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P&GE.2, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1975, WHITBY FREE PRESS 1 1350 THE OSHAWA STATION M 1M ALLiSTER'S Complete Home Furnishings for the Discerning Shopper DROP BY & SIT A SPELL SALE Yes! Our first white cotton sale of sofas, chairs, loveseats. Your choice of fabrics. 70 Rossiand Rd. West' Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10-6p.m. I I I 576-6465 Thursday & Friday, 10.9 p.m. Emm won't run Whitby Councillor Gerry Enn has decided not to run for mayor of Whitby "because my young family would not allow me to give ic full attention to the mayor's position which I feel the mayor's position deserves". Mr. Emm said "Whitby, at the present time, is ex- periencing great growing pains and 1 would love to have been at the healm of the town to guide it through these critical months. How- ever, I feel my regional posi- tion is equally important at the regional level and I have decided to stay in my posi- tion as regional councillor, to which I was elected two years ago". Bruno Harilaid will try Bruno Harilaid, who lost to former Mayor Des New- man in the 1973 election, will contest the upcoming election for the mayoralty of the town. Mr. Harilaid, who owns several businesses and factor- ies in Whitby, said that his priorities, if he becomes mayor of the town, would be to rejuvenate the downtown core and provide bus service for residents. To accomplish the former, he savs he would provide again guidance and initiative to businessmen to encourage im- provement of the downtown area in various forms, ranging fram helping them to entice tenants to giving tax breaks to those who do renovate. Mr.- Harilaid would also see to it that public trans- portation be provided. In addition, he says he would stay in Whitby to serve the town's residents rather than travelling to various areas to promote Whitby as others have donie in the past. I SPEND 15 MINUTES WITH US. TOMORROW AND FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN DURHAMI Night Report 11:00 p.m. Weather, Sports and News Interested youngsters watch a demonstration of the fire hazard of aerosol cansi during the Whitby Fire Department's Fire Prevention Week last week. Free Press Photo by Alex Kalnins Some couneillors " rotten ", Town "I ;ri ra-n lE noition " says resident Pat Dooley, an outspoken resident of Whitby, may run for the position of mayor of the town if someone he favours does not. "There are a few people on (Whitby) council, one in particular, that, if he runs I would be very happy to sup- port him and I would not be interested in running because I think he is a pretty good man", Mr. Dooley said. How- -ever, "there are a couple on council who if they run I am going to run against them be- cause I think they are rotten". He rnay end up running because "I think for some reason, they (the person lie favors) have become discour- aged from running". Why do you want to run, Pat? move into the area, we would be able to add facilities as they move in. One problem I see in this town is a classic one-facilities like libraries, re- creation and entertainment - there is none. The reason there is none is very simple. There is no transportation in the town", said Mr. Dooley. He feels "transportation has got to be a priority in this area. There has to be consideration given to public transportation. There is no other answer for this area. At the rate gas is going up and at the rate that the gen- eral population is being forced to use the car, a good trans- portation system is a must. If we could only get the people to realize it and to use it, you relieve the cost of building large roads, you re- lieve the cost of requiring parking lots downtown and by relieving those costs, you automatically encourage de- velopmnent in building. If they buiid you then get your taxation frorn commercial buildings. It's a snowball effect. You've got to spend the money and take the chance to get the town rol- ling again and you've got to get the people to accept the services you are putting in.' Mr. Dooley is a secondary school teacher in Port Perry. "I feel the town is badly in debt. We're in a rough position. As far as I'm con- cerned, all my private life I've worked on the basic con- cepts that when you have debts you work them off and pay them off. Sure we're in trouble but I don't see devel- opment as the answer to pay your debts. Lousy develop- ment will only put us further in debt. The lot levies are only temporary relief. Since lot levies are only temporary relief, it means that the debts and the costs are going to catch up to use and then we are really going to be slaught- ered. I favour very slow de- velopment of Whitby. I arn not anti-development, l'm pro-slow development. I think there has been a very heavy concentration on plan- ning but nothing being done. I would like to see planning deemphasized. We've had enough planning for the last two or three years and it has cost us a fortune", lie said. "What I would like to sec is an emphasis on recreation for the people in the existing area. l'n not too concernedl about tie people who are going to be coming in here.--- in 10 years. If we work in a unitized fashion we could pre- pare the town in such a fash- ion that, when people do - -- bi - JLJLJL A " qAL rn.JL JL r niw bi im qw ý %.ý - -