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By brian (registered) | Posted August 25, 2010 at 20:54:32

Toronto Sun Aug 25th says the Oshawa city council is going to have a meeting to see if the can get the Ticats.

“The purpose of the meeting is to get a resolution of the city government in order to give its staff direction to proceed with formal negotiations to explore the issues of a Toronto 2015 Pan American Games soccer stadium to be built in Oshawa as well as a CFL team as the main tenant,” said Councillor Robert Lutczyk, who called for the meeting."

But the Mayor Says "This is an election year and some councillors just want to make headline, said Oshawa Mayor John Gray.

“The team is trying to shakedown Hamilton — threatening to move the team — to get the location that it wants. It is a dangerous move to try and poach teams from other cities. If we did, what type of shakedown would they give us in 10 years,” Gray said.

“Even if the Pan Am people had some money for the stadium, the operating costs would be a real challenge This is an election year and some councillors just want to make headline, said Oshawa Mayor John Gray.

“The team is trying to shakedown Hamilton — threatening to move the team — to get the location that it wants. It is a dangerous move to try and poach teams from other cities. If we did, what type of shakedown would they give us in 10 years,” Gray said.

“Even if the Pan Am people had some money for the stadium, the operating costs would be a real challenge

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoan...

..And so the drama goes on. Atleast the Oshawa mayor calls it a "shakedown"

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