Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free september As reports of sabotage at City Hall rile Katz businessman determined to build Ball Park by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter Sam Katz is angry and upset Over published reports that senior politicians Are furtively trying to scuttle his Deal to build a baseball stadium on the West Bank of the red Ive heard that Story for months but i didst want to believe Katz said but when youve got three councillors coming for Ward to say its youve got to come to a conclusion its Katz said while Hes upset with the latest he remains determined to put that distraction aside and concentrate on building the i dont want to lose sight that my objective from the beginning has been to build a baseball stadium and in not going to let anything get in the Way of the free press reported yesterday that councillors Garth Glen Murray and Harry Lazarenko said members of mayor Susan Thompsons executive policy committee Are using procedural technicalities to kill a Deal that Council has already Katz has been negotiating with the City since March to build the stadium on a Par cel of land North of the Forks that has been vacant for the entertainment and sports promoter wants a new facility for his Northern league which play on a converted football Field at Winnipeg the offer is Good timing for the which promised a state theart baseball stadium in time for the 1999 pan am the stadium was estimated to Cost Mil with Katz and his investors promising to put in the remainder would come from the Federal and provincial governments million and from the pan am games which would use the facility at no Cost during the Katz said at least two other councillors who oppose the stadium project have told him that members of pc told them not to worry because they would present him a with a lease Deal that he would be forced to and if i did accept they were told there is no Way it can succeed and then the City would take the project Katz you want to think youre being treated fairly and properly but if these statements Are True it leaves me with grave concerns about the whole process at City Hall and How things happen in this Deputy mayor Jae Eadie yesterday called for a special meeting of Council for tuesday after noon to consider extending the 1 signing deadline by a month to allow administration to study katzes latest site plan Katz said he plans to speak to councillors at the adding that while he Doest believe the Extension is necessary he will not Katz said he Doest know Why councillors Haven been told that he and the cites administration have come to agreement on the lease and that the site plan changes Are minor and dont warrant the i know what right and wrong Are but i wont respond in an angry Katz that Doest accomplish my court hears How Man beaten with a Bat during robbery by Leah Janzen Law courts reporter the sound of Donald Souire bludgeoning Wal Ter Futch with a Bat was the most horrifying sound co accused Michael Vince had Ever heard in his court heard during a videotaped police interview with Vince just Days after Futchs badly beaten body was found at his Home in Vince said he had known the victim Well and had even saved him from a bar fight on one but agreed to Rob the Man with i want really he said on we didst plan we just Vince said he and Souire went to Futchs Home and kicked their Way he said he looked around the Home for Money while Souire yelled at Futch tapped him on the head with a he hit him maybe 10 to 12 said a visibly shaken i just stood there like a i wanted to throughout his videotaped Vince can be heard and at times he says memories of the incident have caused him to be if i had a gun right id shoot he that is the lowest thing anyone can do and to think i had a part in it makes me the Day after the elderly Man was robbed and the two accused spent the weekend at a Winnipeg hotel play ing volts and watching strip pers with Futchs All i knew was i wanted to get rid of it real said Vinces statement marked the end of the crowns Case against the Souire and Vince Are accused of second degree murder and manslaughter respectively in Futchs both men also face charges of break and enter and robbery in the Inci defence lawyers for both accused declined to Call any evidence or witnesses yester it is expected the jury will begin deliberations chief suspends officer without pay by Kevin Rotta Soti staff reporter a Winnipeg police officer charged with impaired driving causing death in the Wake of a fatal motorcycle Accident was suspended from his Job without pay by police chief David Cassels after a hearing Bob an Lightyear member of the Force who works out of the Public safety building As a general patrol was sus Pended after Cassels was called upon to make a decision after a split vote of the fou member suspension hearing its a tragic said Jack Winnipeg police association people Are going to suffer on both sides of the Situa Tion because of this 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