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Page THE HERALD Wednesday July 12 Toronto group protests taxes Gathering on Georgetown Main Street metres away from Peel MP Garth Turners campaign office a Torontobased lobbyist group called Cut Taxes picketed against tax hikes Satin- day morning The group was led by Ross Virgin a Toronto lobbyist He said the protest was held in honor of 7 Tax Freedom Day in Ontario the day the Institute has determined that taxpayers stop working for governments and start working for themselves Mr Virgin took a hard line with listeners Stop your bitching and do something he said I am sick and tired of people complaining about taxes and not taking action he added giving the group federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson phone number Wnte this down he said telling the protesters to call and complain We are mobilizing as many The Toronto based lobbyist group Cut Taxes picketed outside Halton Peel Conservative MP Garth Turners constituency office here in Georgetown Saturday morning During the which was held In honor of Tax Freedom Day in Ontario Garth Turner left asked the crowd to tell him what government expenditures should be cut The group leader was Toronto lobbyist Ross Virgin Herald photo OMB refuses severance The Ontario Municipal Board has refused a land severance ap peal made by a Halton Hills couple on Regional Road Rene and Joan March appealed a Region of Land Division Committee decision to reject their application to sever half of their 60- acre property The appeal was re jected June The Region refused the Marches application because their property is classified as rural and rural land use cannot permit severances for nonfarm purposes says the Region The land is presently being leas ed for agricultural purposes The property would be forced in to residential use if it is severed says the OMB The retained parcel would front on to Regional Road near Shorthill Road There would be a residential subdivision on the west and a proposed new sub division on the east It is clear the pressures of future development on the retained parcel would be great given its location between the existing sub divisions says the OMB The Marches have created three separate lots and one lot sub division from their farm says an OMB report The OMB says it would be premature to grant the severance before the nearby hamlet of Ballinaf ad is studied has already passed that hamlet s maximum limit of dwellings Hie Ballinafad rural cluster should have less than 60 dwellings says the plan It i FREE PICKUP AW DELIVERY J- In Business For Business SUPPLIES and Georgetown Secretarial Services Ltd fiMqrtmi thousands of complaints can said Mr Virgin He threaten to tie up Mr Wilson s phone lines until he got a response from the minister Withm two years we can reduce our tax level from per cent of our wages to or 30 percent But Mr Virgin stressed a pro- government slant in his lobbying I am very progovernment he said I believe the people run the government the government doesn run the people He introduced Mr Turner to the crowd and thanked the MP for tak ing time out of histusy schedule I need your help I need you to tell me what expenditures to cut Mr Turner said to the crowd My role in Ottawa is to repre sent your feelings I think the tax levels are as high in Ottawa as they can go So I m with you on this I agree with you I can take your message to Ot tawa Mr Turner said Canada billion debt is strictly the result of mismanagement of this economy in Canada Before he entered politics last fall Mr Turner sent out coupons to readers of the Toronto Sun where he was business columnist He then sent protest letters to federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson I got into politics because I felt 1 had done all I could do as a critic said the MP Cut Taxes is a Torontobased group formed three months ago Membership stands at about the 2 but Mr Virgin expects it to grow to 30000 or members in the next four or five years The Cut Taxes spokesman has lobbied the government on various causes over the past to years A fire broke out in the engine area of a Chevrolet van caus ing approximately in damages in the area of the Fifth Line in Hills Sunday mor rung according to the Halton Hills Fire Department Halton Regional Police report an elec Weal problem in the vehicles engine caused the fire No one was reportedly injured Fire officials also washed down a gasoline spill on Churchill Road North Friday afternoon in Acton The spill resulted when a vehi cle gas tank was punctured by a sharp objecton the road Get together Everyone is welcome for day Get Together at the Georgetown Library Join us every Friday afternoon at m to socialize and find out what is new at the library For more in formation please call Youth group Maple Avenue Baptist Church are hosting a youth group from AJberta who are working at Evergreen Mission for Homeless Teenagers Yonge Street The group will be in Georgetown Fri day July AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO Weill FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING 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