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By realfreeenterpriser (registered) | Posted August 29, 2010 at 14:51:01
I'm not exactly sure of the specific location of the York University Pan-Am events but I DO know that the first stop on the GO Train service between Toronto Union and Barrie is called "YORK UNIVERSITY".
Even IF we've "been set up to fail" there was no need.
A double-cross by Bob Young and the Tiger-Cats combined with a few wishy-washy, wardhealing Councillors who don't have the courage to stand up and ask "Bob Young, where were your objections when we applied for the COMMONWEALTH games, where were you until the very last minute?" will look after this for HostCo.
The ONLY objection HostCo has to WH is the "lack of an anchor tenant". Any other site will allow them to raise the GO Train/accessibility issue that they've already used at Kern's Road in Burlington.
There's no Future Fund money for Confederation Park, it's even further from Toronto where the majority of spectators and competitors originate and it would kill any chance of LRT and suck more people out of downtown.
IF Mac's on board for the MIP, Bob Young would have to accept a location that isn't really significantly different than West Harbour and, I would argue, has WORSE access and worse GO train potential. BUT it would allow him to save face.
I just wish Council could realize that most Hamiltonians recognize blackmail when they see it. They should UNANIMOUSLY say to Bob Young and the Tiger-Cats "we've voted on this SEVEN times and we didn't hear a peep from you for the first six. It's the best taxpayers can do to address the, perhaps competing, interests of rebuilding a city and providing Hamilton's home team with the newest and best stadium in the CFL and one that's infinitely better than the one we've got. In that context, your demands are unrealistic and wildly out of proportion to the money you or your fans are prepared to invest". If we lose the games, you lose a home. We can live without YOU, but you can't live without US."
Comment edited by realfreeenterpriser on 2010-08-29 13:52:47
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