Comment 59634

By H+H (registered) - website | Posted February 12, 2011 at 11:34:13

Larry/Lawrence

I have always admired your tenacity and your passion for your position on keeping the IW site. I've said so on this site.

What I cannot support is your guileless revisionism as evidenced by your story.

I was there that day too. I left in utter disgust. As did others. In fact, my frustration was such that I really had to take some time to recalibrate my views about my city, my municipal leaders and the shocking intervention of our provincial government. I had to question the "emperor has no clothes" display of back slapping and pandering by our Councillors, all designed to mask an outrageous decision to waste both money and opportunity.

That day, promised myself I would not focus any more energy on the Pan Am stadium. Your article made me break my own promise. That's not your fault. It's mine. Going forward, I plan to focus my energies on talking about how we do something important with the assets and opportunities that remain. WH is a remarkable asset. The velodrome is an opportunity. Let's try not to waste both of them as we did with the rebuilding of half a stadium for all of the money and thinking it's a wonderful outcome. New seats will not revitalize the area that has played host to the same stadium for the past 80 years. To believe it will is delusional.

The day our Council joined hands? More accurately, the day our Council joined hands and tried to contact the competent and failed.

gcrawford

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