Colin Fast

Mayor’s Office. I used to be interesting here, but now I’m not. Then again, this used to be an interesting place, and now…(gestures wildly with his hands)

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

Then pair that with this:

To San Jose:
Morrissey
#8 pick
2027 2nd round pick

To Winnipeg:
#2 pick
#20 pick
Igor Chernyshov

Pick Stenberg at #2, and use the $30M in cap room to have fun with UFAs, RFAs, or picking up crappy contracts from other teams in return for picks.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

Today's news makes my Jets - Red Wings mega-trade even more interesting:

To Detroit:
Connor
Scheifele
Hellebuyck

To Winnipeg:
Cossa
Sandin-Pellikka
Danielson
Kasper
Brandsegg-Nygård

Tell me that's not a fun deal...

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@carrothjslv3 @JetsEmpir3 There's 5 or 6 solid D prospects at the top of this draft. You'd get one of them at #8 and have the '27 pick to use or flip. Or flip them both.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@wpgjets4life @JetsEmpir3 A huge risk. But if they’re not going to break up the core, and there’s no reason to believe they will, then they need assets that can play now. Stenberg and McKenna are the only two in this draft that it seems everyone agrees are NHL-ready. Waiting 3 yrs for a centre won’t help.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@HellwarzNewz Winnipeg has the lowest municipal property taxes of any major city in Canada. Winnipeg also collects about 40% less property taxes revenue per person than the average of other major cities. Want to complain about school taxes, then contact your school division.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@MattCundill Well, you were paying less city taxes than any other major city in Canada.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@WPGMurat 100% the draft. It’s the most viable path away from having this exact same debate every year.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@MattCundill Tax burden relative to home value is a pointless stat. It costs roughly the same to pave a road, hire a police officer, buy a bus, or build a fire hall. Cities don’t get a discount on costs if property values are lower. That’s why cities make comparisons using actual taxes paid.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@jonismrnibs @ChrisDca No. Two new contracts with external companies, running to 2032, are currently making their way through the committee/Council approval process. One of the contracts would switch to a different company, so people might be getting confused about that.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@scottcwheeler I have to imagine he’ll have an even higher ranking in Winnipeg’s prospect pool.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

Trade Nyquist in the next five minutes.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

I wonder how Scheifele feels about Buffalo...

[Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger]

Update: It’s believed St Louis/Buffalo went the distance on Thomas trade talks. Sounds like the Sabres aren’t willing to part with the necessary pieces. (Prospects, Player, 1st). Still teams nibbling, but the Blues are firm in what the return needs to be for the young center.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@ScottBilleck April 2022 wins over this. Schools were preemptively closed for two days, a Jets game was rescheduled in preparation for “the worst blizzard in decades.” In the end, there was some snow but it was no big deal.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@KevinKleinwpg The entire premise of this column is false. Re-assessment doesn't raise any additional revenue for the city. It just determines each property's share of the overall tax bill. Someone's share goes up, someone else's share goes down.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

Reminder #6,732,691,789 to not believe everything you see posted by some random account online.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.

This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.

Journalist @CaseyNewton got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@FedotOff90 GEMINI

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@KevinKleinwpg The real number, the facts, show a 7.4% increase in housing starts year-to-date.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

@KevinKleinwpg The numbers show that housing starts are up 7.4% year-to-date.

[Colin Fast @policyfrog]

Regina is looking at a 15.69% tax increase for 2026.

https://t.co/XBiGXsyRcR