Comment 43625

By BobInnes (registered) - website | Posted July 19, 2010 at 00:50:13

I'm on record as being against any new stadium, or even the Pan Am games until Hamilton fixes itself to the point we don't know what do do with all our surplus wealth but spend it on a stadium. One comment here though caused me to pause for a moment.

Lawerence noted there is a beneficial civic effect of bringing 20,000 citizens together. The problem as others pointed out this is just mostly Ticat and various music fans, ie. the experience is only for a minority of Hamiltonians. If the experience could be broadened to include most of us, that would be something of true value.

As one way of accomplishing this, I suggest that Hamiltonians throw out, not only all the councilors, but council itself, and in its place establish direct democracy, Athenian style. As I have argued before, this is the only way to rid the system of the elitism/cronyism that is manipulating the system to our detriment. Direct democracy would require a large assembly place which makes a new stadium a necessity, not a luxury. A few years of direct democracy would purge the city of its ills and restore it to health, economic and civic. The inrush of consequent benefits would pay the cost in short order.

Naturally, the Ticats could use the place on the weekends. If you want to put Hamilton back on the map, direct democracy would do it.

Comment edited by BobInnes on 2010-07-18 23:54:06

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