For four years, Calgarians living in the inner city complained.

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They called 311. They sent emails to me pleading for help.

City officials knew what was what. So did the mayor of the day. That was Jyoti Gondek, a favourite of some of you.

Calgary city hall deep thinkers even did a survey of some inner-city communities back in the summer of 2022 when the booming bass of the Badlands tent was driving people around the bend.

It was all window dressing, a make work project for paper shufflers signifying nothing.

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For many Calgarians, they didn’t notice and, if they did, they didn’t care.

We know all too well the response.

Noise at monster tents during Stampede? Noise from tents nowhere near the Stampede? Noise close to heavily populated areas?

Suck it up. Stop being whiners. Over time we were called woke. A bunch of Karens. Anti-fun control freaks.

Of course, the folks mouthing off wouldn’t tolerate a tenth of the noise where they live but that’s another story.

It was an attitude you could feel beyond the monster tents, on other issues.

Social disorder in the inner........

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