Comment 81595

By H+H (registered) - website | Posted October 14, 2012 at 10:33:46

The design is banal, to say the least. It's proof that the Tiger Cat organization is much better at playing Councillors and citizens than it is at playing football.

We were played. We were robbed. We will suffer for several generations (given that the last stadium lasted over 70 years).

As much as I applaud Councillor Ferguson's directness now, I would have preferred this level of candour when it might have made a difference. I'm simply flabbergasted that the design reveal was the first time that Councillors saw the design. How on earth could the Tiger Cat organization have seen the design before our Councillors. I'm OK with at the same time, but why before? Let's not be dumb enough to say that they are the prime tenant and needed to be consulted to ensure it was configured to suit their needs. At the risk of simply repeating what we all already know, we're the owner. They rent from us, and for a very small portion of the year at that.

For those who say, "It's done. Let's move on.", I say no, not yet. Of course it's done, but why should we just suffer in silence? Why should we not speak to the issues of responsibility and of accountability - both around the Council table and at Queen's Park? Do we really think we learn and become wiser by burying, ignoring, and not analyzing our biggest mistakes? I, for one, am capable of assessing how we got here, while at the same time focusing on where we need to go in the future as a city. All of us, in my opinion, need to do both at the same time. Otherwise, ignorance is indeed bliss.

gcrawford

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