01-02-2015, 03:40 PM
The public money in the original proposal was only 10% of the total cost, with the rest being private donations. I am quite sure the project can be 100% privately funded, if it comes to that. The supposed public opposition to the intial process was the result of a badly flawed and premature (and pre-election) on-line survey, imho. The opposition was much the same sort of "no to everything" response that you got for LRT. The proponents were naïve in not better laying the groundwork and presenting the City with a more complete proposal. Anyway, it's water under the bridge - I can't see the statues being placed in Victoria Park, so the issue will be where to put them. They could stay at the Regional Museum, I suppose, but that wouldn't have the same impact as putting them Downtown/Uptown.