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Also, for the record, I'm a fan of having a stadium. I think it would be great for the city.

My concern is not necessarily limited funds. It's just that in Halifax, we tend to take years and years and years to plan and implement even the most modest sorts of city or infrastructure changes. I mean, how long was HRMxD in the making? At least two decades, maybe more.

So. If we're going to prioritize *project planning and implementation* I think I'd prefer the Mayor spending his time and energy on a world class mass transit project, rather than chatting up CFL commissioners who seem to twist with the winds when it comes to Atlantic expansion.

There seems to be study, after study, after study, done on mass transit options, or LRT/light rail, but no one seems to ever get serious. It was like that for a new downtown planning document for decades too. Plenty of staff reports, very little staff action.

Staff reports are easy. Requesting staff reports is easy. Reading staff reports is also easy. Acting on staff reports, and taking action is hard. Planning, funding, building, and organizing a mass transit system is very hard. It takes a lot of vision and leadership. We really haven't had that sort of thing in HRM politics for decades. Maybe never.

Status quo is easy. In Halifax, we like easy. East Coast Lifestyle, and all that.