Raise the Hammer

Firstly, what a positively plugged-in, articulate bunch of people we have participating on RTH. You never cease to blow my mind.

And then...presuming that we have truthful, factual information (which could be a real stretch amid back-room deals)...I truly feel the only option is "re-submit" to the Pan Am Games for the scaleable stadium. That way we're in the Games, we're ready for them on time, we have $ for a velodrome, venue for NASL team, we kickstart the clean up and development of the WH, the Cats can continue to play at IWS with no game/financial interruptions, the Cats can continue to negotiate with the City regarding upgrades to IWS, and the Cats can join the WH (with money in hand) at a later date. My fear of going with the larger WH stadium at this point in time is the Herman Turkstra's - we've already experienced delays of an unforseeable nature, and he hasn't even begun. Énough crap, already!

If the Cats truly want to leave and/or if BY truly doesn't want to own them any longer, then, honestly, there's not much that anyone can do outside of handing over the City bank accounts and wait for municipal bankruptcy.

And, if TO2015 doesn't want Hamilton included in the Games (and turns down our resubmission), again, there's really not much anyone can do. We all know that if we re-submit for a scaleable stadium, the proposal will be a hands-down winner, if not purely from our experience over the past year or so - not to mention TO2015 is already intimately aware of what we have to offer. But if someone wants you out...they'll make it impossible if not unbearable for you to be "in."

Fave quote (although almost impossible to choose) by drb: drb: "Mayor Bob ran for election on a Platform Schmatform. Can we expect more from him now that he wears the chains of office? I wish I had been a fly on the wall at his all-nighter with BY. I'm starting to think there was a drinking game involved."