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THE NEW TANNER4THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 COOL AND EditorialREFRESHING Anna Golden (right) with Frances Niblockwas the first purveyor of lemonade, a tasty and somewhat nostalgic Who will pay for treat, with the assistance of Emily Cunningham (left), at the Thursday growth cost battles?Farmers Market on Willow St. Each week If the province doesnt agree to help defray the costs for a youth from Acton will municipalities to defend development decisions at the OMB be chosen to man the usually costly and long battles taxpayers will have to foot lemonade stand and the bill.see what profit they can Ontario municipalities will undoubtedly face challenges by earn. unhappy developers at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), - Ken Baker photoarising from their plans to conform with the provincial Places to grow legislation. Telemarketers make good entertainmentThe Places to Grow legislation dictates that Halton Hills must grow by 20,000 people by 2031, and already developers Since being off work with Little Well, we are local, he re-J there is one thing I am really plied. After I explained several are pushing to double that to 40,000. Developers have also starting to detest. I love my time times over a lengthy period that already warned Town Council that if the planning decisions with her however; I had no idea Toronto is not local for me we By dont go their way they will take the Town to the OMB. how many times a week the phone finally ended our call. Angela TylerHalton must rings and it is telemarketers.Just after the duct guy, I had a grow to 780,000 from 400,000, and potentially When I was working and tele-guy calling to inform me I won faces the same fights at the OMB.day so they get the wife hoping marketers called, the gals always a prize. Again, we all get these So, the Town wants the province to agree to provide funds she buys or decides something directed the calls to me. I think calls however; this one almost impulsively before the husband to defend the Town and Regional growth conformity plans, they did it because the way I had me believing it. They were gets home. Its old school think-handled them was their daily very convincing. That was until including the cost of hiring lawyers, planning consultants ing but this is the only reason, I amusement. There is one, a man I told them to ship me out my and witnesses, along with Town/Region staff time to prepare can think of, why we get so many looking for the guy in charge prize. Of course, they couldnt a defence.calls during the daytime hours.who, coincidentally, has a case of do it. I had to claim it. When I Of course we all get the guys light bulbs on hold as per our ap-told them I couldnt get there Mayor Rick Bonnette said there have already been signifi-wanting to give quotes on re-parent conversation months ago. and reiterated for them to ship it cant financial impacts to municipalities from the Places to Wplacing doors and windows. After hen they found out the guy out they offered to pick me up. I Grow legislation, and the OMB costs could be staggering if all, those calls are a dime a dozen. was me, a woman, they usually told them if they could pick me A few weeks ago I had a guy call-hang up. At one point being so an-up, they might as well just bring the Towns and Regions planning decisions are challenged. ing wanting to clean out ducts. noyed, I wrote down the company the prize. Another telemarketer The Towns request to the province to pick up the tab to After his short pitch he asked me name, googled it and called them phone list Im sure I was taken defend planning decisions at the OMB has been sent to all if I wanted a quote. Now at first asking to speak to a manager. I off.I had to give him credit because was more annoyed that they hung Or how about the people that municipalities in Ontario and to all the pertinent officials he asked if I wanted a quote, he up on me, being a woman, than by want to ship you frozen beeflets hope they listen or taxpayers will have to foot the bill and didnt just assume. This is rare the telemarketer call. now thats a good one. I prefer to only the lawyers and developers planners will get rich.Wfor a telemarketer. They usually e would also get calls look-shop at the local grocery store, I assume and start asking all your ing for advertisers for their child tell them. Ohhhh but they are lo-information like where you live, safety book distributed to all the cal, they claim, and soon realize etc. If they dont ask, I instantly medical centres in our town. No-they arent. We have much bet-tell them they didnt askthey as-tice the word all. When I asked ter prices, they offer in response. Looking Backsumed. This usually throws them them to tell me which ones and Well, you might, but shopping for a loop so badly they hang up they couldnt, I told them that was local keeps my neighbours em-on me, which was a good thing because we only had ONE.ployed, I remind them. those times. Yet, I learned, we used to get I suppose I could just call that Ten Years Agomotorist who slid into a ditch.When I finally told him no, these annoying calls at home at do-not call registry to get off Limehouse resident Stacey Five Years Agoif we wanted our ducts cleaned night but its nothing like what we the telemarketer lists, but if I do, Hurley-Arbeiter returned to play- A dead crow found in Burling-we would use a local company, get during the day. I swear there then Ill be out of practice for ing tennis for fun and wound up ton tested positive for West Nile he asked me what I meant. You isnt a single day that goes by that when I go back to work. Then winning the Ontario tennis over Virus, the first found in Halton knowlocalcompanies from a telemarketer doesnt call. Im who would entertain the gals in 35 Doubles Championship.this year.our town, I informed him.wondering if they call during the the office? An explosive device didnt Halton School Board Trustee cause any damage, but startled Ethel Gardiner is heartened that neighbours and left police look-Education Minister Gerald Ken-ing for a culprit after the smoking nedy is paying attention to unrest remains of a homemade hand within the Halton Board, dissent grenade was set off in the middle that prompted the director of edu-of Lasby Lane.cation to abruptly resign. Lorna Thompson was select- Local restaurants are asked ed as Actons latest Community to comment on Haltons plans Champion. Known as a big-hearted to expand the anti-dirty dining woman, she was praised for stop-Dinewise program to make it ping to help and staying with a mandatory.Distributed to every home in Acton and area,EditorPublisheras well as adjoining communities.Ted TylerFrances NiblockEvery effort will be made to see advertising copy, neatly presented, is Editorial Contributorscorrectly printed. 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