Article content The mayor and members of council have been bellyaching of late that the provincial government hasn’t sent enough money its way to deal with Calgary’s hollowed out downtown. Successive city councils have helped to destroy our downtown and now they want other people to pay the price. To quote those signs often seen in gift stores: “If you break it, you buy it.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Corbella: Calgary city council broke our downtown and blames others for their mess Back to video The only problem is, city council decisions — many of them controversial — have helped make the work of fixing our downtown near impossible, and everyone in Calgary pays for the decades of bad decisions.