Never been a fan of the "I know someone who knows someone who ... " stuff. And in this case, there's just no reason to give it any credence, especially in light of what's going on. If you're part of the black helicopter crowd, you might want to buy into the idea of a vast conspiracy working to set up smoke screens but otherwise this is just one of those things that cannot be proven, disproven or substantiated.
Since we have legitimate discussion of the task force and the arena proposal that appears headed for implementation, I'm just gonna close this one. If and when the absurd happens, Hawesome can come back and say he told us so.