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On Thursday, I will put forward a motion asking City Council to reconsider its decision to provide $290 million of public funding for the Flames arena, and instead redirect much of the funding to the Green Line. pic.twitter.com/r40es4pmVk — Evan Woolley (@EWoolleyWard8) November 27, 2019

His motion is unlikely to carry because it requires a two-thirds majority. But there’s a whole chamber full of nervous councillors these days. Who knows?

Wooley sure picks the most painful spots to stick in the needle.

As chair of the city’s Olympic bid committee, he shocked council by coming out against the bid two weeks before the provincial referendum last Nov. 13.

That played a part in the big No vote — a majority of 56 per cent — against making a bid.

On July 21 this year, Wooley opposed the arena agreement with Calgary Sports and Entertainment.

Council still voted 11-4 to approve the arrangement that will see Flames owners put in $275 million.

But this is still not a fully signed and sealed project, which leaves it vulnerable to Calgary’s sinking psychology.

The city budget will bring real service losses in everything from libraries to policing and transit.

Private sector layoffs keep coming and others are forced by provincial funding cuts.

And the province announced a cut of nearly 90 per cent in Green Line funding over the next four years.

The provincial types say the rest of the money will come later. They insist they’re not trying to kill a project that has full federal funding.

But the UCP decision throws a wrench into planning and may force city borrowing, at considerable expense, to replace early provincial money and stay with the timeline.

Enter Woolley with a ready-made solution, which also happens to be a really bad solution.