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TTi Home Newsp of Hills Wednesday A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I7t Ir 1 i- I Iuhlislier IM I Pete and the hydro controversy The poor turn out at last Wednesday Georgetown Area Ratepayers Association meeting didnt stop Mayor Pete Pomeroy from saying some pretty important things and sharing a few strong words with the handful of listeners on hand at GDHS The mayors comments on the major issues facing Halton Hills council are reported in depth elsewhere in this issue but what readers wont find there is a look at the towns second mayor as a strong willed and determined community leader intent upon taking certain calculated risks in the interest of getting Georgetown in particular moving again At least thats our impression after comparing the Pete Pomeroy at the meeting with the rookie councillor mayor we saw in action during three years of council meetings Sometimes we wonder though about the mayor sometimes singleminded attitude toward issues that concern us particularly the landowners battle against the Bruce to Milton hydro corridor After hearing the mayor frequently pledge his support and that of town council to the In terested Citizens Group for two years somewhat painful and surprising to hear him breathe a sigh of relief while recalling how the Supreme Court let the town off the hook concerning the order to rezone farmland for the corridor From what he said last week it appears the mayor only concern once the corridor seemed inevitable was that Queen Park was making Halton Hills its scapegoat for the strategic blunder of Ontario Hydro We solved that one Mayor Pomeroy told GARA while outside the battle raged on between far mers and Hydro Apart from such relatively minor problems however the mayors speech was one of promise and one which probably warrants the respect ana support of most local residents If voters can waive the cynicism which grows on them during election years councillors hit the campaign trail again this fall too the mayors state of the union address confidently recounted the current ad- Wont get fooled again ministration since late 1976 when the then rookie Coun took control of a ship that was stranded motionless in a Sargasso Sea of development disputes economic woes and lacking facilities and services In deference to the previous administration we never found Halton Hills first mayor Tom Hill particularly inactive in terms of municipal progress but rather handcuffed by a mostly reluctant council which he could not motivate and by increasingly complex issues for which no one had yet offered solutions Thus much credit goes to the administration for pinpointing solutions that seem at the very least to have Halton Hills headed in he right direction NEAR I IITURE Rental accommodations are becoming available slowly but surely the mayor pointed out and a fabulous new cultural facility appears destined to become a reality in the near future Am bit ions apparently run high con the areas lack of indusU y as well Of the or so separate topics covered during the mayors ap pearance only one remains a big question mark in our mind and we suspect in the minds of most ratepayers Reviewing the issues which accompanied his rise to political prominence locally Mayor Pomeroy reminded listeners that several councillors lost their jobs over the town s proposal to sink million into a new administration building on Trafalgar Road Despite the public outcry which saw the idea scrapped in 1976 the mayor said he has come to realize what its proponents were saying all along that a centralized headquarters is essential if town staff is to be deployed effectively and economically Certain funds are now being socked away toward a modified expansion of the existing town headquarters he explained which will probably be undertaken next year We wouldnt challenge the desirability of a centralized ad ministration but something tells us the mayor may be walking on eggs when he tries to promote the project in these ongoing times of financial stress Well all know for sure soon enough It frankly alarms us to think that recent progress in the con tinuing midEast standoff could conceivably turn the election tables in favor of Joe Clarks Conservative government despite the fact Ottawas decision makers apparently had little if anything to do with making that progrts Lets keep Canadas role in the escape of six American diplomats from in context while this election campaign rolls along Clark had nothing to do with it and wed bet that neither did Flora Nevertheless the feeling of national pride and pat not ism that has enveloped this country since the safe return home of the Americans hidden in Irans Canadian embassy seems to be shifting public favor toward those currently in command the beleaguered Tories and their woeful leader Local candidates of course have adopted their respective party lines about the incident Congratulations Ken Taylor from all three major representatives but Where were Joe from 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