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the HERALD Job loss ploy appeals to emotions Home Newspaper or Halton Hills Established 1B66 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited AS Street Georgetown TIG Ontario DON Publisher and General Manager Advertising Phone Page SMTIOVA lilt Wednesday A right to know Editors notebook Usually there is a slorj behind i story when we gather news but not like Jot Simon firing It fits all by itself Our Minor reporter spent a better port of week tracking in formation on the dismissal of towiisclerk administrator Still no wants In say whv man wis fired mil tint in list If makes a newspaper suspiciius comments hedging stidmcnts spur journalists on until find truth Our council porter mi broke the stor to he when hi phoned the deputj tit rk French to ask if any rt solutions were pissed during the late night camera sessk Mr tltlO the dlsmissil of his boss Mr and from there lit tried down the story There was no press rtlt still to the papers There was no phone til to The Herald Our ouldn I any number of Inwn council to com men firing So mi councillors even tell us the members who sat on review committee thai recommended Mr Simon in dismissed Only one councillor mentioned would be lial problems but would not say bo on the record The councillors we contacted said the mayor was the spokesman and the could or would not snv anything The when vi win able to gel a hold of him Bind should tilk In the individual We seem lo have the of the Alexander Hale complex No dibly wvei I Insteld told our reporter wis ted with I icts told him a mirstrj rhymi instead of giving an answer Worst yet he wis if playinj on council Irying to make council look had Thais the trnuhlt villi llns group of sits inch week our municipal is worried iboul ind is looking over their shoulders There is no within tin council on Tnfilg ir Not only is no hirmnny there is division in the case of the Joe Simon i lick of com ifcatlon Guarded comments and no comments about the firing Clerk Administrator Joe Simon demonstrates a fortress mentality by council and the mayor Someone needs to control and tell the public why their top civil was fired at the Nov council meeting If no one acts now the credibility of council members will be questioned For a week Herald has been trying to get 10 the truth behind the firing of the year old town manager Instead of thoughtful answers and a clear explanation we ve been met secret iv sarcasm and unreturncd phone calls Not at all professional lor Residents have a right to know why a man entrusted with guiding the town staff has lost the confidence of coun Keeping the rt secret will lead to rumors and make matters worse for tht mayor and council Any initial em in telling the story is better than having to deny a series of untrue which will circulate If there isn t already there soon will be a crisis in con People want to know how council does business If they continue to act under a cloak of secrecy who can trust councillors on other As taxpayers will be affected by the decision to fire Joe Simon We will be paying for a package the cost of searching for a high calibre public ad and training of the candidate More than the money taxpayers will suffer from the loss of expertise and continuity in town organization and There will be setbacks because of the firing and pro jects will be delayed Perhaps other civil servants within the town are fearful because of the Joe Simon decision Have staff been told of the reasons why the clerk administrator was dismissed Will anyone want to to replace Mr Stmon under the circumstances The decision by the mayor not to expand on a one line press release is a grave error Council and the mayor ap pear to be in a slate of disarray Is anyone communicating inside the fortress of no speak It seems not talking our town councillors lustrate their with Joe Simon had broken down Joe Simon story behind the scenes is more guaranteed to doubts about inada than cries i f Job losses That of course is why free love to set newspaper headline trumpet results of any signing ill jobs lost Tin irgumml is lint iny benefits from i free tr ide dial will be maruml and fir outweighed by the rtsultint devastation inflitted on the economy The is to tht litis it was me to conn hi inn fret trad sub- commit let and it Willi Jib Insj in iilm Hit wis Hole of Canadian for ike- almost ill small business gnups supports nil with II lie tackled trio govern free trade Hint suggests is is jobs about third Hid women arc threatened agreement the Ontario studies ire fuzzy annul which Jobs vulnerable lo US competition and which art threatened from oversea why everyone uses different inures number of jobs iff cited the moils not just on how many import sensitive jibs exist from whin they Agreeing that future adjustments tht human that accompany them should not be lied Hill said On rtecnt economic history in dlcales he province is fully eapible of lnndllnttbe thangi Dunne tht past IU yurs On linos etonomy has experienced a restrucluring which fun re ihyicd as well us the recession in years four postal the fluctuation of the di in dollar GJ ffi cents Queens Park and interest riles ranging between and IB percent Between 1978 and Statistics Canada employment inures in that jobs were lost companies w declining He noted that is more than three turns tin maximum number of jobs supposedly threatened by the Irade roughly the same However during same period new and companies with growing employ men created 1 million jobs a net employment for Ontario of me is in control here Or is this of council muzzling Ihe mayor the mayor muizhng council Whatever Ihe case every oik with egg on their face The mayor failed to take t ship role He could inve any the firing with Ihc pro- bit with the own admin islr it or The other three numbers of Ihi review John McDonald P Sheldon d III Bowman should diked to the press when tin didn Liter idmilledlj the tyor Ihese three did say more after had dug up mm informition about Hit story it wis Hit Mr Simon be fired One of mt mbtrs should hive lined why reeomminded Mr fired Other councillors wirt no tit il providing inform it inn This in is a hit sunt lobbied so to hi board provide open board met jobs Small and medium sized firms with fewer than loo