Paying tribute

Vincent J. Curtis

26 May 23

RE: City, indigenous group reach pact on clean up job  The Hamilton Spectator 26 May 23

It would be impolitic to refer to the pact between the city of Hamilton and the self-appointed Haudenosaunee Development Institute as ‘successful extortion’, which it was; the term used in the declining days of the Roman Empire was “tribute.”  The problem with the agreement is that is make the elected band council of Six Nations look foolish for agreeing to the Chedoke Creek cleanup project on its merits, and not looking upon it as an opportunity for financial gain..

Both the wealth and the weakness of Rome, er, I mean Hamilton, are now exposed - an invitation to future rapine.

The taxpayers of Hamilton pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year for a police force, and the thugs of the HDI were trespassing.  They were engaged in criminal mischief.  It’s a mystery why taxpayers have to an additional $400,000 because Hamilton’s gold-plated law enforcement was withheld.

This isn’t the end of problems; it’s only the beginning.

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