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To close, why is there all this outcry? It may be that our councils want to hang on at all costs to the arbitrary power which belongs to the old regime; namely dormant, neutered, assessment, and inflated mill rates. Apart from the underâ€" hand tactics foreseen under **Secondly" above, there is the posâ€" sibility of deliberate provocation by assessing downtown householders at hugelyâ€"inflated prices for the odd acres upon which their homes stand. Fifty years ago, a typical "downâ€" towner" might have bought an acre or group assessments using estabâ€" lished criteria available to the existâ€" ing assessors, and filling in the gaps by using annual incremental adjustâ€" ments based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), or better still, on the Property Price component of the CPI, call it the PPI if you will. It is indefensible for our Council to use 1988 assessments â€" whether or not they are coupled with our 1992 mill rate (325) or the 1988 mill rate (239) â€" or any other. January | But sometimes, there is a call for politicians to leave the more parochial issues like garbage and roads and look at broader ones with greater, more widespread appeal. Of o0 0000 mmmmmmice Pm permec s an o m connaaet Ca CCC ermmment. + __More often than not, councillors are asked to handle the issues of the day â€" the picking up of garbage, the paving of roads, the construction of recreation centres, the operation of seniors centres. All of which, to be sure, are important to the people who live in the community. Wednesday, January 13, 1993 Saturday, January 16, 1993 Tuesday, January 19, 1993 Thursday, January 21, 1993 Saturday, January 23, 1993 Monday, January 25, 1993 Wednesday, January 27, 1993 Thursday, January 28, 1993 These Budget Committee Meetings will be held in the Oakville & Trafalgar Rooms, commencing each evening at 6:00 p.m., with the exception of Saturday meetings which will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The 1993 Budget Committee Meeting Schedule is subject to change without notice. For further information contact the Finance Department at 338â€"4195. Politicians manipulating costs Learn more about how your municipal tax dollars are spent. Complete budget information is available at all Oakville Public Library locations. Included in the budget binders is a list of proposed expenditures for each department, 1993 objectives and current service standards. The Town of Oakville welcomes citizen interest and participation. Please call 845â€"3405 for library hours and locations. Local politicians should look beyond own borders Monday, January 18, 1993 730 p.m. Council Chamber ~â€"COMMENT ometimes, local politicians should break out of the often confining limits of local govâ€" (Continued from page 6) BUDGET INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE AT OAKVILLE LIBRARIES 199 MEETING CALENDAR COUNCIL MEETING COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1993 BUDGET REANRTONEEON TeÂ¥ a anmes varmencrmmmesnaee kn s s e Such was the case a few weeks before Christmas when local counâ€" cil had an opportunity to look at a proposal to have the Niagara Escarpment Commission disbanded in favor of placing it under regional government. At first glance, this had little to do with local government. But as the representative on the conservaâ€" tion authority councillor Kathy at say $1,000 and put a house on it for say $10,000. Today, that same house may be worth say $250,000 and the stillâ€"undeveloped land say $25,000. This land is still undevelâ€" oped for profit. But along come the council and inflate the land to the developed rate, say $1,000,000 per acre. To realize that value, the land must be reclassified from private home and the highâ€"rise built. It is the highâ€"rise that creates the value, not the peaceful resident. So when the resident has it, the valuation should be no more than $25,000 and when the highâ€"rise has it, the valuation goes to $1,000,000. D.G. Andrews course, there is the argument that local politicians are there to do exactly that â€" look at local issues. But what happens when an issue comes up that can‘t be categorized that simply? on ces t aghe coumetemimsedunrm: 5 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD + OAKVILLE, ONTARIO + L6J 5A6 TOWN OF OAKVILLE s45â€"s6s601 AND WHEREAS the Ontario March of Dimes‘ programs are offered in over 100 communities in the Province