Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 25, 1989, p. 9

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Tilt IIMIXLIJ Wednesday October 1989 Page I Impact of is scary councillor says -LETTERS- Dear Sir This is an open later to Halton Caiedon York and Durham residents Wake up to the impact and scary potential of the Greater Toronto Area initiatives It seems that Metro Torontos residential urban sprawl has finally begun to create crisis garbage transporta tion ind housing concerns and heme the arrival of the in its various forms To example there s a provincial internal draft document entitled Reforming our Jend I se and Devil that a devastating series of i lots of ideas r A He of the five objectives does however have merit it being a need to have clearly ar titillated and integrated framework of provincial interests policies bearing on land use development with which municipalities must comply and which incorporates the principle of sustainable development To allow continued sprawl into the north cast and west perimeter municipalities of the is not sustainable develop ment it s possibly economic disaster tor these municipalities You can t have municipal economic success in these areas when you have 85 per cent plus residential assessment which has been the result of Metro Toronto growth to date What happened to the provincial land use concept that professed a passive land usedevelopment buffer corridor between the major Lake Ontario shoreline urban com and the developing com withm the Bradford to Georgian Bay to communities within the Bradford to Georgian to Rice Lake arc The buffer was designed to increase density in the Lake Ontario shoreline com therefore avoiding the known problems of a costly sprawl ing Los Angeles type community The buffer zone communities would retain their rural agricultural and recreational character along with their known sensitive environmental lands particularly the Oak Ridges moraine Parkwav Belt West Plan and Niagara The Oak Ridges moraine alone contains the headwaters of most streams in the leading to I The major was the f reed independent work in the ix lentnl for places like irne Midland I indsav Peterborough and Brant ford The concept seems lo represent sustainable and more importantly sound economic development for the many municipalities ding Metro toronto rowing development influences The GTA interests must on instituting a clear framewvl of provincial interests and policies bearing on land use development instead of surcharg ing driver licensing parking lots trashing land use and envirohmen tal legislation abandoning provin services to municipalities and other undisciplined ideas Please get involved Find about the from local councillor or MPP Consider the above land usedevelopment con cept Our rural economy and lifestyle is being threatened as Metro Toronto is virtually sucking us up to sustain its ongoing economic appetite our truly John Alexander Councillor Town of Caiedon GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS Craft Antique Show Featuring Over 100 Vendors Saturday October 28th and Sunday October 29th 1000 am to 00 pm Admission 100 All Proceeds To Georgetown District High School Projects Join the Reserve Build on your civilian career while you earn extra working part time in the Militia Canada army reserve Live this uniquely exciting experience and work with interesting people once or twice a week and selected weekends during the year with varied opportunities for summer employment and travel Join us now For more Information contact The Lome Scots Park Street Georgetown Thanks for finding a wallet Dear Sir I do not have profound opi to give but I wish to use your column to express my thanks to three young ladies basking in the sun outside Beckers Mountain view and Del rex approximately Sunday Oct I had run over to the store spoken with the redhead who was part of the group of three girls and made my purchase and left the store Imagine my surprise to hear knock at my front door and saw the same three pretty young ladies standing there saying We think vou left your wallet on the counter at the store For once I was completely mute and praying there no else near the door to hear my latest lapse I tin could follow me ore as this was not the first ipse could tell me where I parked I come to the store etc I want their mothers to know that they have three super girls and I do apologize for not thanking them properly or at least a drive home With kindest regards Wroblewski Greystone Crescent Georgetown Why compromise on abortion Dear Sir Re Five questions about the com promise law on abortion Do most Canadians accept com promise laws which accept a lit tie bit of rape discrimination mugging murder or child abuse Should we accept a law which permits over unborn children to be killed bv abortion vear in Canada Whv do some an on would be ct ipport other laws which ire t leed bus ler Was our prime minister wrong when he voted according to his con rather than compromise on the capital punishment vote See his speech in House of Commons June I shall be voting against it because I believe it is wrong After a compromise law is pass will our jails with citizens who disagree with the law have acted according to their I clef that abortion is murder Yours truly r Life Association President Barne Belleville Bracebndge Bradford Brockville Collingwood Gravenhurst Huntsville Keswick Kingston Lindsay Midland Newmarket Orangeville Pembroke Peterborough Stratford IS GEORGETOWN The Municipal Company and The Municipal Savings Loan Corporation are pleased to announce that we will soon be opening a lull service financial branch in Georgetown the corporation branch in With in Same Ontano The Municipal has grown steadily throughout the province and prides itselt in becoming an integral active member in all the communities it serves And the residents of these towns have discovered that The Municipal offers a comfortable refreshing alternative to existing bank services With several decades of behind us we at The Municipal are looking forward to our future years in Georgetown and throughout this part Ontario Wed like to meet you In the very near future we II be opening our doors for business We d like to meet you and would be happy to discuss our full line ol banking services Ask about our investmentchequing accodnts US dollar savings accounts investment certificates term deposits flRSPs loans mortgages travellers cheques safe deposit boxes MasterCard and more Plus we offer higher rates and speual packages for those age and over Grand Opening Specials Watch lor our grand opening specials They II be advertised in this paper at a later date The Municipal Savings wan Corporation and The Municipal Trust Company area part of the Municipal Financial Corporation which has assets in excess of one billion dollars The Municipal Is a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation the municipal savings loar corporation 25 tuandios across Ontario bUbn In assets Watch oar grand Main St South at James Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

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