Star at it again

[john tv]

surprise surprise, good old Jerkins pulled a new one this time tying in the upcoming elections and the new proposed stadium.I read it and smiled knowing that this is a last kick at the cat,however this time trying to influence federal elections.

[Massive Attack]

Brutal article. I'm surprised that the pro-Liberal Star would let him get away with it.

http://tinyurl.com/8kheg

[Massive Attack]

Brutal article. I'm surprised that the pro-Liberal Star would let him get away with it.

http://tinyurl.com/8kheg

[cndsoccer]

This guy is a joke(jerkins), how does he get away with this crap.

[john tv]

I have been warning your guys,a very important topic of discussion this Sunday.
I don't know what else to call but a defenite smell of .....
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[Gian-Luca]

I should congratulate the guy for writing such a hilarious article. The guy is apparently not even aware that the U20 WYC is not a Toronto only event (otherwise why advocated for four upgraded Toronto venues - plus the Skydome - to be use for the event). This is despite the fact that anyone who has been to the four venues in question knows that there is no way you could meaningfully upgrade those four stadiums to get them to the necessary size & quality (before we embarass ourselves in front of the world playing in Esther Shriner stadium) for a lot less than $27 Million.

With this article he has really shown his total ignorance of the whole situation. I think a few emails to the Star pointing out the lack of credibility this guy has with the public as a result of these articles might be in order.

[zacRWE]

A brutal article. I was astonished at the crap tha came out of this prats mouth. Ya, lets have Brazil and Holland, USA and Nigeria, England and Argentina all the other soccer powers play games at Centennial Stadium.... I would be ashamed. As far as upgrading all four, good luck... Lambport is a zestpool and not worth the drive to Acton.
As far as tying this into a political mess, what a knob. This deal was placed before any electon was called. And as far as I know, if the Conservatives were to win the election, they have said they would go along with all monies already commited to the stadium.

[Gian-Luca]

Its a last-ditch desperation try to screw things up, basically.

[Free kick]

quote:Originally posted by Gian-Luca

Its a last-ditch desperation try to screw things up, basically.

I have a funny feeling that we may see some sort of retraction in the days to follow. Or some sort of appology from the paper.

IMO this really crossing the line. Specifically, So Tannenbaum happens to have some affilalition to a party. Well there are really only 2 or 3 major federal political parties in Ontario. Odds are one in three that it happens to be the one that was in office at the time that the funds were approved. Furthermore, the approval of the funds was contingent on financing from three different levels of Government and approved long before MLSE was ever involved.

I hope Tannebaum sues.

[Gian-Luca]

quote:Originally posted by Free kick
I hope Tannebaum sues.

In my un-professional opinion (I'm not a libel or defamation lawyer), I think he does have a good case. It doesn't take much to read between the lines as to what Perkins is suggesting.