Dear Editor:

It's not that long ago that we packed the banquet hall at the Tosca complex and listened to the prognostications of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and how many events they would bring to our new General Motors Centre.

Celebrities, who are no longer employed by this useless corporation, were called upon to extol the virtues of partnering with them and offsetting the costs through events they would bring to the City of Oshawa. The gang of eight on city council lapped it up.

Councillors Kolodzie, Neal and Pidwerbecki saw it for what it was. It was a done deal, no matter what was said by the public at that meeting, and now we are paying the price. We have finally ‘turfed’ this promotional group and latched onto another who is again promising to bring profitability to our downtown Taj Mahal.