That leaves Independent Dave Rugendyke. He has Mrs Carnell 's fate in his hands. The Bruce Stadium redevelopment has been an exercise in poor financial judgment based on a desire to achieve political aggrandisement. It has been an exercise in can-do politics. That is fine for the private sector.
Investors expect risk.
It is not good enough for the public sector. The Government said the redevelopment would be privately funded but the public now has to pick up the tab. It was foolishly overdone. The stadium needed some work, but not to that scale. In financing the work, the Government went ahead even when it knew private financing was not forthcoming.