On Thursday March 24th, the Friends of Lansdowne (FOL) combined forces with the Council of Canadians to riot on the renovations to public space becoming privatized. The meeting largely squared upon the issue of Ottawa City Council giving OSEG the rights to redevelop the park the best way they see fit.
The meeting detailed can be more so followed through this media story.
(click here)
From what I gather a bit more than 100 people showed up to this meeting even though it was open to all the public of Ottawa. Ottawa is a city close to a million people; I feel the FOL should take this as a major hint that the citizens of Ottawa frankly don't care what they're doing. In addition they raised $2000 to help cover their legal expenses. Their Lawyer, and FOL member, is Steven Shrybman. The FOL must be expecting a big discount price off legal fees in the coming months if $2000 is all they can raise for this cause. Lawyers are expensive!!
Remember the MAJOR court date will be happening in June. This is when the courts will decide if the City Council of Ottawa got their decision ethically right when they award the reno project to OSEG.
Their full legal challenge can be seen here
Other than that it was a rather slow news week in terms of CFL in Ottawa stories. Blogging on FOL is becoming a bit boring. Next Sunday I will look into the new CFL expansion draft that is set to occur in 2012!
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