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Money Talks...City Council Should Listen
 Posted 3/12/2010 6:18:00 AM
Like many Hamiltonians, I’m getting pretty tired of all the crap surrounding the site for the new stadium.
Now, we hear that a group of local businessmen have decided to do what City Council should have done right from the start; decide which site presents the best business case for the City and the private investors.
The fact that these guys don’t want to invest a nickel in the West Harbour site should come as no surprise.
These people didn’t get wealthy by being stupid.
They won’t invest any money into a site that doesn’t give them what they need; high visibility, and the opportunity to use the stadium numerous times throughout the year for football, soccer and numerous concerts and special events.
So why, in this age of Twitter, and cell phones and e mail, doesn’t someone from City Hall contact the people with the money and suggest they ...
Government Waste
Posted 3/11/2010 6:54:00 AM
Kind of ironic , isn’t it ?
In the same week where the federal government is preaching that we have to tighten our belts and cut back on spending, we get a report about how our tax dollars are being spent by the Public Works Ministry, and, it’s not a pretty picture.
There’s a company called ProFac, which is paid to manage many of the Federal buildings around the country. Our Federal government pays this company nearly $550 million a year. That’s right ! $550 million !!
Here’s a list of some of the things that you and I have paid for with our tax dollars.
$1,948 for two plants
$1,000 for a door bell
$1,000 to remove and reconnect a light switch
And $5,266 to install six pot lights
Mike Holmes doesn’t even make that kind of money when he does home renos, but some Ottawa bureaucrat signed off ...
Board Of Education Cop Out
Posted 3/10/2010 6:49:00 AM
Hamilton Board of Education’s decision to delay the debate on possible high school closings until after this year’s municipal election is a classic case of an elected body shirking their responsibility.
At least some of the Board members were candid about it. They said they didn’t want such a controversial issue to be an election issue this fall.
They say that the ‘new’ Board will tackle the issue next year.
Let’s cut through the rhetoric here and deal with the facts.
First of all, there is very little , if any turnover in Board of Education elections, so the ‘new’ Board , is the same Board that’s sitting there now.
What they’re afraid of, is that the school closing issue will anger enough voters that maybe a few Board members will get turfed out in the election.
So, they’re asking the voters to return them all to office and then, ...
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