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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills facet Till- I 13 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Si South Georgetown Ontario I Iliblislur IIOI I HI Second Clan Mi I Reg Candidates should disclose contributors Major election contributions not be secret at an level of politics Currently federal and provincial lav requires that candidates file a of all election contributions in excess of 100 along with the name of the donor with the Chief Returning Of shortly after the election Politicians at both levels of govern men realized order to maintain some degree of confidence in elected officials must know who picks up the tab for a candidate s election expenses Current there is no municipal by law requiring municipal can chelates to make similar disclosures We think there should be and we think the disclosures should be made for donations of or more It is essential that voters know who makes large contributions to a candidates campaign to torn a phrase to keep them honest If for example a developer Regional apathy surprises It was sad indeed to see the regional council seals in wards two and four filled acclamation We were especially surprised to see the ward two seat go without a fight Perhaps the harshest critics of regional government are those in the rural areas of Halton such as ward two As a result we are a little prised more tw residents t enough the region to want to serve as council members and improve it We t be prised if this areas opposition to regional government loses a little credibility in the eyes of the region supporters based on the apparent lack of interest reflected the clamations Being optimistic lets hope the reason the two regional councillors were elected by acclamation is because of strong voter confidence in the two candidates Deprived of an election campaign to get input from their constituents we hope that councillors Mike Arm strong and Miller will work doubly hard to seek input from the voters in their respective wards in the immediate future hoping to start a project in Hills makes large contributions to a municipal candidate campaign the voters have a right to know While such a donation does not necessarily menu tht candidate will behave irrnn improper elected if the donation remained secret it would be easier for a candidate to repay the favor without raising Asking for lists of large con to dps not represent a lack of faiLh it removes one area of possible lack of trust on the part of voters Opponents of this proposal may argue that in calling for disclosure of large campaign contributions we are going to discourage contributions from a candidate supporters who wish to remiin anonymous By setting the figure at there is a large margin for small donations from those who wish to help their favorite anonymously However once a donation goes over the 75 mark the contribution is significant enough that the donor could feel the is in some way indebted to him or her The public right to know s the donors right to tins point Full disclosure of large campaign contributions is important at the municipal level because of the candidate s almost complete dependence on donations to finance his or her campaign Unlike can didalcs from the major political parties municipal candid itcs have no party bankroll to help them through a campaign if their fundraislng efforts are not successful This proposal is obviously most relevant to the mayoralty candidates in Hills as well as the regional councillor candidates They have to mount the largest and most expensive campaigns and are therefore the most dependent on campaign eon of the area councillor candidates The Herald spoke with this week wnd they finance their cam entirely by themselves The should have no objections to disclosing their campaign donations In their ease the by law would serve more for future when the campaign becomes more ex pensive The disclosure by law would also remove any doubts about where their campaign donations come from We hope all candidates in this campaign will publicly go along with a proposal move a new by law as one of the first orders of business for the new council under which can in Hills municipal elections must file a statement of campaign contributions and their donors in excess of with IhL Chief Officer shortly after the election Looking Through Our Files Letters to the Editor- Mountainview pedestrian problem In Hie editor of Ikrild I in in ltd id living t full to tin around by Sinclair Ave or implicit is too Far for most older folk when parcels holm One lady who is l irs young trosscs Hurt e panel norm Mother wilhthildrcn ill accseross Hurt Two white lints pirated hi the width of Recovery House need lollowin is i Idler sent twis or the Ixiard of three iif Ihe invitts its re la submit copies of Utters Ituy mij hue iinl to public to Ik published in our to the ir possible of is discussed it sum at Ik meeting I evening iirnun of the the 1 would I In express is support for sour program mil our to its termination re it need in Hal Ion has been met service provided by the ho the only one of Us kind in this it Is tint In the region and its communities will lose Dili service studies in ibit on alcoholism luted problems it would stem folly on of Ihe vinous levels of government community it large not to endorse finance programs such as House and in sincerely Judy Chairman Directors sidewalk arc only indication of a crossing in not cosily seen by driver wjlchmg oncoming traffic Some drivers stop and wan us icross and we ire these kind people Others go speeding past while we for lire in the traffic wide enough for us to in ikt it tin four lams la safe I is standing at Iht curb willing to Two women and children were in the middle- of the road whin J speeding car crossed Hum women shouted Gel off road gel off the road Sometime gel sitrn looks ire school crossing signs cattle irosnngslcns deer crossing signs Idling tin dnur to low children inlmals to eross road In Victoria I saw sign saving tossing I was old it was there to allow the to eross buck and torch the beach the park l saw no ducks but a muthcr and her grown brood eross in front of a car had stopped wilting lilt she wns sifel past We old timers deserve sign too How lideslnan Many who now ilk once droit and ijuit driving for s sakt 1 wo would be vtrv much No one lost in recent byelection Queens Park Report