Oh so NOW he says it!!!

It has been over five years since the general consensus was that there would be a new stadium somewhere in the west harbor area.  This idea has been around since Hamilton put in a bid for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, one which was one of the most corrupt decisions ever made by the federation.  The delegates were openly offered money to select Calcutta to be the host city for this year's Commonwealth Games.

So this plan has been in the works for a long time.  The city simply waited for the right opportunity.  After all, we needed a reason to build a new stadium.  Forget that Ivor Wynne Stadium was a few degrees away from being condemned, well beyond repair.  Forget that it was getting more and more expensive to, for some silly sentimental reason, repair and renovate the old lady.  And the city didn't want to foot the whole bill.  They wanted to get some federal and provincial money to build a new one. But that's another story.

Unless either you're not living in Hamilton, or you've just been sleeping under a rock, you know about the recent drama that has been unfolding over the last couple of weeks.  The city wanted the stadium on the west harbor all along and the establishment has fought tooth and nail to ensure that this would be the only site of choice among many better ones.  The Tiger-Cats organization made their views loud and clear as the process rolled out.  But the city still didn't listen.  They pushed their plan to the hilt, to the chagrin of the Tiger-Cats.

So now here we are debating the merits of a stadium in the west harbor with a stubborn group of people who chose that site years ago.   In their minds, there is no other site.  No wonder Bob Young finally put an editorial in the Spec last weekend.  He had to make his views known.  After some arguing, they agreed on a facilitator to try to address their issues.

Well all of a sudden, Freddie finally says that he is open to other locations.  The Spec reported that he is now open to other locations.  After his rebuttal, he finally agrees that the west harbor may not be the best location for the new stadium.  I wonder if this has anything to do with Larry DiIanni's possible candidacy.  I mean it could be a good opportunity for a wild card candidate to step into the scene and pull votes away from the both of them.  This could be the moment in which "None of the Above" becomes a better candidate.  It's bad enough that turnout could be the worst in city history.  But still, no regrets.