BUZZKILL: Farkas gets prickly over Stampede noise backlash
The Calgary mayor defended the crackdown as reasonable, but entertainment operators say they were blindsided and are now facing serious financial risk.
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is facing mounting backlash after defending new City Hall noise restrictions that critics say could gut major Stampede-era festivals and undercut one of the city’s biggest tourism engines.
Farkas insists there was no last-minute rule change and that operators were “warned in advance.” Still, entertainme…
