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Home Newspaper of Hills WtDNKSDAY A Division of Canadian Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario I t VDOKIMOt Publisher BOB RUTTEn Editor Second Mail OH Understanding awareness Almost tour years ago Hills was formed from the three municipalities of Georgetown and Township With thai merger a coJinn hi alienation loss of identity and a growing resentment toward hi new system During the past four year despite what miny believe the regional system has functioned reasonably will But it if still too carl to mike an appraisal of how effective it is until the feelings of resentment begin a And lhat seems lo be the message con lamed within a lettir from Ontario administrator of regional governments in replj a brief delivered I the Acton for com The greatest issct of the region he says is Ihe sincere efforts of alliens and elected official to make the svslem run smoothly in we is of the former municipalities rcalh thit we have at tempted torn Ihe stem run as possible Or have old attitudes fostered a lingering resistance making the new svsttm work the it should for all of us While Mr the province ha- no manpower or financial resources institute a review of s regional government that review will indeed 11 is lakmg place now hopefully In an manner by local politicians who ire acutely aware of the failings of the and also those failings of county system Mi It Keough soys Ihis municipality has experienced growing pains during the past four years His description is iccurale sinci each of us have it some time experienced the became a learning experience for future maturity He seems say in essence we as the municipality called Hills ind Hilton ilsoi ire reaching thai maturity when it unions which effect all of us an being with of the sometimes questioned decisions mide during the first of regionil could tome it no time for Milton Hills osier in iwircnis and of region government 11 is forged idinlil as thai lommumtv which is of land known as North Hilton almost 15 per lent of the mi known as II must plav an import ml roll in future of Hilton Hills helping to forLe this identity Man con adapt The Club of Home and clcetr to home the prestigious Club of Guclph are think tank groups concerned people who con on problems Two the major concerns incidentally are listed in an editorial from Tl- are the clock which we are to wioeau a lar lime piece t ck be fact we have three new human groups to us do an job ion on jefties Bui ephisis always jt c The scientists are Ci rrpirb in the j j ij an tapped a v J a- hunt Ax had err drought the i the tat- crop- f creels The to theiiluation wells jd and ones sunk Irrigation methods were changed make sure isn wasted ilrr was taken individual trees instead of wasted in Mandator per cent cuts in iter use resulted in actual culling use more than double that limit Conservation was so successful in fact that water utilities are ibout losing toil much Instead of losing crops because of drought the farmers brought in harvests of fruit vegetables equalling or exceeding Ihe harvests Their in because of h water casts hut the crops were bountiful as lis farmers adopted new and patterns Drought experts arc still cautioning that things could be bad in if California ex a second sutcessnc dry winter But the hard fact is human beings again pro how resilient they are when are laced with an hone- crisis Our ancestors farmers of invented cloth whin fur short They switched to mi Lai when denuded forests And we lived for as thermonuclear lime clock has ticking a few notches from midnight In terms of historic lim man is a newcomer on arlh compared to the ockrojehir wily and tough hm it adapting rcurv Looking through our files TII1RTV MLS Higher faxes ml next but for many years to come the cast in Georgetown from no on if one interprets correctly the several spectres made by nominees at the municipal nomination meet Friday in the public library Mayor Joseph Gibbons pointed particularly to sew said it will to a general rale Increase of approximately 10 mills plus an I cent per fool charge for twenty years under the Improvement Act VI- Hyde look strong objection at Monday council meeting to a motion passed at previous week council meeting giving approval In principle lo a proposal of North lluildcrs Association more res I building land be rcleasid in with the promising to promote Industrial and commercial growth purl of their profits into a slock company for purpose TON A proposal which would add over 10 residents In Georgetown three schools and high school I homes and number of apartments is being studied most of tin In vi pm nis Ian 1 year which many homes have alnady built in the east now proposes large stale the former Hepburn and Wright farms between Silver ret k and Street llrumac is town lo construe the sewer and mains and lo pave Mounlainvlew lliud lown limits It asks i thai water and ficilltles will to serve hi And nices s amendments lo the town s official plan zoning by law would tie required In rtlurn it his lo pay In find ownership of the office building a surrounding acre property which il it ind to provide four school sites In the town area at no cost lo the town The propos il involves acres Of this teres are earm irked residential There would be I single lot and 20 acres of and multiples The