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its the emerald city from the wizard of ozz ,
the first thing you see in the funny video is the sign on the bldg. loans... and the downtown will be that empty if they try to build the lrt
What would LRT look like?
The city has put together this YouTube video showing what LRT would look like in Hamilton. Take a look: I think this is really interesting. This animation is recognizably Hamilton's downtown (they have even included some classic downtown storefronts like Money Mart and Rock N'Tees) and it reall...
wow almost 3 inches of light snow some kind of storm yawn
Toronto hammered by snow
Terry Gluley is seen wiping off his car windshield on his driveway in Riverdale this morning as the city digs out. Richard Lautens/Toronto Star Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement as Toronto succumbs to the grip of a winter storm. An east to west band of snow off Lake Ont...
lets face it you loose again nobody cares wat the spec has to say.... edit all u want nobody will reply if u think your censorship is good for the masses
Drop in, and have your say
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why should you censor my opinion,
if you dont like BAD words to bad
were adults not school kids grow up...
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Drop in, and have your say
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Merulla is a moron,he wants to spend 20 mil. on a rusted out stadium..
he does get votes from the people who charge for parking on their lawns in his ward...he'd probally get voted out if its torn down and he's affraid of that
Stadium debate centre stage again
The Hamilton Tiger-Cat plan to develop a hotel and commercial complex adjacent to the Longwood stadium site has re-ignited the debate. The project is still more than $50 million short. Councillor Sam Merulla will introduce a motion to scrap the plan as unaffordable and go back to the Ivor Wynne ...
brattina was against the reno at city hall, 80 mil.for nothing more then a few data lines and new toilets...
at least the money used on the stadium is for the enjoyment of the taxpayer, we dont get any money from the feds or province if its not built.which is taxpayers money as well .
so lets just get it rolling.
Re-opening the stadium site debate
Newly-elected Hamilton mayor Bob Bratina wants to revisit stadium locations, putting Confederation Park on the table. Pan Am Games organizers say it's too late for that, and it would trigger an alternate city being considered. What do you think?
we have no leaders they are all puppets for big corps.upgrades to sewer and water because of the new subdivisions lots of extra taxes wheres it going?
nobody except the councilors of that ward care about the downtown,look at mississauga thats a downtown.poverty send them back to t.o...problem solved
Jobs, taxes, poverty
Almost four in ten Hamilton voters are focused on money, whether it’s property taxes, the economy, or jobs. A Spectator/Nanos poll found that 37 per cent of the 1,000 voters polled picked those issues when they were asked an open-ended question about Hamilton’s challenges. Infrastructure (9.2 pe...
just remember mcstinky
(no new taxes)
then remember fred and larry when you vote.
our taxes went up when the assested value was released so the council can lie and say we didnt raise any taxes,but your house is now worth more sorry nothing we can do.
All taxes, all the time
Two mayoral candidates recently issued dueling policy plans, each aimed at lowering taxes. Former mayor Larry Di Ianni says he wants to freeze property taxes for at least two years while the city examines its services to see where it can cut back. Mayor Fred Eisenberger is proposing a gradual cu...
you got to be kidding me ,women in politics.next you'll have men taking care of kids.
Women and the election
Just 14 of 86 candidates in the upcoming election are female, even though women make up half the population. Is this a problem? What's the cause? What should happen to make it better?
you give THEM one term ,if they fail to perform like that last two you kick their a$$ out..... unfortunately we cant seem to attract any real leaders anymore,including the feds and province...maybe we're raising a bunch of spoiled brats who only think of themselves and think they are gods to be worshipped like ceasar.
also lower all their salaries by 30% and drop the 2 term pensions
then you'll clean out the garbage
How do you decide who to vote for?
How do you decide your vote? How do you pick your councilor? Municipal government has a direct impact on the life of you and your family, on your roads, recreation, water quality and so much more. How do you choose who gets to make those decisions for you? Tell us how you make your choice.
great idea...
we could could then vote for other things like where to put the stadium etc.
let the councilors know where we want our money to be spent instead of wasting thousands on consultants who know nothing about hamilton
On-line voting in Hamilton?
Burlington is doing it, as are many other Ontario communities. Should Hamilton make an on-line voting option available for the upcoming election? Does on-line voting make sense given dwindling turnout? What about security concerns?
ya more garbage will get
di lanni in...
the saying goes
garbage in garbage out for mayor
Revisiting the one-bag limit
Hamilton mayoral candidate Larry Di Ianni says if he is elected, he would revisit the city's garbage-bag limit policy. Some applaud the idea, while others say it would be a step backward on the road to environmental sustainability. What do you think?
Councillor Terry Whitehead and his band of fools should put in their resignations for the fiasco that has happened in the recent stadium site,,
young says its too late the cats are finished with hamilton...
elections in october, these fools are gone.
What is the next move?
Based on the statements that were issued this weekend from all levels of government and the Pan Am organizing committee, is the next move for the city any clearer?
who's fred trying to kid ,
he and his merry band of fools buying up houses before the site was even chosen.
the boys downtown must be pssed ,cant sell their contaminated land they bought and have been trying to unload it for tripple the price they paid.
i never heard of any debate ,other than the closed door meetings they had.
if the west harbour is so great why has no one built anything there in 50 yrs.
we had no choice when the counclors spent tens of millions on the boardwalk.
pie in the sky visions the lot of them.
just remember when the concrete slabs at city hall turn black,who made that decission
East is East and West is East?
