This exciting opportunity offers students a tuition waiver and a generous stipend in return for 20 hours per week on the campus. The following is provided by Evan Weiner, a re-known syndicated sport business columnist who focuses on the economic issues of sport. His unique insight and opinions will be featured in this space in the upcoming issues. Mayor Lastman is chatting with sports fans to presumably find out from them whether or not the city should go ahead with its bid for the 2008 Summer Games. It is interesting that Lastman is taking advantage of the Canadian technology.
Politicians can cut out the middlemen and the media, and talk directly to the public.
Of course with the web, Lastman will be chatting with more than people from the Toronto area. What Mayor Lastman is doing will become more and more common in the future. The National Hockey League would like to eliminate as many media members as possible and sell the product directly to fans through the web. NBA commissioner David Stern gives seminars on how the Internet will change the relationship between fans and teams. So get used to seeing people like Mayor Lastman take proposals directly to the people.