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ICS Home Newspaper of Hills Page Tilt A Division of Canadian Newspapers company Limited in I Main SI South I Ontario IHOM Second Clin Escarpment commission backing off What s happened to the Niagara Escarpment Com mission backbone Based on recent activities and statements commission members it would seem they have lost it The first overwhelming in dication that NEC was destined to shun controversy even at the expense of not fulfilling their mandate came just after the preliminary plan as opposed to proposed plan came out and following protests the escarpment control area reduced by a whop ping 60 per cent Since that time the NCC has backed down on a number of decisions relating to escarpment land use Certainly the tone often expressed by commissioners at their meetings is not one of dynamic defenders of the escarp ment And then last week as if to prove thoughts the NEC is on the retreat commission chairman Ivor explained his reasons for not doing something because I can sec getting a lot of criticism Mr was giving this as his reason to suggest the NEC not make a recommendation on which level of government should have escarpment development control once the final plan is completed if Mr does not feel that he and the other commission members are capable enough after years of studying the Niagara Ebcarpment to matte a recom mendation on this important issue it no wonder much of the public have lost faith in the body Under the provincial legislation establishing the NEC the province will decide whether the municipalities or the com mission will responsible for land use jurisdiction Of course a recommendation from the NEC supposed experts on the issue would be expected and seriously considered by the government NEC staff has recently recommended land use jurisdiction be handed over to the municipalities once the com mission s final report is completed For NEC chairman to advocate the commission ab stain from making a recom mendation jn the controversial matter because there might be criticism lacks backbone Mr suggestion that the commission take no stand also leaves the staff recommendation as the only NEC statement related to land use jurisdiction It would therefore seem imperative that the NEC either endorse or reject the staff recommendation otherwise it appears they are giving it passive support Just as planning boards conservation authorities and the like all are centers of controversy the NEC must also expect to find itself right on the If the Niagara Escarpment Commission did not attract controversy it wouldn t need to exist If people along the escarpment control area voluntarily ensured the land mass preservation NEC would be needless As it is the NEC is very much needed and it s needed to take a strong leadership role in developing and maintaining a policy to preserve the Niagara Escarpment In this role it is very likely the NEC will indeed arose Mr s dreaded criticism In terms of future jurisdiction of escarpment land use it would make sense that a NEC made up of members truly representing area municipalities would be the Best to administer the plan This body would have the best sense of overview for the escarpment but would also be aware of local problems and needs because of the area municipality representatives New tax changes should be gradual It would be totally sible for the Ontario provincial government to bring in a new assessment formula that would see Htlls rate of payment for regional services jump by a whopping per cent in one fell swoop Apparently both Halton Hills and Milton have been under assessed by the provincial government for their share of Halton regions costs for education regional government At the same time the government says that Burlington has been over assessed Unfortunately they seem to be WILLIAM MICHAEL tor LARRY MARTIN Phone considering righting this wrong in one shot in the upcoming taxation year Hills treasurer estimates the new assessment process could cost the town almost SI million in the first year it broughtintoeffect This would staggering blow to the plans of the town council and to the taxpayers who would have to help make up the increased costs or suffer through reduced services Us totally unreasonable for the provincial government to even consider righting the assessment wrong that existed dunng the fast few years in one shot council must make it clear to the province the proposed assessment change would have a crippling effect on the municipality Mayor has pledged to arrange a meeting with representatives of the province to try and convince them of the devastating nature of the assessment changes He could propose that the new assessment levels be phised in very gradually over period of years to allow the town to carefully adjust to the fiscal blow The province could also offer grants to help offset the effect of the in creased assessment By doing this the unfairness of the assessment levels to the southern municipalities would be corrected but Hills would still be able to maintain levels of sen ice without any drastic moves The councillors who