Comment 68118

By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted August 17, 2011 at 10:06:36

"We could use federal and provincial money for new facilities or renovation of existing ones, we could use streetscaping funds, and good national coverage. If Hamilton is well prepared, diligent and creative we can gain a great deal. The games are not inherently a bad thing as long as good planning goes hand in hand with our ambitions."

And if we had been strategizing and community-building since 2000, we wouldn't have sparked the slapstick circus that was the Pan Am stadium debate.

Even winning a Commonwealth Games bid isn't a guarantee of a shining result.

http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/579642--hunger-strike-protest-over-crooked-commonwealth-games-sweeps-india

"The government is battling corruption allegations stemming from the murky sale of cellphone licenses and the hosting of last year's Commonwealth Games, which together lost the country as much as $40 billion, according to government auditors."

Hopefully Glasgow fares far better!

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