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It doesn’t say a whole lot. There’s a lot of bun but not much burger.

No surprise. Even the city admits they kept about 40% of the information secret — and you can bet that’s the good stuff.

What they give us is brand-new paperwork where you’d never know anything was cut out.

Jeromy Farkas, the councillor who is the burr under many a city hall saddle, confirms what we all know.

The financial summary is “heavy on the summary and very light on the financials.”

Farkas also points out city brass has added something to the report.

Last week’s leaked document talked about the costs of moving the bus barns out of Vic Park to make way for an athletes’ village.

It talked about the costs going beyond the Olympic price tag.

The new report says the city is doing more analysis to see whether or not the bus barns should stay in Vic Park and where the athletes’ village should go.

Damage control.

There’s another chunk of paperwork outlining the risks of the Olympic bid.

Farkas says what we’re able to see is only 40% of what council knows.

“I’m just afraid Calgarians are still not going to get a true accounting of what the costs and the risk are.”

Later in the day, Farkas makes a request. You can tell it doesn’t amuse many sorts.

He wants Calgarians to see the original document on Olympic costs, including the parts city hall blacked out.

It would make one hell of a picture. Calgarians would see how much information was taken out and where it was taken out.

Apparently, city brass didn’t find it “very friendly” to show Calgarians a document with black lines covering up the nasty bits.