seem to be accepting the new assessment have the wrong idea the new plan corrects a past wrong too abruptly and must be fought This council cannot stmply accept this tially devastating more as a fait accopli Contact this yo Mew Although government is new old mispending still exists Of Tlit Herald because a new government has come power since wo lust paused to poidcr wondrous way In which our money is speni we happy report lint nothing changed Our bureaucratic ingenuity tor pinpointing peculiar objects transcends aI electoral disrupt In our last glance cash outflow we were clearly Impressed with two racts totalling which would produce additional in format Ion in con ncclion with the dynamic interaction between a railway train and its tracks There was also another contract to produce a night oil slick finder not lo mention that contract for an anal of winter habitat used by moose well in the latest batch of outside contracts the one that first caught my eye and the one that proves our spending ingenuity is undiluted gives a firm to conduct slam ming experiments on warship hulls Quite from the there isn a irshlp hull within missile range suburban iwa I not ir on why these hull should be slimmed anyway Might be better patch them up and set if we can gel another year out of them In our last examination of these contracts I thought our bureaucrats had as as Ihey eould with insects awardinga project or a fensibil analysis of the proposed Canada biting fly centre But I underrated their pcrsis They are back this time with a contract for the preparation of illustrations for a of Canadian wolf spiders Just what we need Another one that appeals to me is an III contract awarded a Saskatoon man for the design development and implement ilion of management trainee courses covering wheat farming in Tanz inn If the get tired of growing wheat perhaps on interest them in a correspondence course on hull slimming I see that a Vancouver firm has picket up an for conversion of wood waste into animal feed while Fredenclon company gets a 000 eontracl for the development of i process for the comer sion of cull potatoes and potato waste Into liquid molasses Before all this money is spent if might be an idea to feed the to the animals and see whelher we can isses of wood actually Iwasnt we needed find ainlternale source of Solar energy yes but not molasses US Why the government would spend Jo for the procurement of a floppy disc system me thai is mere chicken feed compared being spent for the development of nondestructive testing techniques for ceramics That in urn is more chicken feed eomparcd with the for an investigation of noise control techniques for wood That kind of money would a many car muffs When it comes to pure scientific projects it s very difficult lo know we arc getting good value for our money For all I know contract for an investigation of ive activity associated in the midoifjit sector mil be bargain of a lifetime And considering the fact that a few months ago the government spent or a study into Ihe behavior of Lawrence Us amazing thai vc now are getting a of British Columbia for a mere But en there never has been any consistency In projects is we learned early this year when it was revealed thai was on the development of an analysis system for the detection of trace pollutants in exhaled breath Our Queens Park columnist speculates on cabinet shuffle TOHOMO Clioosm a provincial A premier in our ease Bill Davis his to weieli number of faclurs I irsl Mans has he person selected is enough lodo the Job something thai is usually determined by first testing or her with committee assignments or as a parliamentary Next here is the question of Does appointment if the person ap peal to or appease voters for reasons of geography once very Import ant in Ontario religion also very ideology or otherwise Will the minister look in the Hi use when he or she Ins to handle opposili in members who spend thur time sit king every chink in the government Does the new or the transfer of in old me aid towards Ihe total team image Davis likes to project ire political debts to be llhough it isn I traditional in abineis ihe premier might someone bee iusc s or her is lucd when cabinet decisions arc ofcourse iddsup basic oal of keeping he government out i trouble Which is why he shuffle lhat Dans will likely nuke in August is becoming an mere topic of ion around Queen Park It s doubtful Davis intends to jo for a shuffle his summer shifting mini iters all over place in in attempt to That miht be a good policy prior next jnr s I likely I election not nau Most miinstcrsarch nulling their portfol Hut ew su there of room for changes Two cabinet posts are in essence empty held temporarily by other ministers Tliat the energy and solicitor eneril The talk at Queen Park is that will get energy like that trial balloon since be is quite happy in consumer and eonimercnl relations the possibility Davis wants an energy minister who is profile is lough ye resihenl a salesman and capable of handling one of more complex subjects govern mint must Actually Drea would likely die of boredom in a job that