Comment 59581

By Zephyr (registered) | Posted February 11, 2011 at 15:30:36

The arguments based on economics have all been made, and well, by people on this site.

But aside from being a terribly poor business decision, I can't get over the affront to democracy that this stadium represents. That our provincial government was always planning to give a stadium to the Ti-Cats and all of our debate and engagement never made a tiny bit of difference.

I believed that Hamilton had turned a corner and was progressing towards urban renewal and visionary leadership. The city urgently needs creativity and solutions. This decision was just driven by nostalgia and fear.

The Old Boy network governs still. I have never seen such jaw-droppingly poor leadership from any politician as I witnessed from Mayor Bob.

So no, I will not join hands and sing "kumbuya". Instead, I will likely move to Toronto where there are lots of jobs. The commute down the highway is a waste of time.

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