I've infected everyone I guess

The general impression I've gotten lately is that the glass is half-full: the bonds were sold by HMDA for $4.692mil, lower than the $5.1mil they were going for, so the city/arena is going to see how much it costs to replace the seats and boiler (top priority) before determining how much of the ice/plaza repairs are done. I chatted with Bill Sawyers the other day and he suspects that they might in fact be able to get everything done for $4.7--he thinks that AJ Boleski aimed for the $5mil neighborhood to make sure that everything WOULD be done; as it stands, everything MIGHT be done. So we're a hell of a lot more optimistic round these parts than we were a couple weeks ago.