of Ontario; AND WHEREAS the mission of today‘s Ontario March of Dimes is to assist adults with physical disabilities to lead meaningful and dignified lives by integrating these adults into the mainstream of community life; NOW THEREFORE, I, Ann Mulvale, Mayor of the Town of Oakville DO HEREBY PROCLAIM January 1993 as March of Dimes Month in Oakville. WHEREAS The Ontario March of Dimes was founded in 1951 as the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Foundation for Poliomyelitis; AND WHEREAS its mandate was to bring an early end to polio through research and to provide rehabilitative assistance to polio survivors; AND WHEREAS the Ontario March of Dimes conducts its major fundraising effort across all of Ontario, January 1st to February 15th each year; PuD But after the meeting in which councillors narrowly decided to support today‘s NEC, one of Graham maintained, the issue had much interest with all Oakville taxâ€" payers who fund the regional govâ€" ernment. Besides that, said Graham, the Niagara Escarpment was truly a unique natural area that everyone should have interest in protecting. PROCLAMATION MARCH OF DIMES MONTH January, 1993 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Ann Mulvale, MAYOR, TOWN OF OAKVILLE , Lel l \bG [Q/QU NA/AMEL USE SOME _ F o FRESH AIR é\@ / And it‘s terribly important that it not be cast aside as having little to do with other local issues like garbage and roads â€" it is virtually important to many who choose to live here specifically due to natural resources like the Niagara Graham said at the time she had followed the procedural byâ€"laws, which she had. Her colleague, though, left the meeting unimâ€" pressed. But didn‘t an issue like this â€" the possible disintegration of a natural resource through a pieceâ€" meal approach â€" didn‘t that warrant action? Graham‘s colleagues came up to her and accused her of manipulating the system to get the issue on the table. OU S.A. HMM.,, ‘SOUNDS _LIKE Ybu CouLd : The proposal to have the Niagara Escarpment go under the auspices of regional government would have altered it inexorably. People would have gotten a patchwork quilt of a resource, vulnerable to developâ€" ment. It would surely have caused the demise of the Niagara Escarpment as we now know it. And if you look at it strictly from an economic standpoint, the proposâ€" al would have had enormous impact on the regional dollars and cents, important to many taxpayers who fund 40% of regional costs. Escarpment. Does not everyone have a vested interest in protecting such an imporâ€" tant natural resource? Ski the slopes of Glen Eden with the Parks and Recreation Department. Ages:Children 8 years and older Fee: $210.00 for 7 weeks, includes lessons, transportation and skiing For more information, please contact: Michael Brennan at 338â€"4243 L R.J. Cournoyer, C.1.M., P. Mgr. Director, Purchasing & Office Services Address: 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville or by mail to: P.O. Box 310, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6. Specifications, Tender Forms and Tender Envelopes are available at the office of the undersigned. The Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all tenders and the lowest or highest as the case may be will not necessarily be accepted. SEALED TENDERS for the above will be received by the Town Clerk, on or before 2:00 p.m., local time, AND RECYCLED MATERIALS ASPHALT PATCHING MATERIALS SUPPLY OF TRANSIT BUS TIRES AND AFFILIATED SERVICES CRUSHED LIMESTONE K TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1993 SATURDAY YOUTH SKI PROGRAM TENDER FOR: lepty @1 W.’lflwfl%fig Commuy Newspaper WI%/AD SMETHING A LITTHLE MORE LikE to happen? Or would the pressures of development take priority? A valuable natural resource such as the Niagara Escarpment should be protected â€" in its current state. And if that means challenging the limits of local politics, then so be it. If individual governments owned a bit here and a bit there, would happy accidents like this continue Just recently, in a happy accident a botany professor from the University of Guelph, Doug Larson happened across an incredible find â€" he discovered along the Niagara Escarpment trees which have been found to be the oldest ones in Ontario â€" some dating back as far as 700 years. CHARITABLE CORPORATION and For goodness sake is brought to ¥‘ou courtesy of the AR VILLE | M by Steve Nease AVER Tâ€"6â€"93 Tâ€"5â€"93 Tâ€"4â€"93