and Polisci, you have to admit just like I did that it was great after all for the city to supplement the riversports district beyond the initial couple of years. I had thought it was a bad idea because the venue should start to stand on its own, but with the city's continued funding we ahve a world class facility with the likely olympic events.

As pete said, I agree we should scrutinize public spending but sometimes there's a bigger plan and/or we just get plain ole lucky, again!