YYC Ward 7 Councillor Dru Farrell: We are reaching a fiscal cliff with the cost of growth

Contained in a video exclusive by Global News which centers around backroom deals to control the Calgary City counsel. Perhaps more important though than the backroom deals we all know happen already but choose to ignore are some comments made by Calgary Councillor Dru Farrell starting at the 3:20 mark:

"[The] old way of doing things simply won't work any longer. We are reaching, if we haven't already reached a fiscal cliff with the cost of growth."

A pretty good summary of what I've been trying to raise the alarm about since before even my Hellberta blog.

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