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By kritter (anonymous) | Posted January 12, 2011 at 13:58:31

I have to ask why our politicians are so afraid to stand up to Bob Young and what's really going on behind the scenes.

While I don't necessarily feel that reconstructing IWS is a bad idea, it's clear that Bob Young wants everyone else to pay for it - talk about a sweetheart deal.

If done properly, a new IWS could be a real city builder for an area that could use a boost, particularly if it incorporated some of the Scott Park lands and other brownfield land in the area. However, the last minute back-of-a-napkin nature of this proposal pretty much guarantees that it wouldn't be done properly.

Therefore, given the current proposal on the table, council's most prudent choice is to go ahead with a community stadium and velodrome and associated development at the WH site. For those critics who say we already have a small stadium - WE don't, McMaster does. Not the same thing.

This new stadium could be used for high school athletics and local minor sports. Although it's not headline news, the Catholic school board currently has a mandate to provide lighted turf fields for their high school athletics. Unfortunately the public board doesn't have the funds to do the same. A city-owned community stadium could fill that void.

At this point all we can do is cross our fingers and hope that council does the right thing here.

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