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- - M - - PAGE 28, WILÎTBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVMMER 6, M19 ~RE-ELECT WHITBY -I.HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION 9 Years Commission Chairman 1 5 Years Commission Experience "Director 0f The Municipal Electric Association-Eastern Ontario District" Committed To Serve Your Interests *AUTHORIZED BY THE CFO FOR GERRV COXu ( e e e e e e e Ir. ~ . ___~~~~~, 'r4<X-IX44X~ ~ W. 1 MrU, M' jM um Mr A 10 ffl Fee-per-bag idea'ir*responsible' To the. Editor: Re: 'User-Pay' - a Per-Bag Fee for Garbage Collection? It was my intention te raise this question at the candidatesd meeting for regional council and mayorality positions on Tuesday evening last, but this was flot possible due te insufficient time ailowed for questions from the floor. In my opinion, far too much time was allowed for candidates' rebuttals te questions from the public, resulting in many people, aside fromn the wri!er, flot being able te present thuîr questions. Ifeit it was sufficient for a particular candidate te answer a question put te them personally, RALPH BLANK àýWhitby Hydro Electric Commission I Authorizod by the CFO for Raý,h Blank1 ON TUESDAY ) NOVEMBER l2th EASTWAIID YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO WHO WILL REPRESENT YO MAKE! UAND e4'YOUR FAMILY AS COUNCILLOR FOR THE EAST WARD, TO WORK FOR A GOOD QUALITY 0F LIFE IN WHITBY? :1R(m fii1- L(mminuiF TO Iir.EGF e'OI.RSOJ 1*CS VA1 (0NCIIOR WFIITII - Ç9yj~Çi 66621,J3j S.. 68 3.72 . .ihrzdb~F~G .I~> and unnecessary for ail six candidates te respond. I understand there were around 70 written questions subniitted froin the floor with only four. read out. Six people were left standing at the. microphones. My question wes, what i. al this talk by politiciens at the region and municipal level about taxing the good citizens once again, this time for a fee-per-bag for the privilege 0f having our garbage collected, a service that w. are already paying for. Tis i. abut tii. moat irresponsible idea yet te corne fro= the aspirants for municipal positions. It i. obvious that the politicians supporting tIs idea, soin. 0f whom are naïve enough to ask for oursuor on Nov. 12, have given ebsou=tely no thougiit te, the effects of such a move. What happens te tthe garbage of those less fortunate residents wiio cannot afford te pay these dues -- seniors, the unemployed living on UTIC, welfare and food banks, etc? mer. are plenty of these foîka around in tMs recession, most through no fault of their own. How do we prevent people from dumpin garbage on the. streets and in the parks and rural ai-sas around the town? This is don. on a regular basis now, just think what wiil happen if this crazy idea was te b. put in place. I suggest this problem will only b. overconie when we, aiong with our local politicians, develop enough energy te lobby. oui- local MPP'sand MPs togo after the man perpetraters, tii. manufacturers and marketing oranzations, and demand an endt excess packaging. Tihe supermarkets should'stop smcii l a sceqPI* g pIasiý ,the idicous 5rtpi " o ,ccubers, lettces and tomatoes ini shrinik wrap film and foem tas i Oubl wrppng, sohrikwrapping and bitrpackaging, ail of which is virtually indestructable, should b. discontinued. :Manufacturera of soft drinks and- other commodities should b. required, by law, te charge a deposit on ail cans and botties, the saie as is done by the Brewers Retail. Tii. donations madle by soine of these copoatons te .blue box carpSgar nothin1 but sharj> tiiem te appear to e M,.é while they continue te produce the cens and bottles (te ffil the boxes), but avoid the cost and inconvenience of collection and reuse or disposa. The public at large are left with the prvlege of paying for that dispsi Please, let those responsible pay the piper who plays their* tune. Politiciens are placed by us in a position of trust, te represent us and te look affer our interests. To lose sight of that- fact is a neglect of duty which cannot b. forgiven nor forgotten. John Townsend whitby Environmenfalists $tort ere kfl WHO 15 THE ONLY MAYORALTY CANDIDATE TO VOTE IN FAVOUR 0F PUBLIC ACCES S TO THE WATERFRONT AS PART OP A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT« IN PORT WH1TIBY? TOM EDWARDS DECISIVE,*INNOVATIVE LEADER SHIP FOR THE 90 's AuMoràwb .ofTo~td*d JOE E, BUGELLI DURHAM REGION ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEE Authonzed by 1h. CFO forJo. Bugel m A 7777-7-77-77-- , e,ý 77., - -71 - ý woooolo 1 1 1