Comment 74084

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted February 09, 2012 at 12:03:29 in reply to Comment 74078

Reposting my comment from The Spec:

I don't know where you live, but here in Hamilton we seem to be good at jumping on board as soon as the decision process becomes public.

The Stadium debate hit the public attention the moment Bob Young started the process of torpedoing the West Harbor.

The Trustees debating BofE knew from the start that the public wanted them to stay downtown.

Ivor Wynne II had the public's attention the very moment Bob announced it to council and the world, and garnered public revulsion the moment we found out that our "partial" rebuild was now a "full" rebuild and we'd be emptying our coffers into this location that no longer offers any savings and isn't terribly good by any other measure.

The activists jumped on the LRT issue the moment the city manager reassigned the LRT team.

There are a lot of ways this city disappoints, but the level of civic engagement since the start of the Stadium debacle has impressed me. The only reason we don't act earlier is because we don't hear earlier, and that burden is on the press and city hall itself.

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