On Saturday, Daryl Katz paid for full-page ads in the Edmonton newspapers to apologize for his handling of the arena controversy. My sources deep within the Katz Group (a pharmacist I know at a Rexall Drugs) had access to the first draft of the apology letter, written by Katz himself.
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In This Corner: What does Katz want? Try everything.
Mayor Stephen Mandel professes to be baffled by what Oilers owner Daryl Katz wants in the ongoing agony that is the arena negotiations. “I can no longer define what Mr. Katz is asking for or what he’s not asking for,” a deeply frustrated mayor said on Tuesday, after Katz gobsmacked
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Staples: ‘I’m focused on making this deal work,’ Staples says
TweetKatz booster lays out his side in ongoing arena negotiations with city BY DAVID STAPLES, EDMONTON JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 EDMONTON – Once again, Edmonton Journal columnist David Staples spoke out on the arena issue on Monday. What he said won’t please everybody. It will certainly make little impact on
Continue readingIn This Corner: We’re shocked, shocked that Katz wants more.
I’m shocked, shocked to hear that Daryl Katz wants more money for the new arena, just the way Major Renault was “shocked, shocked” to find that gambling was going on in Rick’s Café in Casablanca. Back in July, when word came down that the “iconic” project (it can’t really be
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: pity the billionaire. katz group asks city council for more.
TweetOne week after Edmonton’s Chamber of Commerce warned of dramatic consequences if construction of the new downtown arena did not begin soon, the Katz Group, owned by billionaire Daryl Katz, has demanded further financial concessions to the already rich deal that City Councillors agreed to last year. Despite the weak-kneed stance
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: making cities matter in alberta’s election.
Alberta is the most urbanized province in Canada (81% of the population living in urban areas) and the Edmonton-Calgary corridor is one of the most urbanized regions in Canada. Looking to put cities on the provincial election agenda, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is using the CitiesMatter.ca website to weigh in on why it is
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Redford government’s legislative record: a broken promise a day?
Alison Redford promises there will be a health care inquiry during the Alberta Conservative leadership campaign. Or somebody promises something during some Conservative leadership campaign, anyway. Politicians pictured may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Billionaire Daryl Katz. The list of promises broken by Alberta Premier Alison Redford just seems
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: why would the government of alberta help fund the proposed Katz group arena?
This week Edmonton’s City Council is holding hearings and holding a vote to purchase the lands underneath the proposed Katz Group Arena on 104th Avenue north of downtown Edmonton. This vote will take place despite the $100 million which is still missing from the funding formula that has been negotiated by Mayor Stephen Mandel, the […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: recommended reading: how the katz group did an end run around the best interests of edmontonians.
If you read one article today, please read Paula Simons well written column on how billionaire Daryl Katz and the Katz Group were able to score major concessions from the City of Edmonton during their campaign to secure public funds to build their new downtown arena. Simons: Katz Group power play scores major concessions from […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: the katz group proves that all the money in the world can buy some pretty bad political advice.
In their effort to secure more than $225 million in public funding for their proposed Katz Downtown Arena, local billionaire Daryl Katz‘s company, the Katz Group, has proven that even billionaires can buy bad political advice. The CBC revealed last week that the Katz Group has been contacting Edmonton’s Progressive Conservative MLAs asking them to […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: provincial politicians being gamed into katz downtown arena funding debate.
The game of funding billionaire Daryl Katz‘s contentious downtown Edmonton arena proposal entered the provincial political arena this week with candidates in the Progressive Conservative leadership contest and an opposition politician dancing around this delicate issue. Supporters of the Katz downtown arena, including Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel, are stalking the provincial leadership candidates for commitments […]
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