Stadium: more views

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. However, comparative material must be relative.

In your Sept. 22 editorial, “From concept to concrete: now’s the time”, you use poll figures that are not relevant. The polls were based on a downtown structure involving federal, private and/or corporate money. Those polls were taken in 2009. By your own admission, plans for that complex “died in 2011...”

The major concern of many about the current deal is the dictatorial attitude of the current city administration. Coun. Michael Fougere says a referendum is not needed. He says the election will provide the answer. Hopefully, he will accept the popular vote as the margin of agreement or disagreement.

The possibility of a split vote because of so many candidates for the mayor’s chair could mean Fougere comes up the middle with well under 50 per cent of the vote. This is a distinct possibility with the two female candidates splitting a large number of votes. It is common knowledge that eight of the nine candidates disagree in some way with the current situation.

Democracy or dictatorship? The answer should be found on Oct. 24.

Vote as you please, but please vote.

R.J. Hutton, Regina

The sales pitch used to sell the need for a new stadium reminds me of the “Monorail” episode from The Simpsons TV show (available for viewing on YouTube).

Replace the term “monorail” with the “stadium” and replace the fasttalking monorail salesman, Lyle Lanly, with our mayor and we can have Regina’s own Simpsons episode.

The irony of Marge’s comment, “What about the streets that are cracked and broken?” resulting in Bart’s retort, “The mob has spoken” applies equally to the stadium and Regina’s crumbling infrastructure.

Ron Eley, Regina

Leonard Cote points out in his Sept. 24 letter that my current municipal taxes in Emerald Park don’t help out the stadium and therefore my opinions on the stadium are irrelevant.

Prior to retiring to Emerald Park two years ago, we did pay a lifetime of personal and corporate property taxes to Regina and it is marvelous to see the city becoming more and more attractive to immigrants and other Canadians.

It wasn’t very long ago that our children and grandchildren assumed they had to go to Alberta for jobs and entertainment.

Regina taxpayers, please keep the

new Regina going. Still love Regina.

Grant Gayton, Emerald Park