remaining ind would tie six commercial institutional ind IB acres of parkland Avoid becoming a victim of the Christmastime blues fi Arc you i victim worn out frizzled leftover to face yourself let ilont New do at time ind often n ritnjni7i until il IK is iriditionill ihe happiest and most joyful lime je It is a highly Unit of year where we in from If n in I up in the of gnnmi gimme You cm ivoid this type if house by elimmilcd th it you re ill in ml to do is will come without your own I it ikes days of sheer effort worktoprepire hnstmas will if you sit back with dark sand coil and do nothing ill is is Kit ind it will arrive is did Si Hit Hie poinl here is to plan your holiday rig to w it your family really requires for your own in inner of Hit holiday st Most and Inldri I know prefer grouchy wife mil mother and they would gladly sliure the res or do away with some of them in ordi r lo achieve this Mike this ye shire the workload Over the yi I Invi women work into a hiking running from store store liki trying to buy for everyone and and Ih hi Id Iin magic arrives and are no to lake in the something resimhl nig a big p in the and they in win until it over Super girls m mis mid nit jockey for the iiuinler lie on llsl Hut overly onseienlious wives and home m ike lire not only of Christinas on often to believe thai will reeelve more than Editors notebook cm deliver ind Christmas morning becomes J great disappointment biggest Is not necessarily the best frustrate little hands when they tan t pull the strings or push a complicated series of buttons as easily as seen on TV should be bought very carefully or little children time can be in eternity of Keep the fanfare at a level your youngsters cm cope with Try to keep everything as low key as possible till a so before the big day Over wound youngsters arc not only victims of Christmas time but can victimize an entire household w ith whining cry and fighting Husbands ind fathers are also caught up in but a Chrislmas The home does not hive to compete with he las is strip for even If an and trill old next door neighbour has just put a complete North Pole scene with moving and reindeers Fathers don I not If they don want to Mori victims grandparents arc often caught In clutches of Chrislmas and me 1 Grandparents often to buy for their grandchildren what ihey could afford for their own family ofttn plays a stir role at Chnslmastimc Then and grandpa are let down with hang when junior I even seem notice his Junior often can even work it and it sits under the tree being useless and then it moved to the bedroom shelf be useless Grandparents should never be embarrassed to ask what a toy does how works only those you wish lobe near open house sounds good but often it becomes more than a great pain at your expense Jumping on the part circuit can be greit pain II results in upset stomachs and giginiic hangovers Make this your is to decide if its really worth it Christmas be the happy joyous occasion thai we are told is without planning and eliminating Tins year anything lhat makes a Christmas victim i happy holiday early You just might find the simpler things arc kept the happier everyone will be Sunset law legislation deserves a close look ltl0Ht Of The km Id One of the more Interesting legislative before current session Is thai we should have a law The point of laws Is there should lie over ihe proliferation of government commissions unci agencies that Actually there have been two proposals House One by Opposition Leader Slunrl And second put forward by the able young l lawyer from Walker tun lie Huh rial question of the fur some form of such agency in a governminl of Ontario s A figure generally used Is that there under the nmhit somt govi tit agencies boards mid us Incredible may seem is probably true figure And not only are many of them largely uncontrolled except by ministries to liny reporl There probably an few wimii Nit ministries may have Smith and Walker have two different ipproaehes In mind as how their sunset controls would work would have the various bo come before a committee the lliiusi it intervals of every three or four irs The committees then would review the spending mid reason for The South member would take a uglier ipproich He would hive Ihe and board and justify If I make a case would be would out of business Which would be the better method I Walker the Smith approach would he cumbersome and would involve Interminable days of sittings and deillng with nicy On Ihe other hand his well might be too arbitrary might be prune be loo much sunset and mil enough sunlight However whatever Ihe end result it seems eventually we will see and Chretien crashes party as spouts glories Ml quill obvious Him ditln fedi nil Pin Minis llu firs anniversary of the to The would ive bee n a much belter parly without him Hut ilure anyway to the Quebec number and forth various reporters on Hit glories of independence and follies of Iheedernlmlnlslirwiis picketing parly Secession means disaster was he theme of his And he Bald thai even ibc mere of secwtslon by Quebec Is ploying havoc with iin The only can bo retorts in for an Immediate referendum will clearly indicate Que lien art irmly torn redtnhsm At ross street Premier was giving re porters version There i ind clearer perception among if of thtm the government Is chiefly responsible