To say the last 24 hours in the life of Mike Cluett was busy, would be a big stretch.
In between my full time job at Greenlawn Canada, there have been a whirlwind number of phone calls to media outlets in the Greater Milton …er Toronto Area talking about a little thing known as moving the Tiger Cats to Milton, I havent been able to do much else. I have been able to get to most of them, but not all, so as long as the discussion is going I’m available to talk.
I have received a lot of responses on this blog, through email, Twitter and on Facebook from both sides (mostly positive and encouraging responses) from people both inside and outside Milton.
As I mentioned earlier on I had been interviewed by CHCH News from Hamilton about this movement that was shown on the news at 6pm, 11pm and even on CHCH Morning Live along with Mayor Gord Krantz explaining the rationale of TiCats owner Bob Young considering Milton as an option.
If all else fails in Hamilton (that is still up for debate and not over by a long shot) we hope that the ownership of the CFL franchise can see the potential benefits of moving their team here to Milton. Nothing regarding numbers, costs, business plans have been formally discussed but we wanted to get the discussion going. Earlier this week I had read the letter Bob Young sent to Hamilton City Council about backing out of discussions for the Pan Am stadium and playing out the remaining years at Ivor Wynne before choosing another locale.
Being a TiCats fan, I want them to stay in Hamilton. Thats my preferred choice and I hope between all the parties involved they can come to some sort of resolution in the matter and keep the team in Steel Town. Baring all of that, we want them to know theres a potential home for them in Milton.
So the debate will continue for the next while and I hope that some see the potential benefits to Milton and the surrounding area by getting this put together. There is no chance this will come to a resolution anytime soon, but we can only hope.
Locally, there was an article in today’s Champion talking about municipal candidates taking to the Internet to reach voters, spark discussion on issues and keeping people informed. You can view that article by Christina Commisso (herself on Twitter) here.
I’ll keep everybody posted on whats going on with the Cats, how the reaction is coming in and what might happen in the future. To those people visiting my blog and website for the first time, thanks for coming…I hope you stick around.
Until then, I’ll see you at the doors.
Oskee wee wee!