Winnipeg | Portage and Main

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

You "just open it, just because" guys are a hoot, everyone who voted NO is wrong and those who voted YES are right, none of the yes crowd seems even interested in the arguments for keeping P & M closed because the yes crowd is always right. Lets ignore all the studies including the one done by Winnipeg Transit that Bowman tried to quash, and so what if it takes commuters five minutes longer, twenty minutes longer or half an hour longer we don't commute though that intersection so it doesn't matter, after all they just live in NW and NE Winnipeg so who cares. How many forumers really do commute through the intersection on a daily basis, I do and obviously voted no, Bomberjet does and voted yes.

The myth that all those living downtown wanted it open turned out to be false with only a slim majority saying open it.

We even saw the YES crowd plunk a wheelchair in the concourse as a publicity stunt to somehow show how hard it was to navigate, talk about condescending!

Another myth is that Bowman saved having to make a decision on P & M and bowed to Browaty and Lukes push for a plebiscite, no Bowman didn't have the votes on council to push through the opening, it was either vote or scrap the idea entirely.

What are you talking about, council already voted 2:1 in favour under Bowman.