for mic sltuition is the govern menl lariffs money Ihe big Inidgil obviously I igrcc It would mil be honest to the government Ihcwliolt responsihll fir of Quebec said llie finance mlnlsier would mil be honest either Ihal Ihcdelenor at inn of ihe i conn ml sltunlion In Quebec nnihingiodowillilhteleclionof a siparatlsl Until gels around holding Ils long awaited referendum on likely in llie spring or 197 we arc going hear many contradictory arguments Ihe Impact of This seems to be main line is bold and ftdtml fortes part fur tin Imul in Iht Inllle or The first wns largely 10 est a Quclecols imid the ruins tin provincial I and a liber ill arty Hut Into sttemdyuar of a IQ regime the proviniinl ibcr lis arc rebuilding Inward a ind the fidenl liberals are Inking olf Ihe gloves in for And with economics in the Irtnch warfare will be headed by an appealing down to whose overriding purpose Is to that prospcrily and ibiliiy synonymous with federalism On the other side Ix Ih trying In timvmoe his people Hi it Ihe difficulties arc dm policies and Hint will time lo only when llnre isinew parlnerslup lit I use word Independence much Hit words and apparently have more In Qui Ik and all the first anniversary Inttrviiwers fe these definitions public polls have thai a vast majority Of ore I Hut In order in Independence the I gov i rumen must convince papulation thai the province would benefit from such a change And he claims to optimistic Mort more are coming re ilit that Iht main responsibility for the economy In With unemployment in the province and expected to rise per cent during Ihe It would be if could lay all the hi is doorstep Ins troops won t accept it Hence his lough talking foriy Quebec during the Tin vince is losing lis population at ihrct limes iht rale he warned Unemployment is rising faster in Quebec ilian in must legiuns Canada Private inveslmenl Is down Corporations are flee ing Quebec I that political status of Quebec is being Honed he said Bui must all recognize thai If issue is prolonged will bring In its train mounting economic exists We may well gel used lo it because the lines have been formed and wo are going to hear these arguments repeated during the next months Developers are not cause of house costs Interesting reading can be made of a nt report released by the Ontario Econ omic Council on the effect of monopoly Interests In Toronto market area housing boom during the early 1970B prepared by two professors of economics University of Western Ontario was the first attempt at examining concentration and the existence of power to influence market It makes a strong cose for government to review policies in three major areas subsidizing purchasing power of lower in come buyers a review or the land speculation tax introduced to prevent speculation on marketable land and a review of confusing standards for judging applies lions Authors James Mark use and David contend thai these three policy areas with some others as well have contributed greatly cost of homeowner during the past few years Their report also says that developers have been falsely blamed for the cost Increases and Ihey blame on local municipalities which are holding back unscr viced land for development Other areas influencing price rises in elude inflation rapidly rising in comes liberal mortgaging financing and demographic factors The report states that the land price surge was caused by increases In demand and aggravated by a shortage of trunk servicing capacity especially sewers and unwillingness on the pari of some municipalities to grant subdivision an extract from a report contained in a recent Issue of Housing Ontario states The OEC report also slates Any policy which does not lower the demand for housing or increase ihe supply will not reduce the price of housing Policies such as the home buyer grants increase the demand for increase the price of housing The authors also believe that while the initial impact of Ihe land speculation lax was of benefit driving the speculator from the marketplace and selling land to developers the cost was passed onto the consumer But there is a concern in application of this lax and that is that a concentration of power could result for developers and affect the rate of development causing little tax to be generated The market has not reached lhat stage however and the study by the professors concludes that Toronto was not unique from the resl of the country during the penod when prices rose quickly The report also concludes that Toronto real estate is not controlled by a few large developers and that ownership is too low lo imply market power even u all companies with overlapping corporate cent are treated as a single firm They state however that concentration can be effectively thwarted by land and approval requirements And there you have the case for the developers as seen by on unbiased research institute Copies are available from the Ontario government Bookstore on Bay a cost of HO per copy If the conclusions are reached in this report are correct then we should be urging provincial and federal governments to review the entire development process to provide for a system where prices can be held modcrat in line with the ability of the community to provide demand It Is something to think about 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