Cleary As Mud

Can you figure out what is going on with the negotiations over the Cleary? I cannot. It almost sounds like the CAW-auto company negotiations

I gathered together most of the Star headlines over the past few weeks.

• 06 June 2006 Crunch time for Cleary
  
  01 June 2006 Cleary deal on track
  
  30 May 2006 Cleary deal stalled
  
  27 May 2006 Cleary talks revived
  
  24 May 2006 City, college reach impasse in Cleary negotiations
  
  20 Apr 2006 Win-win scenario Windsor Star Gord Henderson
  
  19 Apr 2006 College, city near Cleary deal

Here is the latest from the Star. Strasser and Francis are sure telling us a lot aren't they:

• "A deal for St. Clair College to take over the Cleary International Centre will happen within the next week or two -- or not at all, according to Mayor Eddie Francis and college president John Strasser.
  
  "There are only a few things that have to be wrapped up," Strasser said. "They are clear items. Either we will agree on them or not.
  
  "This is going to get settled quickly or it will never get settled."
  
  Added Francis: "That's why John and I are involved. Given how much priority we are giving this, something will come out of it shortly -- or not."
  
  

Geez guys, show some imagination at least. "Or not" is that the best you can do to keep us totally off-balance? If you are going to play with our minds at least be creative

Be Shakespearean in your answers:
Hamlet-- A Cleary deal, To be or not to be, that is the question

Or if you want to be "one of the folks," copy from the NBC game show:
Howie Mandel--The Cleary, Deal or No deal

Or for us oldsters:
Monty Hall---The Cleary, Let's Make a Deal.

This could very, very bad for our City if this very, very important deal does not get done for our very, very empty downtown. We were counting on very, very many students living and working in our very, very new urban village and using our about to be very, very funky bus terminal and shopping at the market at our very, very own Armouries. Some very, very difficult decisions will have to be made very, very soon--or not.

I am not going to think about this any more because it gives me a headache. Instead, I am going to have my lunch now. Nothing better than an egg salad sandwich on a nice day like this!

Oh, and do not worry about terrorists in Windsor. With three food inspectors from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit on the job at Willistead Manor to put bleach in food and the Health Unit hiring an additional five enforcement officers to ensure compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act we are well-protected if the terrorists have a "dirty" bomb!