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the HERALD Friday August 2 1901 Opinion Pge More is not less in any shape or form One one of those hot days we recently had I was imbibing some badly needed refreshment in a local establishment when a patron having wholesomely praised my writings asked why I do not devote more time to the local political scene Actually I have considered for a while to comment on what goes on in our beautiful little kingdom but So be it let us take a look at our surroundings Recently a well meaning professor spent some of the taxpayers money studying the twolevels of local govern ment in the Niagara Peninsula he came up with the conclusion that the two levels situation is not any more expensive than a one level one An embarrassing con elusion for those of us who firmly believe that we have a bit too many governments Canada But let us look at the findings of the professor Actually he is ab solutely right If we look at the services provided by the two levels region and municipality we will see that there is not much overlapping and indeed two levels or one cost roughly the same Well not really two cafeterias are more expensive than one two personnel offices cost a bit more than one but let us not quibble Our learned scholar is however missing a key point the devil finds work for idle hands Not that our civil servants are idle What idle hands means is that if we have one employee that person is likely to come up with to satisfy the old Parkinson s rule let s say one new idea a year Now two employees will come up Another View by Carlo Testa with two ideas and so on In a few years the two organizations will have created hundreds of ideas and some of them will have blossomed into full fledged pro grams the more organizations the more programs And let us face it most programs can be justified in one way or another Recently a fine fellow came around to ask how much office space we have vacant Well why not Knowledge is always useful Now what will council do with that information Stop issuing building permits Reduce taxes Burn some buildings the lines of action open to our municipality are really none But what the heck knowledge is always useful We are now to have street numbers in the sticks Why You guessed it for safety reasons I found it a bit strange to receive the notice of the new program together with flyers from two manufacturers of street signs but that is just a matter of taste Can I stand up and say we need street bers like another note in the head No but we lived well enough without street numbers that I hardly find a reason for lit the countryside with a su ing of utterly meaningless numbers The project was pro posed by one civil servant who learned about it from another municipality and so on Conclusions the more municipalities the more ideas the more programs the more employees the more cost the more taxes And all programs are needed And more people are getting involved in non productive work But all will look plenty busy when our learned prof will conduct his next study Believe it or not two levels of government cost more than one why do you think Moslems are giving up on having two wives Community Focus Lifejacket safety Hatton Hills swimming Instructor Leslie Scarth teaches three children left to right Anna Mansfield David Goslin and Chris Shepard how to do the HELP position using lifejackets during the water show at Dick Llcata Outdoor Pool on Friday The method Heat escape Lessening Position Is used to help retain heat when In cold water Herald phqto Pail fishing These three Georgetown youngsters took a unique approach to fishing at Cedarvale Park In Georgetown Friday afternoon Although their results were less than successful their spirits were high and a good time was had by all From left to right Timothy 3 Aaron Booker 4 Jonathan Tysoe 5 Herald photo Arctic Charlies now open Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller cuts away a rib to officially announce the grand opening of Arc tic Charlie a new frozen foods store which opened Tuesday morning at the IGA plaza on Main Street in Acton From left to right store owner Mike Manes store manager Monica Manes Mayor Russ MHler employee Jennifer Scott and Dave Manes Mike s father Herald photo A day of R and didnt seem to be on the minds of Acton youngsters Rachael on top and Caleb Bosnia as the two kept active on the playground at Park Friday afternoon Herald photo