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PAGE 6, WIUTY FME PRESS, WEDNESDÀY, MARCH 20.1991 SPhone: Maurice Pither, *Toronto ULe Publisher IA nfATEnITTW 131 Brook Street North,> ineenety wedadoprteA> P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. 2fdCssPSa The on/y Whitby neWspaper Lieednlyondadoprtdb N 5S1 RegIst raion #05351 Whitby residents for Whitby residents. By now lus become an oid refrain, but "Keep a iid on about cuts in services ln order to save money. There Wl tax increases" may take on new meaning ln 1991. .nzyn n I( I be further deferrai of projeots flot considered necessary. Ratepayers, already hit by GST, may not just be G' om""' pot e "" t, The regional chairman has mentioried the possibiiity of politeiy suggesting lower tax increases, they may road tolls. demaid it. require such an education, only an expectation. that Working in conjunction with staff, elected officiais tum A taxpayers' coalition has. been formed ln the province services rendered Justify the tax increases. But, ln the ln long hours and' make unpleasant decisions ln an effort that is taking a 'Close look at local goverment and current tough economnic climate, enough [s enough, and to reduce the tax burden while* malitaining the bare school board spending. But the reai aim of the group is the formation of a coalition niakes Rt clear that the minimum 0f'services. The difficuit task of officiais is to' to educate taxpayers about' possible unneoessary expectation now is to keep increases within reason. go even f urther during the current budget preparations. spending. And eiected representatives appaar to be listening. Otherwise, the coalition May grow In numbers and ln Anyone who pays property tax probably doesn't Municipal councillors and school trustees are taiking magnitude of protest. I .* *..<::~:~: Mmis...........* Bureaucratie bungl-ing The designation "executive cirector sud admiinistrator" lias been overexposed in this -decade, along with the over-used terme for executive-type gatheringe such as "symposium," "meeting," "conference' sud "delegation." We, as taxpaying citizens, wonýer just what does go on behind' these closed doore of adniinistration? -If I- phone for information regarding a patient in a hospital, II may b. transferred from an executive co-ordinator Wo a head of administration W t a chief nursng administrator tW a cordinator of bed pans. Co-ordinators in hospital care is a misnomer, as the red tape, meetings and assessments for a simple solution or operation bçgIe the mimd. My 84-year-old mother ,ias been indexed, charted, momitored and evaluated, inhumanely, for eligibility Wo a nursing home. One would think she was seeking eligibility for a position in the Foreign Legion, not, for a space of peaceful habitation in, a comfortable nursing home. After 15, months of hoSpital incarceration,. there is still no hope of entry Wo the home'. Iea waiting game for the elderly and infirm. The, powers-that-be in hospital and health care computerize and evaluate incapacitated elderly whose only fault jeis.il health, not an atrophied brain. TI our. governments, both provincially and federally, there .. . . . .. ... ... . Action taken to meet concerns, To ~ diionone is in stronger agreement with To te Edtonyour pointa than I arn. I would like Wo reepond Wo your . The tire, durnp and the recent editorial entitled 'TMme for proposed PCB dumpe are in the Action'(p) re rss, Feb. 27). N6 riding of Durhamn East. Ho-Iwever,ý with the blessings of my friend, Gord Mille, I have been the MP who bas taken action.on both of Protest these issues. Pro es After ful consultation withi the Senators' leat two decades and no effective acin was peiul tkn 1.9.,.Surely. this ie a clear inIcation o Pay lhi es the intent of your provincial gvrmnt. The bringing of any furhrrtires onWo thàt site je ne To te Edtorslonger allowed. Any complainte of To ii.Ediom'such actions can be phoned Wo the ministry office sud action wil b. It appearsthe MPs ni Ottawa taen. don't give a danin that this Ini regarde Wo the proposed PCB country seeme W ob. headed site, the application lias been downhill,'juet so, long as they get denied. The concerne of local their stipend fir5t. residents have been effectively Finance Mfinister 1,Michael responded tW. Wilson