David Staples: For gondolas to fly in Edmonton, private business will have to pay the bills

In Tuesday’s lively city council debate over a proposed gondola across Edmonton’s river valley, Coun. Andrew Knack spoke for almost of us when he said: “I thought when I first heard the idea it was absolutely ridiculous. It was as close to hating something as I can get.”
It’s fair to say that the gondola idea hasn’t gone over well.
But maybe that’s changing.
Like Knack and most other councillors, I’ve now come to see that the concept is worth