Raise the Hammer

WH has been dead for months!!

The author of this article must be seriously underworked!

GIVE IT UP!

Positivaty at it's best. Sounds like some of the ummm ... rhetoric I heard throughout my plea.

Okay. You are right. I'll give up.

Anyway, your piece is nicely written Paul. If WH supporters wouldn't have been so passionate in their 'sell' of this whole Harbor vision, I would have never known what truly was at stake in the harbor. Just that I wanted Ivor Wynne to live on.

Maybe some people have an agenda? I can be kind of naive to some of these things (I always try to see the best in everyone and assume the attent is always a good one and I know that isn't always the case), but I live in Ward 3 so I know what this kind of funding could do to finally change what has long been avoided.

As for the Ward vs. Ward comment. I don't think it is, but I think we could achieve more by working together. If others don't see the IW proposal as the best for Ward 3, then those who understand business and planning and people and dynamics ... tell us your thoughts? There has been nothing on RTH about Ivor Wynne except my shameless plugs and one story I wrote back in August.

I wish somoene much wiser than I about politics and such, would write something about 75 Balsam and the surrounding community. Other than attending a dozen events during the Red Hill fight, I have never been this engaged before so this has been a huge learning curve and I know I have so much more to learn. I also understand that there are a million other things more important than a football stadium or the Pan Am games, but it was something that I understood to some degree and loved about our city so I stepped up finally. The longer this goes though, I strongly feel it is about more than a stadium now. Escpecially at the thought of a Code Red community as others have put it, standing a chance at a huge boost to changing that designation.

But prove me wrong please because I want to know why those who understand all these 'processes', feel we are missing a huge opportunity, by going IW instead of WH. If this isn't over and shouldn't be over, then why?

I am open and much stronger than I was when I began this fight. I had those same comments above thrown at me so keep them coming. A little more constructive comments would be nice, but lay the facts on me.

You may not believe it but that is what I wanted all along. For councillors, the Cats, and those who know better, to challenge me on what I have posted on here and the SIWS site. I am just stating my feelings and sharing ideas and ideas from posts I have read as to why I feel 75 Balsam has always been the best choice. Where am I wrong though; I need to be corrected and challenged. I can't say that I have really seen a challenge on this site yet, except one that goes back to why WH is best.

So kick me in the teeth and let's get this all out in the open and debate this. We have a few days left. Let's make the best of this and learn as much more about this process and all the locations that have been discussed throughout as possible.

I have supported WH through all of this. Show IW support now, but feel free to challenge it. Perhaps by stopping talking about WH for a moment, you will either see why IW is a good plan, or we will all learn why IW isn't one. Perhaps by switching focus, there can be a win for WH - whatever form that win takes. I dont' think it's dead like I said above. It's not over until someone starts singing.

Do I want that last point to be proven. No, of course not, but I am emotionally attached to this process. I do love my city first but I have an affection for history and IWS is part of that historical attachment. Yes, I love the Cats too even though I hate big business and the politics behind sports these days, but that franchise has been a big part of my past. IW has been a reunion venue for my family and friends for a very long time.

In my eyes, Ivor Wynne won't be a win for the 'Cats'. It will be a win for the fans, the city, and especially Ward 3. But that's me.

So it's time for some logic to take charge of the Ivor Wynne Stadium dream of mine. Help me get all the facts from both angles on my website. Constructive angles; not IW is a dump and so is the neighborhood.

Send the RTH staff an article/blog post and I'll put it on my site with RTH's permission. I have always wanted to show both sides but of course IW was never an option so nobody took much interest in proving IW otherwise.

I have had close to 500 hits over the past week which is really good for the SIWS site. Tell people what you find wrong with the IWS proposal, or what you feel would be a better vision for the lands linding Balsam. Or, if you truly feel there are some nice benefits to this plan, that would be welcomed with open arms as well.

If the negative trolls on here have something to say, throw some facts in your posts or just go through and click negative on everything. Telling anyone to give up on their dreams is bad form. Tell us your dreams, instead of shooting down somebody elsess.

Comment edited by lawrence on 2011-01-17 12:11:33