The provincial and federal governments will only fund a stadium at the east mountain, the Spectator has learned. According to Councillor Brad Clark, Mayor Fred Eisenberger and TiCats president Scott Mitchell received a call from the office of MPP Sophia Aggelonitis this morning informing them th...
its about time the mayor an counilors got a slap.
they dont have the smarts or intregrity to run anything aside from their coffee pots(maybe not).
they've wasted millions of taxpayers money(gorgepark,fountain,oneway streets)then watch hertitage buildings fall one by one as speculators default on taxes....
can't wait
for the election.
looks like fred and his gang of fools wont get thier names etched on the new stadium.
they did get flowers on the boulavards ,i knew they were gardeners.
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East is East and West is East?
The provincial and federal governments will only fund a stadium at the east mountain, the Spectator has learned. According to Councillor Brad Clark, Mayor Fred Eisenberger and TiCats president Scott Mitchell received a call from the office of MPP Sophia Aggelonitis this morning informing them th...
festival of friends,just watch out for the parking police,they gave out thousands of tickets at the last gagepark event.
get ready for more...
same will happen at the west harbour site if council gets gets thier way
What a weekend!
It doesn't get much bigger in Hamiton, with The Festival of Friends music festival on at Gage Park, the Mardi Gras Carnival parade and music at Bayfront Park and a critical Ticat home game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Ivor Wynne stadium. How are you spending your weekend in the city?
lets face it ,all of burlington street is a toxic wasteland.
industries have dumped millions of gallons of goo for the last 75 yrs. slowly closed shop and left for greener fields.
firestone,procter and gamble.,westinghouse etc.
just cover it with concrete and be done with it.
Environmental cleanup not required in city sales
Three properties loaded with potentially toxic waste barrels are just some of the sites the city has sold off cheaply for tax arrears without requiring that the land is subsequently cleaned up. "You have to be careful," said Rob Rossini, the city's general manager of finance. "We're not the Mi...
the stadium debate has made a laffin stock to outsiders of hamilton.
with all the money spent on Consultants,council should have had a city wide vote for the location, if we the taxpayers are paying we should choose the site.
this last minute decision is just like what happened to the reno at city hall and redhill,
no imput from taxpayers .
we pay they for scru ups the mayor and councilors make ,they get tossed out at election time, its starts all over.
seems like everyone at city hall thinks they are demigods and to hell what the peasants want.
keep votin these morons out till they get the message.
just like mcstinky and cretin,
no new taxes (sorry we lied),
Healthy debate
We're nearing the end of the great stadium debate, folks. At this time next week, council will have made a decision about the location of the Pan Am stadium. That vote will be ratified next Thursday. The non-stop back and forth that has dominated this summer is thisclose to reaching a head. The ...
quote from eizenburger
People would expect we would be very careful with taxpayers’ money
he cant be serious with that sentence,,,
the councilors have wasted millions on pet projects since being elected,now he's trying to do the best they can to save us taxpayers,who is he kidding?
80 mil. for the city hall when 40 mil. will have done. but their budget was 80 mil. so be damned and spend it it all.
now he's trying to grow a backbone to late your out.
if theres no parking at the harbour its a waste.
in the 1900's ivonwin was built but nobody cared about cars they rode horses.nobody takes buses never will.
copp's never revitalized downtown samething with anything down in that hole
Tiger catalyst
Have events around the stadium issue stirred more interest in municipal affairs in Hamilton? Does this period compare to another era of big decision-making? Do you find you have more or less opinions about city topics and politics today than you did a year ago? Read all the stories in the The Gre...
the old boys club of hamilton are running the show at city hall.. the councilors and mayor will bend over backwards to please them..
if they say west harbour its that site..
remember the old boys own alot of land that they want to unload on the tax payer and its not on the mountain
remember city hall and what happened there
Twists and turns
What a mess. That's the phrase I keep hearing about the Pan Am stadium debate. Councillors are confused, the TiCats aren't budging, we've lost track and field, and it seems like every day there's a new wrench thrown into the mix. My story today takes a look at the various elements at play, from...
why has it taken this long for the Future Fund board decision to speak up?
remember people the Future Fund money was our overpayment to hamilton hydro over the years and when they sold to horizon the councilors decided to keep the money instead of giving us rebates or lowering our taxes..
this Future Fund board should have no bussiness holding back our cash for any improvement,its not their money.. its ours
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The Future Fund's future
There's a ton of interest around the blogosphere and in the media about yesterday's Future Fund board decision. The board ruled that the $60 million it has approved for the stadium should only be used for a stadium at the west harbour.Yesterday's board meeting was really interesting. The council...
wow 30 people showed up. he looks like a real winner..
using eisenburgers Ken Audziss as campaign manager. what a brilliant idea.
grassroots approach,who's he kidding.
will he be driving his vespa scooter to work.
larry go back to your veggie garden and enjoy your golden years
Breaking news
It's official - Larry Di Ianni is running for mayor. He kicked off his campaign this morning at Terra greenhouses in Waterdown. Read the full story here. Thoughts?
hey wheres my comment whats this censorship
Lord Black wants to come home
The Canadian Press reports: ' A newly liberated Conrad Black will have to stay in the United States for the time being despite his wish to return to Canada out of consideration for his wife’s health. Black asked a U.S. judge on Friday to allow him to return to his home in Toronto while free on b...
crime isnt down it just shifted to lawers , insurance companies and the government
Crime stats: Perception and reality
The Spec's Nicole O'Reilly reports: 'Hamilton's crime rate decreased more last year than the national average, a report released by Statistics Canada yesterday revealed. There were 2.2 million crimes reported to police in Canada in 2009, down 43,000 from the year before and continuing a decade-l...
when the government can spend 1 billion on security for 100 vip's for a week who cares about the amount we get ,its peanuts to the big guys
conrad just got a out of jail free card for 100 million in back taxes ,life is great for the kings and queens
Wage freeze for public sector
In an effort to reduce the provincial deficit, the McGuinty government is preparing to announce a wage freeze for unionized public sector workers. (Non-union workers already have their wages frozen.) What do you think?
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