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By realfreeenterpriser (registered) | Posted August 27, 2010 at 12:00:11

Who knows, Bob Young may well have painted himself into a corner here.

Accessing the Future Fund for the East Mountain or Confederation Park would be incredibly difficult politically plus they would virtually eliminate any possibility of LRT. Only one is accessible to GO and both would hurt, not help, the downtown. That leaves Longwood/Aberdeen as a possible "compromise". While I personally favour WH for a million reasons, Longwood/Aberdeen would be close to downtown, directly accessible to GO and easily accessible to LRT. While it doesn't appear to be the publicly funded cash-cow that Young was looking for, he might have to accept it to both save face and not be seen as being as intransigent as he has portrayed the City.

You can bet that, in the future, there's going to be a whole lot more scrutiny of just what taxpayers are really putting into keeping the Tiger-Cats afloat (dirt cheap rent and concessions, free police and HSR) Likewise, for Bob Young's alleged but undocumented contribution.

As I said in a much earlier post, build a stadium at the West Harbour, put 15,000 seats on one side and wait. Springing for the seats that Hostco won't fund would be worth the investment.

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