Atriiulur Will ton lletl J TO voles fur Hit Ihus rtlainuie retired In llurij Me houghs iltlfuf in the Tory fold lorimrDr lln in rin iilisi second for llu I tiles t lee Irielan lion inko llie string ilurd pi ice Willi votes election Hit 1 ib- failure to I ike Iht si us sunn kind of mil prulest bill I till is nun Ihina In the I third with took Hi slum Hill kind of hurt public i ins mold irly Saskatchewan Premier will play big commands respect roll at conference Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod JHf Ilirald an vantage point where one lends become overwhelmed by jweiime federal presence provincial elitt innn in usually viewed as only a minor fabric the pnivmeial t let lion those us who were with all Hit stake In province tuddkd around radios intensely Parly meant nothing old w win I we another of sue il wi in pr All in llliktmy lemoeril mil II 11LI1I if Ihe rts in Ihe wiidc Ihe lliil 111 Ih 11 r if ir 1 wuctil lm of Ihe In rtpnsinls Hut olhtr Willi his mill k of I In regirdili Jul tie itosi IdHk prion il none in looks lit 11 liesipii inline lie Whit for is iffetlllt t ill ihi nurd lint s ihe 1 Ik Iihii I list whin he is I liking iskileh I IV is le- rights In pro jit I of mid if cliHist 1 firtt mon mil mi is Hit imiirissu 11 jirivuKiil in ntinlr iluif 111 only in mil I III iu 1 Drill ItSt Hit ill M uilli ln liner jiiii olunibii Inmier Hi is ike much of Willi ill Hit tliunges In Murlinic Hie iiifliiuiii from Hull region bcsl I hi bis 1 grid I Irudiattsud ilx 111 ln nun Tin prime inn 1 is Ihi liiicjiisi In liners mil ipprciulis hi ilmnl In I don I Hunk Ihe two nun cull I I milt iu Inn ml us fur his mlelktl viilius his viewpoints All things will In cihmIIi sit ul the letlti ft is slid whin he wa ibout il The here ire Utile soptushc thin They know Hie dilftremt fitter lid still 1 ibirul Stuart his o tomplam The Liberal vole 1 up ilson In general lilt si a good possibilm Ihtin tin isiood fill to third spol vet on ihur ptrfirmiute by its Id Ihcm in the rutin Ih il be In iy7l could line vole which would It idir iss idv Ihe tarn workers parti so Ihi of ill tin must lrimier William iiiiidilttdiriiiiiitioinnd 1 split AGO strong objections from Muyor Joseph Gibbons a by taw to borrow or making various changes improvements to Georgetown water sysitni passed reading at the council miftmg Monday night The MO will be fir such Improvements as of wastage and In 1 presenl system and exploratory drilling for new source of supply Council increased the salary of Iht m from a year to In prestnllnghii motion Coun Wbltmec said bo is inking not only of the heavy burden which Joseph Gibbons had been currying Ibis but also of the and while n man in position could spend so much lime without proper atiin mayors might not Due to iht reduction In deliveries from I owir companies quotas in suulhcrnOiiliriodislncthavebcencutby the Hydro Commission Georgetown a his reduced by seven per ecnt Power interruptions can only be by cooperation on part of residents IN YKAHS AGO Approximate ly in was netted by safecrackers in a break in Ihe IGA over weekend The in occurred some time pin Saturday night and 10 15 morning was reported to police at 10 a in was gained through a hale knocked in the roof of the budding by a railroad sledgehammer The Iblcves used the hammer to knock the dial off safe where cordite blow door the sale but close of thai was destroyed in the Given ten minutes a fire which tut in Hit front portion of Thompson llardw ire yesterda at noon could have resulted in a Street catastrophe The bruf from sparks from a torch I used by painters on the front i the was extinguished before re ichii i the fi immabk materials stored in 1 hi Probably the oldest building in the downtown business section and possibly In the entire town was levelled this week when It came under the sledge of the St Wrecking Co Most recently housing the office of Taxi the historic budding existed on Mill Street almost as long as the street itself Even Georgetown most is memories can only date Its known history back to w it was used as offices by Doctors and Dick Nixon and at thai time It was not new building Georgetown a recognition of the fine work being done the local Seoul and Cub organizations was reflected October IS In the generous response shown during the annual Day fund raising caruoss which grossed the Scouts v Litis operate m icuum said McLaughlin to council It time our engineers talking to each other hour ind i half discussion council line the conclusion and directed Hit high priced consultants ranged in of the room to get The si I Liters engineers planners fin intul ind pal consultants for the fur the deieloper will Ihelr j int findings on properly Milton hast Jim Snow wintstosee Hit municipalities reduced to fin serve the purposes of regional Snow said this week he present id a drift plan his ions to Iffurs Minister two wieks He said basic of his plan is reduce the number of Hilton represent Hues on a central rtM ml government ThcHonibsbv pass opens months of schedule and about below Hie original estimated cost The bypass running north from Base line Itoad lo the Seventh Line or Township for completion next June count engineer J Cor be It said this week The population of county iii to increase this but the rise was less than in 196 released by county assessor shows the population this year Increased by to a total This represents an increase of per cent compared with per cent tail year wing inn inn In Ontario pH ird he inng mln Hydro lnu is being blocked by ininiiiusippositioninltus municipality got in ihe town council 1 to build i Town arc In very stages lawyer for mun whn hopes to found a fir unh in Hal ion his client Art is looking it several sites and the most prob one is In Hilton 1 Huron SI Imrei and lm I- isl ill been lost 1 lie hive bet won bitk sutctt dint 1 lit Hi lis Dial has now been and Rive tin Tones when Hies retain the tale John Ithodis next spring In addition the Tories will In up Ik mood 111 tin which for sumt Willi in opposition must one regrel hough A in would given Hum i tk in tigislalivc seals Liberals Add Hint their expected triumph in the where Hie I ibcruls nave no In pi Hiey would hive riphied Ihe it Opposition Now that soul llie window rcmniiw tthv 111 p no Issues did more turn out in liiriiidiui 111 prior eeniriil whin piisum ihls Hun win Ihi Ik Hint cviryuu wis going to In rt ikeled any the HERALD General MICHAEL Phone