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2 Friday, January 13, 2023brooklintowncrier.com Game on! - The Durham Region Transit parking lot on the west side of Baldwin, below the 407, will be partitioned with Less than half the picture by Richard Bercuson Stories we'd like to see in 2023 Brooklin's Community Newspaper Proud to be a Brooklinite Since 2000. Published 24 times per year. Editor, Richard Bercuson 613-769-8629 • editorofbtc@gmail.com • Circulation 8000 • Delivery via Canada Post Locally owned and operated. A publication of Appletree Graphic Design Inc. We accept advertising in good faith but do not endorse advertisers nor advertisements. All editorial submissions are subject to editing. For advertising information, contact: Email: mulcahy42@rogers.com Next Issue: Friday, January 27, 2022 Deadline: Friday, January 20, 2022 Brooklin TOWN CRIER.com Monday - Thursday 9:00am-7:00pm Friday 9:00am-5:30pm Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Sunday Closed Reserve Your Vehicle! 1201 Dundas St. East, Whitby SALES 905-668-5846 SERVICE 905-668-8871 PARTS 905-668-8853 Top Dollar for your Trade Order Sierra 1500 • 2.7 Litre ORDER YOUR PRE-OWNED CAR WITH US! SALES (905) 721-6599 SERVICE (905) 721-6588 PARTS (905) 721-6577 445 Winchester Road East, Brooklin Hyundai - Official Partner of the NHL Swing by to take a practice shot on our Net in the showroom! New Year! - New Hyundai? New Year! - New Hyundai? Check out our Pre-Owned Inventory on our website! Made for Those Who Drive Hockey!Made for Those Who Drive Hockey! 5959 Anderson St. 905.655.6200 brooklineyecare.ca swaths of it available as a road hockey facility. Interested groups will be able to reserve space but must bring their own nets. There will, of course, be plenty of free parking. House rules due to the sloping pavement will apply. Wild Bill 23 - Also known as: "The Bill To Screw Municipalities and Force Up Taxes And Reduce Services Which Was Done Because The Party In Power Can Do What It Wants, Regardless of Research or Forethought, So there," or TBTSMAFUPTARSWWDBTPIPCDWIWROROFST for short. Various members of Premier Ford's caucus, who don't much care about their future beyond the 2026 election, will lobby hard to have the bill repealed once they learn they will have to pay more for garbage collection, the metaphor not lost on them. Ford's development buddies, who had the most to gain from Wild Bill 23, utter veiled threats. An OPP investigation ensues. Then an enterprising investigative journalist discovers that the Premier used a white crayon to sign the bill, making it impossible to see. The bill is then repealed. Blowin' in the wind - Using an idea unabashedly stolen from a frustrated resident in Montana, Brooklin residents living near streets where speeding is rampant take the law into their own hands, sort of. They cover hair dryers with black electrical tape. Then they sit in lawn chairs partially hidden behind shrubs, place ipads on their laps, and point the blackened blow dryers at vehicles as they speed down the roads. Drivers immediately slow, figuring they're being caught on radar. Police investigate and discover there is no law against pointing a blow dryer at someone's car. Yet. Finally an award - The CAA, which annually produces a Worst Roads in Ontario list, adds a new category: "The Most Dangerous and Dumbest Roads." Among the top ten is our very own Winchester Rd. To acknowledge the honour, many of the nearly 400 residents who signed a petition sent to the BTC in November purchase dozens of large black and orange striped road pylons which they place along the entire "sidewalk" between the bridge over the creek and Anderson/Watford. Confused AECON and Regional workers argue over who put them there. In the end, they remain. Stop the steal - A vehicle anti-theft pop up shop will open downtown. It will sell The Club, Apple Air Tags, Faraday boxes, squares of black construction paper to cover windshield VINs, security cameras, and directions to the port of Montreal and the best restaurants near it.