{
  "id": 6368004,
  "title": "Bell: Riled up Farkas, Calgary city hall want Smith UCP to spank tax fighter councillor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/bell-riled-up-farkas-calgary-city-hall-want-smith-ucp-to-spank-tax",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T01:42:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-farkas-calgary-city-hall-danielle-smith-ucp-landon-johnston"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas and Councillor Landon Johnston are at odds over a potential tax hike. Johnston believes Calgarians should be informed about the possibility of a big tax increase now.\n\nThe city's executive committee has voted 12-1 in favour of a surface alignment for the Green Line LRT in downtown Calgary. The chosen route will run down 10 Avenue S.W. and end at a station between 1 and 2 Street S.W. This option is within the project's current budget.\n\nAccording to the Calgary Herald, Councillor Johnston is known for being straightforward. Mayor Farkas has expressed support for moving forward with the Green Line project, stating that there will always be reasons to delay but that it is unlikely to become cheaper to build in the future.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Calgary Herald",
        "title": "Tariffs could cost City of Calgary hundreds of millions of dollars in increased project costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/tariffs-could-cost-city-of-calgary-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in",
        "published": "2026-09-08T20:49:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "City councillor apologetic but unrepentant over leaking Calgary budget documents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/city-councillor-apologetic-but-unrepentant-over-leaking-calgary",
        "published": "2026-09-08T22:05:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}