line Helen Pike
Metro | Calgary Sources have told Metro as many as 10 city councillors will endorse a Green Line funding strategy as part of a notice of motion coming to council next week. Long talked about, the idea was originally brought forward by LRT On The Green (LRTOTG) foundation back in May. They proposed earmarking $52 million from property tax annually for 30 years instead of 10
— an idea many councillors were receptive to. If extended for 30 years, the budgeting of tax dollars would earmark $1.5 billion to help Green Line construction at no extra cost to the taxpayer. In a recent survey completed by LRTOTG, Calgarians also seemed to agree with the funding model. Released on Monday, the survey that polled 6,000 Calgarians citywide found that of those polled familiar with the foundation, 57 per cent were receptive to extending the $52 million investment for 30 years. This coming Friday, councillors on the Standing Policy Committee for Transportation will discuss funding and strategy. The estimated delivery cost of the new LRT line tops out at between $4 billion and $5 billion.
NENSHI ON DONALD TRUMP Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he’s not worried about travelling to the U.S. in the future – this after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Muslims should be banned from entering the U.S. Nenshi, himself a Muslim, jokingly tweeted that nobody should tell his mother or sister they have to cancel their Hawaii vacation. “I make fun of it be-
cause how else do you deal with ridiculous things than to treat them lightly?” asked the mayor. “But in addition to treating them lightly, I think as a community we need to stand up as good and decent people for what is good and decent.” Brodie Thomas/Metro