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In an interview with NEWS 95.7's The Rick Howe Show, Mayor Mike Savage said there could be some truth there, but he doesn't believe the process is far enough along to have worked out all of those details.
"I don't think the commissioner is going to announce that there's a CFL team," he said. "He may announce that he has reached an agreement with an ownership group for a CFL team, but it's all obviously contingent on a stadium being built."
As for Howe's sources stating a stadium will be built at Dartmouth Crossing, the mayor said, if that's the case, it's news to him.
"Before anything happens in terms of a stadium, they would have to come to council and put forward a plan," explained Savage. "Council would have to look at that and give that careful consideration."
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I can't believe all this is going on without the mayor knowing about this.
This is pretty bad form on the part of the prospective owners and the CFL. This places Mayor Savage in a very difficult position. It appears to me that he is being pressured big time by the CFL and the ownership group.
Also, how can they announce a Dartmouth Crossing site for the stadium??? Admittedly, it's my preferred location, but there's such a thing as due process. What about initial geological work and soil testing? How about getting approval from the PAC? Does city council have a say in this???
All bad form if you ask me........