And I think it’s naive to believe that this race track will somehow lower municipal taxes. Has that ever happened before?

Maybe if the race track was going to be built across the street from your house, you’d feel differently.

In a region that has thousands jobless with near double-digit unemployment, a project like this would infuse millions into the economy and create thousands of jobs.

I understand there will be loud noises, but do we want all of our talented recent graduates leaving the area because there is no work? Maybe you’d perfer everyone in the region to be making $12 an hour and the local call centre – and that’s the people lucky enough to find employment.

People in Fort Erie cry about the slots and horse races not doing well, the lack of income from the non-existant bingos and the recent layoffs at eurocopter. Heaven forbid an opportunity want to reside in your city that would be a source of income.

I, for one, am proud of the Region’s leadership on this issue. If it was up to a few short-sighted people who like to “sit on their decks”.

Everyone against this issue seems to ignore the fact that the annual tax income from this project will be $34 million. Projects like this will help offset future tax increases on both the municipal and regional levels.

I guess everyone here would be pleased with a seven or eight per cent tax increase to pay for wastewater, roads and EMS.

Any by the way, this article has nothing to do with “fair and honest” reporting. This is at best an opinion piece and at worst a poorly written, poorly researched blog post.

This is also a time when clear-cutting and destroying eco-sensitive habitats is supposed to be frowned upon and discouraged, not promoted for something so unnecessary as CAR RACING.

Destroy a forest so we can watch someone drive around and around in circles at very fast speeds?

Sounds like a waste to me. A waste of nature, a waste of gasoline and a waste of a life.