is highly technical is nit peopleoriented and gives a little venl lo crusading talents he bash the oil companies more interesting would sec i moved to which while ol i disaster zone under Harry in the list session was one of the govern merit s weaker links It would certainly fil in vvilh And it might restore declining public confidence in the to handle environmental i The Herald welcomes letters to the editor s Prom our files THIRTY Y AGO George town new r store will be located In the Hew on building on Hill Street A lei e his been gned by the Liquor with for the let L of a jx rliun of his I which houses his farm machinery and car business ai d ileal Office I Howard former minislcr of and I w is elected maytr of Meaford in a Hi became vacant whin lie formi n resigned after dispute vvllh the Canadian leti n inch concerning arrangements for It of Ihe Governor General to J it Brill Ins brought a men clothing siore in Ihi suburb of Lansing and will open fir s on September 1 and Mrs David Brill win make their home in Toroato His filler was a veteran Georgetown merchant until his retirement a few years hen he sold bis cloth to Jack Die store is still operated under the Brill YMPt IIS QUAKE YtAIlS A local woman s s fl ppeel a coin somewhere in National Park last Monday know me that she was inj on from a possible horrible or herself and her Mrs J I Sir w is ihc sister of Mrs John Math Orchard Boulevard her I and children of Birmingham Micl igan w ere iced wilh the decision of sliding their further up the Madison finer to the Dam or be idmg for home The fall of the coin luckily favoured the latler for lhe were just Ihe for home whin violent irlhnuake believed to have been tin orst in the hi of the Stales I it park bringing mountains des down on campers in the area of the park considered visiting An oddity In world is reported by Beg Williams who has a sunflower which produced twelve blooms at Ihe The pi Hit siys Mr Willams had flower blooming ill up the same stem sunflower bloom which nly at the top A I woman Mrs Emily si o ik Ihe pillars of the i insi recently and their lly pi inned irun stamps venture came tumbling down Mrs ere ited the moment when she walked the local branch of and confronted them with a book of green stamps days before the Surprise offer was supposed to be unveiled Management were relieved however when in reading the printing on the siamps they discovered them to be issued in J loblaws stored for runners of the present Loblaws company intl In Ihc past years HI A fierce blnic destroyed a barn filled to the roof Inj striw and gram Sunday afternoon ind sent a fireman lo the hospital with he it prostration Fireman Brian Fife was lo Georgetown Hospital when he was overcome by the intense heat The logs and calves in the barn were saved before fire really got underway A the 1 me of south of j was washed when tie unusually ram in less 111 in month fell on the area Saturday hero id is now closed and bridge will have to be replaced lie six Bill Ernie flay I tulip Karen and Leslie and another Georgetown youth were a big hit at the Tuesday morning where sang and plivtd numbers arranging was by 17 yearold Phil who also compo sed one of ihe I m wondering say parents Mr and Mrs Svkes were in Ihe audience twirling lc Court returned home in triumph the girl nam of which she is member won tic North American the day before against teams from all over the United States It Is the first time in the 22 year history of the ivcnt that a Canadian team has won the Flic only dangerous part of flying is driving your car to the airport observes housewife Mrs Thomas of Limehouse She should know A veteran pilot of len years standing she has flown Norm America many times has I ours flying and reeenlly took part in Hie innual Powder Puff Derby The derby known as All Women Race started In San Diego on July wound up our days ind miles later in Washington ONI- YGO regional has for the third time declined idopl a pohev of uniform water rates for ill four member municipalities that would saved taxpayers from a r ite Increase next year desp ite appeals from regional chairman Hie rrow Hills Mayor Tom Hill and councillor Pat McKemic I endorsed a public works committee retnmmend rtjecling uniform rates by a volt of regional chairman Hie Mor row 37 has announced that he will retire from public life at least temporarily following his current term in office His to end a ten year political career is based upon familv and business concerns Strong condemnations of reg ion s apparent Intention to control lur land use has helped convince region al planning committee chairman Pat Mclaughlin more time is needed to review first official plan before It is adopted by regional council and sent the ministry of housing for final approval Hills council has decided to ask government to pay portion of the up grant being offered to region for the implementation of uniform water rates The resolution Is aimed at getting a portion of total grant for HUis that residents of Georgetown and Acton will not have to face the tax Increase ted as a result of Imp made to the Hills water sterna during ihe year