What would you say to Pat Fiacco standing at Portage & Main?

[Only The Lonely..]

GREY CUP: Regina has a major intersection? Who knew?
Tue Nov 20 2007

By Bartley Kives and Mia Rabson | Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG Mayor Sam Katz has promised to wear a Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey at a major intersection in Regina if the Blue Bombers fail to win the Grey Cup on Sunday.

Which of course begs the question: Does Regina actually have a major intersection?

"According to (Regina Mayor) Pat Fiacco, there are at least two," Katz quipped on Monday, when he made the customary bet with his counterpart in Regina over the outcome of the big game in Toronto -- the first-ever such tilt between two flatland cities.

"Wasn't it just last year they got rid of the horses?" Katz joked.

According to the terms of their bet, the mayor from the losing city will buy four sets of season tickets to the winning city's football team and donate them to charity.

The losing mayor must also wear the opposing team's football jersey to a council meeting -- and stand and wave at a major intersection in hostile territory, wearing the offending piece of clothing.

Katz said he is not too concerned about having to wear the green and white in Regina because he believes the Bombers can get the job done -- even without quarterback Kevin Glenn, the CFL's leading passer this year.

The Bombers' candidate for Most Outstanding Player broke his arm trying to recover a fumble during last Sunday's Eastern Conference final in Toronto and will be replaced by Ryan Dinwiddie.

Premier Gary Doer, meanwhile, is holding off on making a bet with Saskatchewan premier-elect Brad Wall until the leader of the Saskatchewan Party is sworn in on Wednesday.

Asked Monday why there's no Blue Bombers flag flying at the legislative building, Doer proudly did a model-like spin in his Bomber parka.

"I'm wearing it on my sleeve..." Doer said.

The city, meanwhile, will fly the Bombers flag at city hall and at the corner of Portage and Main, where Fiacco will stand and wave if Winnipeg wins.

Doer predicted the Bombers will win the Grey Cup "by a field goal," while Katz is confident the Blue and Gold will prevail by a touchdown.

The premier and the mayor both plan to attend the Grey Cup, and are also hoping to make it to Friday's Vanier Cup in Toronto, where the University of Manitoba Bisons will battle the Saint Mary's Huskies for the college football championship.


bartley.kives@freepress.mb.ca

[ReginaGuy]

I'm looking forward to seeing Katz in Regina next week

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by ReginaGuy

I'm looking forward to seeing Fiacco in Winnipeg next week

Fixed!

[RAFS]

Hello

[Greco Roman]

What happened to all that "Rider Pride"?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^It does take a while to drive approxmiately 3,000km in a combine.

I'd have to say I <3 NY to Pat.

[DowntownRiderFan]

I wouldnt say anything to him for two reasons:

1) He wont be there
2) God knows I would never willingly be in Winnipeg either


However, as a good neighbor I will pass along any messages any of you may have for Katz next week when he is in town.

[vid]

I thought pedestrians weren't allowed at Portage and Main?

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by vid

I thought pedestrians weren't allowed at Portage and Main?

lol not on the road but on the sidewalk yess wonder witch corner they would put the regina mayor???

[CCF]

Uh oh...not sure I want Katz here...his presence may ruin Regina as he did WInnipeg...not that he had much to work with.


I kid, I kid!!

[Greco Roman]

Originally Posted by CCF

Uh oh...not sure I want Katz here...his presence may ruin Regina as he did WInnipeg...not that he had much to work with.


I kid, I kid!!

Yeah, in Regina's case, he would have just continued to drive away even more people to Alberta over the years because he would have had so much less to work with there.

I kid too.

[Only The Lonely..]

The worst part for Fiacco in all of this is that at the end of this debacle he'll still have to live in Regina.

[CCF]

Not sure if we should let Katz come here...he'll probably try to apply for refugee status as a means to getting out of Winterpeg.

[BrannyMuffin]

I don't see what difference it makes what anybody thinks about it...it's not as though it will happen.

[Only The Lonely..]

Originally Posted by CCF

Not sure if we should let Katz come here...he'll probably try to apply for refugee status as a means to getting out of Winterpeg.

Ahh, but that's how you know Winnipegger's have a thing against Katz. People here would never have punished Glen Murray by forcing him to visit the Queenie City.

On second thought..

[CCF]

Originally Posted by Greco Roman

Yeah, in Regina's case, he would have just continued to drive away even more people to Alberta over the years because he would have had so much less to work with there.

I kid too.

Oh the irony......

[Mayor Quimby]

Oh where do I begin....

[1ajs]

^^^ Bahahaha

[Greco Roman]

Originally Posted by CCF

Oh the irony......

What irony? Cheap homes and a slower pace of life isn't going to create the "boom" as opposed to your sister city further north which is near the centre of the activity. I haven't heard too much more related to growth in Regina than that. But I'm sure Saskatoon is willing to share some of it's excess revenue with Regina, eventually

[CCF]

By that logic Prince Albert will be the envy of the country....

I was pointing out the irony in your statement given that you are from Manitoba and moved to Alberta.....