Comment 81640

By ProgRockFan (anonymous) | Posted October 15, 2012 at 01:49:45

Chad Collins has indeed ducked under the radar (or his desk) on this one! He made absolutely certain that the Confederation Park site be removed from the site list. He was Chair of the Waterfront Trust at the time, and was very obviously looking after his own interests in this whole thing, not to mention anyone else involved in his waterfront projects. Even when Mayor Bob Bratina tried to get Council to reconsider looking at Confederation Park, the looming TO2015 deadline made it a non-starter, much to Chad Collin's relief.
Most people point to Scott Mitchell, the Ticats, and other members of city council for blame in making this whole process a dirty shame, but I will always remember how Chad Collins so subtly sabotaged the process right from the start. I will never forgive Collins for it and will never vote for him. He happens to be my ward councillor, but I'll never call him for any help with any municipal issues. There's a rumour that Collins is considering a run for federal politics (he hinted at this while Justin Trudeau was visiting Hamilton recently). I certainly hope that he does go for it. That would mean that he would have to give up his council seat and more than likely lose his bid for a federal seat, with the end result that we're all rid of him.
As for the new stadium... it doesn't matter how nice it looks. It will still have the same negative issues as there are currently, not to mention I'll likely not be able to afford the new ticket prices any time soon. It will be a very long time (probably 5 years) before I get around to checking out this new mistake of a stadium.

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