endlessly urges everyrone You suggest that your to use wage restraint -- sud hne je provincial government should, prbby ilt Btwataot attempt to secure the same level the aPsin Ottawa? TheY a" of responsivenese from the federal refusing. te trim pensions -- I government in order W relieve refer specifically t te one that Whitby of an eyesore sud maies them eligible Wo collect environmental tlireat. I agree after six years, regardless of age. wiioleheartedly. I only wish that .And now the Senators in Ottawa the federal government would may get a $153-a-day pay hike - show more reeponsivenese Wo tex re.,of ours. Were does it their responsibilities in ensuring ail end? Or d6es it ever end? I say the environniental eafety of our it's high- time Wilson got bis ownf community than they have in house. in order. ensuring the needed health, We should figlit back. Everyone educational sud social service oeil hie/ler MP Wo protest. Maybe supporte that our provincial they have a conscience, thougli I government je also comnitted Wo. incerely doubt it. lhe only way I hope thiat with Town of Whitby, to stem tis greed for our money your provincial government can is a colective push on our par persuade the federal government Wo remove this threat. EdilS Per'iy As you have stated, - -.Whlw anranentl- oucrn the top of our government's agenda sud every provincial decision- will ha subject té su enironrnepntal audit, Ini other words, nothing will ha don. wbich threatens further degradation. of our already vuinerable natural habitats. Wherever sucli a hazard exista within, your provincial govérnment's mandate, it will ha dealt with as carefully sud as conscientiously as lias been done with the tire dump sud the proposed PCB site. Drum.mod White MPP, Durham Centre are, many superfluoue officiais and offices, Tereare -chef administrators in ail phases and facets of government, - from provincial jurisdictions -of socal services, tW court eystems of support efreet for errant When- one tries Wo accese informationà from the court system re alimony, the raft of rigmarole and exctv personnel one must wait for is repugnant.1 There je technical trauma involved in the 'takeover of sports teams, and the simple trade of. a player involves details of negotiations and meetings and conferences. You would -think players' trades were physical assesmenta by sports surgeons of a life-threatening operation which might resuit in life or death, not a simple switch of healthy hulke Wt another team. MY son, an offensive lineman with the, Winnipeg Blue Bombera, after five years je now a fr-ee agent but bis position is tenueus for, trade because of CFL execution of executive rules sud regulations sud executive marketing. Ini our educational' eystem in 1991, 'w. have so'many areas of division in our boarde of education, our.teachere, are forced Wô stand in the'coener ýliteraly as they work under'.se many supeirs lhe wealth of informtinthey may impart tW students je smothre and stifled in howý they may impart knowledge, whaât knowledge -tlhey may impart, and the methode they muet or muet not use. to impart said knowledge. 'The educational system and principles no longer involve just principals vice-principals and . teachers. Children are exposed only Wo the three "Re"of 'rigid* regulated rule ' instead.of 'revealing, realistic rhetoric' by teachers. SReligion and religious teacbing muet pau through, the eystem Wo make aure everything je technically and verbally correct so we ýdo not inundate our youth or adult congregationewith'>ariy drearne or false hopes. Certain reli*gioue traditions have, been removed so the system je flot sub.jected to discrimination. Larn speaking of the Liords Prayer, removed fi-om. Parliamentary openings, boy scout programs and achoole and other-,institutions. Thie simple plea for, heavenly assistance may, bocome a piea of discrimination; as outlinéd- by various committees and symposiums on rc relations and Our, systemps mandatory free .thining. SHospitals and gvrmnsand educators and sports *ntites should get back Wo one president a few vice-prosidents in-charge of various departments, and 'one secrtary-treurer. We shold =tatonot technical trivia, to Lwith Our socal probleme and social justices. Opinions expreaaed are those of the author. 1 1 liq