Raise the Hammer

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

So now we have a mayor who doesn't want to do anything. This is what the Ambitious City has been reduced to? So sad.

"If somebody wants to stand up and be the champion, please go ahead. I'm going to be the champion of careful use of taxpayers' money."

*snrrrrk*

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*inhales*

AHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAH ahahahahahahhaaahahahahahahohohohehohohohohohohheh

heheheh

heh

*sighs*

wipes tear from eye

No.

Comment edited by Pxtl on 2011-12-08 10:20:09

After reading that I had to do a double take on the username, thought it was MyStoneyCreek at first.

Though it is pretty funny that the guy who gave us IWS2 is talking about 'careful use of taxpayers money'.

That's kind of my point. He lost even the vaguest claim to fiscal conservatism when he made a plan without checking if the massive, fundamental place where money would be saved - refurbing the North Stands - was possible... and then stuck to it when it turned out it wasn't.

BoBra can't admit the truth of the matter. He bargained away the LRT to the Liberals in exchange for All Day Go and a stadium for the Cats... and in exchange, he has to make sure it always looks like this is all his idea so the Liberals don't take flak for going back on a promise.

When I listen to Bratina brag about Council's accomplishments thus far in his term, I get the distinct feeling that he wants nothing to do with LRT because he knows there's no way he'd ever get the credit. By the time we get it built, some other Mayor will be around to take the glory.

z jones, remember that the process of a stadium was started by Fred Eisenberger who, even in his own infinite wisdom, could not have 100 percent predicted where exactly the stadium would be located. For that though I will say congrats to the former Mayor for starting the process.

Seems like he is aware of what the potential benefits are for having an LRT.

However, he seems focused for the short term and not concerned with having a vision for longer term benefits for the city.

Hopefully staff report will leave him no choice but to become a champion of LRT for the city as public "clamour" increases and he realizes you can't be a champion for the city without championing LRT with all its substantial benefits.

Championing both the city of Hamilton and LRT must be inextricably linked. Go staff, go!

Please Please Please tell me how we can vote a Mayor out of office in there first year in office !

Hey can you tell me if us pls can vote out a mayor out of office in there first year ?

I read an article in Walrus magazine about Toronto and it could have been an article about Hamilton. The culture of "no" is very much in existence in Toronto too. We want a world-class city, but are not willing to pay for the foundational items that contribute to being world-class - like a good transit system.

One thing I found interesting is the article mentions that Metrolinx is supposed to be non-political and fund transportation options that are needed and that studies show are feasible. So why do we keep going back to the perception that we have to have a mayor who's onside? It should be irrelevant. If the studies show that LRT is the way to go for Hamilton it should make absolutely no difference what our mayor is saying or not saying. Metrolinx and the province seem to be trying to wiggle out of the commitments they made. Dalton McGuinty for one is already well aware that Bob Bratina doesn't speak for his constituents. If we lose our opportunity for LRT, it will be because Metrolinx doesn't place a high priority on Hamilton's needs.

It will be useful to the Premier in the imminent era of extreme fiscal austerity to maintain the pretext that Hamilton isn't really interested in LRT, because that's what its Mayor is telling him. Of course this little charade was arranged when said Mayor needed help to lock down financing for a stadium for his master(s) on Jarvis St. I can see how he wouldn't feel too enamoured of LRT though: the profile of your typical streetcar is much too low to accomodate the body of a city staffer when you're caught in a lie. Throwing department heads under HSR buses still works just fine (well, theoretically....).

What goes around comes around.

http://www.thestar.com/mobile/news/canada/politics/article/1146597--ontario-budget-finance-minister-dwight-duncan-to-scrap-billions-in-infrastructure-spending-in-march-27-budget

Notice that the only lock for transit spending is Toronto. All too predictable even last summer, if you weren't busy trying to schedule meaningless photo ops.

Ottawa's LRT apparently survived the budget cull as well.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/touch/news/story.html?id=6309388

Good thing Hamilton has an airtight business case for all-day GO Train service!