Comment 43639

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted July 19, 2010 at 10:56:47

@MarkWhittle

For who? Everybody in the lower city already voted for urban friendly candidates. We got mayor Fred, who wants the west harbour site but knows when his goose is cooked, Bratina, who wanted a downtown site (well, he didn't want the west harbour... or the stadium at all? but he wanted a downtown site if we had to have it), and MacHattie, who is a staunch supporter of West Harbour.

The mountain / stoney creek / dundas / ancaster don't live in the city proper. They live in bedroom communities. They're already committed to driveway-to-driveway, so they want this location. That and Flamborough, which just want their taxes lower so they don't want the stadium at all.

And the mayor is just one vote in our system. He doesn't have the power to overrule the council.

I just wish Young did his ultimatums earlier. Maybe then the city would've found a better compromise downtown location - some place with enough parking _and_ a downtown location.

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