employees created per cent of these Jobs he BEEN GAINING In the lust four years new businesses had been formed in On tano Even between and 1903 which includes the period when wo experienced the worst recession the Second World War more businesses wire formed than folded At the current rate of new business formation and even If per cent failed to survive an average job creation rate of employees per business absorb within three our years the maximum job disnla cement projected by government studies and that without reference lo job creation by the other per cent of large medium and smalt business employers Hale said In short what he was illustrating for the committee were the workings of a dynamic economy Listening lo freetrade opponents one could east ly conclude that their idea of economic paradise is the status quo that things are fine in today boom mold so let freeze the world and git off As Hale s statistics indicate that lo happen Change is in Tilt job is to handle It which a free trade deal and a com of assistance to hit the same re training and programs that supposedly exist today would Citizens forum feflficiKwiiior Headline was humiliating Caring comes from within mployt former the s diparimui Town of Hilton Hills I was read on the front if Wednesdays Towns lip is fired How un lit thai your newspaper should give this such prominence Joe Simon is i very fine human be inn ind he nor else should Ik 1 iled by such wo d r if or ink Miniver win fired would The Marketing club says thanks On behalf of llu irk lint club I wtuld like to think for put in in your piper on our Blood Donor limit on 11 We toverigi Wrong number for VON dm s should mouitiils thinking those In wirld who live in less tuns if is i al for tves sparkl it loltur llu sti wind f in t ihlds tes llul tvi in It is tvi llioiihl hit it woiill Ilia I Ik bin d deprived of sm to World lit nth in on r 40 million blind pen ill in He world mosllv in It is i fitt thit wt m ireless times mm of us si we lum do wt pd sufftring of our fillow human One I this isa I dm I kmw hi w or thereto In I innj s us it isn I don i ik for myself how iffetlivtly uses its funds spending only 11 per cent raised on Tin remaining M ptr tent toes to mince blindness and sight restoration Is when not jusl is reslontl I ill list lurecnMtMinus Tcrritet Calgary Emergency in pi in tit lias lol meiiii over ftv ind I would like In lit know whit ttllno r postal and mi i to off I vim of tin fixed ex tnsts luted to of the lost in tin Stort in i he tonlraels for i basis will nol m any iv Whitehe ids with a reilistic in or ixpenses like hydro liability in snrinct nor for the tin Mist ffttt can nut be trottnis or would in a pro hi fir di wish any I this sub sidy is a list r fee hut no one should ixpt to od to hv Liw of tin I previous if ill of Of fin of i nr VON ried number or your wishnij to let lilt ill on this or alxml my of our services may call us i for slip regards Jo Kit Publicity Slglll In sent to m linn tveslght Ill I Si ition will not Iv reci for Im purpos idtntifli whuh I tin irlur this 1 i I pin Ii ItUfJl s thai sub liured Indi i and to hi our subsidy will be in 1 in id Post Ihe t sunn responsibility as an ami provide pastil with a salaried employee ho rtitives all to the conditions negotiated ill in rural Canada lies poet fully Mrs Hikes person and ipler Kuril of In your opinion Your Christmas wish list WRITE US A LETTER do you think about what i hippenlntt in Hills across nation and around world We In your opinion All Ifltm and In etude an be Ihtrd I order for us to verify I he flraur your inter and the Sandra giant smurf and man 30 years ago elections begin for town council Six positions are open three are contested Those claimed ire Walter Gray Deputy Jttcve Jack Armstrong Mayor and Doug Georgetown is expected to add several new subscribers to their telephone exchange provided Tilmcousy voters Yes to sell their municipal phone to Belli Carole Anne married John Edward Saturday at SL Josephs Atton The bride is from Acton ind groom is from Georgetown The is living In their new home on Victoria Street Georgetown Several Georgetown men have met with ihc President of the Kinsmen Club to find out about stirtlng a Kinsmen Club of Georgetown Tht age range of group is from to years old 15 years ago A record number of voters will go to this years elections Thtre are 10 eligible voters in Georgetown and in The larn is due to the lowering of voting age to 18 and eliminating restrictions on voting to proper owners and tenants Fire in town will now be punted yellow to make them more visible in the dirk The colour is a project of the Canadian Service There ire fire hydrants in Members of he congregation for St Andrews went to a sod turning on Rood last week wluth signifies the first work for new Church The new building will at the comer of mounloinv lew and Sinclair Senior Public School girls and boys volleyball teams cop- lured the North champion ships recently wtic of the players art Hilary Catling fvnn I Scar borough years ago Doug Hilton Hills has resigned his post He will be moing to British Columbia in new year to take over ilerks job for the city of Hilton Burlington MPP Julian Heed strongly objected this week to an Onto no Hydro proposal to build a high v corridor in Hills The Hydro commission will ex land in this area fur the project Mr Heed is calling the a total scam and that town has been had Nin I vim Phillips of Weber Drive married Gary James Hamilton of Prion diaries Drive recently St Johns United Chinch The couple spent honeymoon in Puerto complaints may change mind about supplying natural ice rinks in town The rinks were cut from 1J77 operating budget hut a barrage of complaints by stranded skaters have been flow ing into the town offices ever since the announcement was made director Glen Gray has proposed that four rinks without be built The has turned down this offer but will continue to review the matter years ago has been awarded a federal government eon tract worth over The Georgetown firm will supply tubes to Hit national defence department The Ministry of gets its new licencing system off the ground this week Drivers licences will now be renewed on the owners birthday The Georgetown scored just one goal In two games against and Burlington last week