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Page THE HERALD Wednesday April a MAYOR DEFENDS REGION SPENDING Rising to the defence of Ha ton region Mayor Pete has produced showing that regional councillors are not spending money like drunken tall as had suggested at last week general committee meeting The mayor distributed do cuments at Mondays town council meeting giving the breakdown of municipal tax for 1980 which show Hills share of the regional levy set last week by Hal on to be only per cent Docs the councillor who made the remark about the drunken sailors have a com ment or apology lo make Mayor Pomeroy asked I really don care If he does but I am curious as to his reaction to a very small rise in the regional levy Just what have the rural people gotten out of regional government the Ward councillors responded We ve got2T absolutely nothing You get exactly the same as urban people Mayor said You get roads don you We got roads when we were under county govern Coun Patterson said Axe you trying to tell me that the roads I as good as roads in Mayor Pomeroy asked Some are better but some arc definitely worse Coun Patterson maintained What did county govern ment give you asked re gional Coun Roy Booth You re far belter off now because have more vice and less cost Put that in your pipe and smoke I think what Coun Pat is trying to say Is that the provincial government forced us into the region of against our wishes Ward Coun George Mai said At the same time I recognize that the rural peo ple were getting a free ride because we In t pay any direct taxes for policing or recreation I m sorry my comments were taken the way they were Patterson said My big complaint is with the provincial government who thrust us into a regional system the rural people don want My comments were not meant to be a reflection on regional council me Owns land ad Julian questions need for bridge It looks like the proposed new bridge north of Highway in will be cut from the regional budget and at least one resident will be happy to see the project brought to a temporary halt Burlington MPP Jul ion Reed who owns the pro perly on side of the road where the present bridge is located is concerned about the effect a new twolane bridge might have on the character of Ihe community Mr Reed who emphasized that he is speaking as a private citizen and long time resident and not as an MPP told The Herald be has number of concerns about the proposed bridge Mr Reed said that a far as he knows no one has ever jusUfied ihe proposed twolane bridge in terms of traffic flow along hat route In fact a regional engineer said at one meeting that there is no traffic reason for putting in the new bridge according lo Mr Heed Therefore we have o ask why re putting one in Is it because the present bridge is unsafe The bridge has been properly maintained Mr Reed said Only one end has been shored up and the end has wooden piers supporting it It rue that whatever side of the road they decide to widen on they II have to buy properly from me to do It Mr Reed said I not saying anything at all about whether f will or will not sell I want some Ihings spelled out very clearly to me and the future of the village is one of them If a large bridge is put In it will be first step leading to pressure to put in a large graduated curve at the op of he hill which will make the road a major traffic route through the village from the north Mr Reed said Is It legitimate to make a decision to sacrifice he village of Nor for expediency I need answers before I make any decision of accep tance or rejection He has not been approached yet by the region o open for the sale of his property Halton are aware they must buy land from him o proceed he bridge The character of the village has been decimated by the straightening of Highway and its going to have to be proven to me that the present necessary then it s bridge is unsafe and that sits necessary Mr Reed said If I happen lo be very proud you can prove to me that its and I like my neighbors and I don see the necessity of seeing my village sacrificed for expe diency Grass fires keep firemen busy seven times in four days Firefighters from Area 2 Georgetown were kept busy during the past week with seven grass fires in four days b ire fighters wtrc called out to a major grass fire on property behind Georgetown District Memorial Hospital on Saturday as well as grass fires on Mountalnvlew Road South three in rural areas and two in Glen Williams Fire Prevention Officer ry Brassard warned hat grass fires can easily get out of control at this time of year particularly when the has been dry Anything in its path can go once it gets out of control barns houses even fence posts are nothing lo laugh at because they re expensive to replace Mr Brassard said The fire department advises against burning grass off and suggests cutting it Instead If the homeowner decides go ahead anyway the spot being burned should be no larger than feet by three feet and there should be a hose or some other source of 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