Moose Jaw Forum

Was just reading the piece on the multiplex at discovermoosejaw and I'm getting a different perspective on this young fellow. I was going to vote for him but a couple things have turned me off. The first is this

Michael Wolverine
"I'm totally for the Multiplex. It brings millions and millions of dollars of revenue into the city and right into our small businesses. Although, I think we have to take a look at alternative ways to alleviate some of that debt."

There has been no evidence of this multiplex or any others in comparable markets doing anything but becoming a liability and still needing increased subsidies even if they do bring in millions. I personally don't believe ours will bring in that kind of money. But when I see St. Albert Alberta and St. John's being a real convention centre and still losing money I'm really concerned for ours. It is a money trap plain and simple.

The other thing he said at the Peacock forum which got laughter from the crowd was quite arrogant. He said he had more experience than the 27 people on the platform combined. Rather a preposterous statement.

ok old feller... i am tired of seeing this... first of all, i am also for the multiplex and i think that it will be good for the economy. i think that micheal was on the right track in saying that all it takes is marketing and our city can host a multitude of events, its just negative people like you who cannot accept the fact that it can be done, and would rather get giddy over failure. sad, really... and the multiplex is more of an arena/rink and is being marketed that way. no one said it was going to be a convention centre. anyways, as to the peacock forum, i was there and he said that he has just as much experience as alot of the fellow candidates if not more... that means that he has a lot of experience, turn up ur hearing aid.. your sort of out of the loop.

I don't really see the point in debating the statements he made, 3 months after the election. It kinda seems too little too late to me.

yea-ok... wrote:i was there and he said that he has just as much experience as alot of the fellow candidates if not more... that means that he has a lot of experience, turn up ur hearing aid.. your sort of out of the loop.

How can you say that his having as much experience as a lot of his fellow candidates means he has a lot of experience. From what I could see from many of the candidates that ran most had ZERO EXPERIENCE.
The logic in the argument is faulty you cannot say A therefore B and therefore C.
I see NO council experience and not a lot of experience elsewhere in civic ife.
Sorry but we had a plentitude of them this past election.

yea-ok... wrote:first of all, i am also for the multiplex and i think that it will be good for the economy. i think that micheal was on the right track in saying that all it takes is marketing and our city can host a multitude of events, its just negative people like you who cannot accept the fact that it can be done, and would rather get giddy over failure. sad, really...

The problem with Moose Jaw is ......Blah blah blah, .... you're too old ..... blah blah blah ..... you're too negative ... blah blah blah ..... you're anti-progressive. Change the channel buddy, we've heard it all before.

And seeing as how you want to bring up marketing.......

Don't you think it would have been better to find the market, then craft this facility to meet the needs of the people we are going to serve? Concerts, trade shows, etc? Instead, in Moose Jaw we build the building, and then hope to fix all those overlooked necessities of our markets with "marketing." Geez genius, even you should know it is damn near impossible to market something nobody wants.

and the multiplex is more of an arena/rink and is being marketed that way. no one said it was going to be a convention centre.

Out of touch, but always have lots to say don't you. You don't recall Mr. Hagel calling the facility the "downtown convention centre" to get away from the negative association with the term "multiplex"? Same with Regina Sagal-Hendry.

anyways, as to the peacock forum, i was there and he said that he has just as much experience as alot of the fellow candidates if not more... that means that he has a lot of experience, turn up ur hearing aid.. your sort of out of the loop.

Eh, speak up sonny? I was at Peacock forum too and I recall Mr. Hagel using the term "downtown convention cetre" several times. Apparently you were the only one who wasn't listening.

You show up to the party 3 months late and you accuse others of being out of the loop. Nice touch, scholar.