Raise the Hammer

@slowdrive, I read your posts hear and on TiCats.ca and coming from you, I truly appreiciate your comments. There were others like you on the Cats forum, who did see some benefit but rightfully so, putting it bluntly, didn't think there was a hope in hell. I felt like I was beating a dead horse and to be honest, I wasn't sure I totally ever thought we would ever be talking about this either.

There were so many days I just wanted to give up, moments of pure desperation, and there were certainly those who really wished I would go away. Every little bit of support and encouragement though, kept me going. Just knowing that there were others out there that seen something to this, gave me a reason to keep plugging away.

You know what really did it for me? Remember that 'paultry turnout' at my rally? Some guy who grew up next to Ivor Wynne, seen me on CH that day and raced down to Scott Park field to see what was going on. Needless to say he was very upset to see the poor turnout. It was last minute and I didn't get a lot of exposure about the event - my own fault really, but that guy turned it around for me. How upset he was and his belief in that if there had been more exposure of the rally, how he felt that Scott Park would have been packed with supporters. He wanted Ivor Wynne to stay and coming from a former resident, I took his dissapointment to heart. I knew I had to be more serious about this, and even knowing that only a handful of people seemed to want what I had envisioned, meant that there were people I was fighting for. Not just a stadium or a football franchise - however storied that franchise was/is.

I don't remember that guys name, but I sat and talked to him for at least a half an hour. His words left a lasting impression.

I also spent a day in council chambers with another forum regular, and we talked in great lenghts about this process. This has been a trying project, but the people I have met made whatever outcome this process presents, worth every minute of it.

Thanks again slo. You made my day. Truly.