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Page 4 — Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, December 12, 1992 EDITORIAL Vandalism: the crime that hurts us all The letter below is an unbelievable example of how damaging vandalism can be. A single mom tried to raise the spirits of her three children by buying a plastic Santa decoration. Something as simple as a plastic Santa face can mean every- thing to people struggling through our current economic prob- lems Yet the decoration was stolen. Throughout the holiday season petty vandalism ruins the festivi- ties for everyone. People who take the time to raise spirits by decorating their homes with light are the people who suffer the most from this most ridiculous crime. Every year the Halton Regional Police Process hundreds of Teports about stolen lights or smashed lights from peoples homes. As well as the smashed lights, ornaments, are stolen, trees are bro- ken and entire strings of lights often disappear. Thousands of dollars worth of Property is destroyed every year at this time by people who obviously don't care about their fellow man. Not much Christmas giving on the part of the vandals It is a sad situation when People have nothing better to do than Tuin some other persons Christmas spirit. Obviously we can't expect the person to commit vandalism to find out about their victims...their mind does not have the capacity to care about their victims. While child abuse, assaults and murders are all crimes that dis- turb us, for the most part they are crimes that take place in isola- tion. Vandalism hurts us all. From increased costs for insurance to the time that a police officer is unavailable to take care of other calls while writing up a vandalism call. It is also a senseless crime that can ruin the very spirit of good cheer and community that develops every year at this time Vandalism is a crime that hurts us all. Iam a single mom of 3 children (aged 9, 7 & 4). I have moved back to Georgetown to help my father (aged 77) to care for my mother who is dying from lung cancer. : : _ : Last week my mom was hospitalized and my children were under- standably upset when the ambulance arrived. To try to put some cheer and hope for a Merry Christmas we put up a few decorations outside. _ Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, someone stole the Santa face. — — - _ Lhope it made them feel good to take a $3 Santa, they should have children when we noticed it Stuck around to see the faces of my three _ Linda Wintemut 30 McGilvray Cres. __ Georgetown awe Letters Welcomed Halton Hills This Week wel- errors, punctuation, spelling errors comes your letters. Letters must be or as a result of space limitations. signed and include your full name Send your letter to: and address. Names will be with- itor held on request. Halton Hills This Week Halton Hills This Week reserves 232 Guelph St., Unit 9 the right to edit, revise, or reject Georgetown, ON any letters on the basis of factual L7G 4B1 ae Executive members The Optimist Club of Georgetown recently selected i Alan Farmer, Bob Christie, John Horning, Peter Wel Tom Gibbs, Shel LAwr and John Fendley. : “Downtown remains eco- nomically viable”, Printed 2 Dec., 1992 I am writing on behalf of R.A.LD.D. to comment on this arti- cle which appeared in last weeks edition of your paper. We are pleased to see such inter- est in working to maintain the downtown core. It is an important feature of Georgetown which pro- vides many services to local resi- dents. Indeed, the invited speaker at our annual general meeting this spring was Mr. Stephen Lauer, Ontario Regional Director of Heritage Canada. Mr. Lauer described how his organization can work with local store owners to revitalize traditional downtown cores. We agree with the BIA in the need for redevelopment of the downtown core to include new resi- dential units and note with interest, the desire of the owners of the Municipal Trust property to rede- velop the site to include 34 seniors apartments located above ground floor commercial space. It is this type of mixed-use development which will add to the vitality of the Downtown. I would like to correct any mis- conception which your readers might make between the issue of Market Street extension and the 5 McKenzie-Ferraro proposal for a condominium complex: The need to extend Market Street through to James Street was first recommend- ed to Town council in October, 1981, in the Acton/Georgetown Central Business District Policy and Business Improvement Study. The matter came before Council again in April, 1990, in the Parking Study, Central Business Districts of Acton and Georgetown, In both cases, Council of the day endorsed the recommendation. The third time the matter was consid- ered was in 1990, in response to staff report P.D. 90-124, when the Planning Department recommend- ed that Council proceed with the extension. This is not a new issue, dreamed up to impede a condo- its new executive. Here from left are Don Richardson, ling, Craig Booth, Warren Cridland, Rick Chambers, Photo by Scott Augustus minium proposal. It is a planning Step necessary to complete the grid of streets in the Downtown. The very street which will be necessary to support future development wntown. Finally, I must point out a mis- conception about the McKenzie- Ferraro proposal contained in your article. The proposal is for 83 units in four buildings, two with 4 resi- dential stories, one with 5 residen- tial stories and one with 6 residen- tial stories. Each of the four build- ings is to have two levels of park- ing, one below ground and one at ground level. The actual height of these buildings would be 5, 6 and 7 tories. Sincerely yours, Ken Thorn Tories recognized "rip-offs" Dear Editor, In a pre-election mini-budget, the Federal Tories have to be compliment- ed for at least recognizing one of many rip-offs associated with our Unemployment Insurance system. How often have we heard that 10-42 is the best lottery in the world. Work (or hang around) a place of employment for 10 weeks, then quit and draw (or win) 42 weeks unemployment payments. Whether a person is ripping off his employer or the government, it is the working person who is paying the price. If the company goes bankrupt, many jobs are lost. If the company survives, higher taxes have to be paid. There are no winners with incompetence. The bottom line is - everybody has to work for the country to survive. Mr. Rod Pinkney Georgetown ee His WEEK For Pete's Sake by Roe Halton Hills This Week, Weekend Edition, is pub- lished every Saturday at 232 Guelph St., 1, Ont. L7G 481, and is printed in Oakville by Q.E. Web Printing. 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