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10 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2006 True worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him... they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23, 24) Send for a free book: Key to Understanding of the Scriptures Brethren In Messiah P.O. Box 24065, Guelph On. N1E 6V8 ? ?? ?? ?? ???????????? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ??????????? ???????? ??????????? ?? ??????????????????????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? BAD CREDIT IS NO PROBLEM!!! GEORGETOWN KIA 314 GUELPH ST. GEORGETOWN CALL DAVE 1-866-370-7248 OVER 1000 VEHICLES READY FOR DELIVER Y We Finance your future not your past! Selection of all makes and models WE APPROVE YOU! INTEREST RATES VARY FROM 0% TO 29.9% OAC GEORGETOWN KIA 314 GUELPH ST. GEORGETOWN No Referral Necessary DE MELO CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTRE Dr. Dave de Melo D.C. 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You may already have a Family PIN from registering online with Reg- e for Recreation & Parks programs. If you do, youre all set because you can use these same Family PIN and Personal ID numbers to register for library programs too. If you do not have a Family PIN yet, simply submit a PIN Request Form to the Town of Halton Hills, Civic Centre, Recreation & Parks, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Georgetown ON L7G 5G2. PIN Request Forms can also be dropped off at the Gellert Community Centre or Acton Community Centre. To the editor, Mr. OLeary, in his Nov. 9th column, gave us 10 very good reasons to vote. To be fair, maybe we should con- sider why so many people do not vote. When we elect a person to conduct the governments business we expect him/her to represent the majority of the voters. Democracy is defined as rule by major- ity, is it not? And we do live in a democracy, do we not? Does democracy now mean rule by majority of elected officials, or rule by majority of the people? The answers are very differ- ent and quite obvious. A person seeking elec- tion may start out with noble intentions. He will undoubtedly state his inten- tions during his campaign and people will vote for him based on his promises. When he gets elected he may find that the promises on which he was elected do not fit in with the predetermined agendas of his colleagues, and he will possibly be ridiculed, humiliated or os- tracized unless he conforms. The voters are then left, not with a representative, but with a dictator who does as he pleases. In these days of easy com- munication it would be no problem for an elected per- son to poll his constituents on serious and controversial issues and to act on the wishes of the majority. It seems that politicians have no problem communicating to us what they consider to be good things that they have done and what they plan to do in the future. They show very little inter- est however in finding out what we want them to do. As an example, consider the instance when Halton Hills Council was plan- ning to include the Legion in the smoking ban. Two elected individuals claimed to oppose the idea. It was circulated around town that one of them said (paraphras- ing) he would not tell a veteran to put out a cigarette and that he made a show of putting out ashtrays on the tables at the Legion as a show of intention. But when the vote came up, the deci- sion to include the Legion in the ban was unanimous. Did those two individuals lie outright, did they change their minds on their own or were they pressured/co- erced? Whatever the reason, many saw it as a breach of trust. These flip-flops occur too often to not convince voters of insincerity. Then consider the silly, immature and unprofes- sional behaviours of elected persons at all levels of Gov- ernment. The recent banning of a citizen from all public properties is a prime ex- ample of silliness. If the citizen in question uttered threats or engaged in harassment, why were charges not laid? If he was disruptive to business why was he not simply barred from where business was conducted? If he just ut- tered insults the politicians should just suck it up. It goes with the territory. As a taxpayer, surely he can- not rightly have his right to attend every public place taken away just because some feelings were hurt! We see boorish, childish behaviours in our elected politicians on a regular basis. We see too plainly and are forced to live with the results of political bun- gling and meddling that has taken place over the past several decades. We hear politicians defending their decisions and declaring suc- cesses even when it is clear that those decisions created more problems than they solved. Wouldnt it be refreshing to hear, just once, a body of politicians admit that perhaps they had acted too hastily, perhaps they had been wrong; to see them reconsider, even rescind or modify a past decision? Wouldnt it be refreshing to see a body of politicians tell a noisy group with out- rageous ideas to get a life, and stop trying to overthrow the civilized and time-tested mores of the silent major- ity? Politics appears to have sunk to such a level of gen- eral decadency that many people now believe that no person of good character and good conscience would even consider making poli- tics a career. If one is inclined to think as above, what would be the incentive to vote? A vote would only be a symbolic acceptance of the status quo. Thank you for allowing me to play devils advo- cate. Eileen Hutcheson, Acton. Why people dont vote New way to register for programs at libraries