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Some members of Oakville town council made "ethnic jokes" about East Indians and Sikhs prior to a 1990 council meeting dealing with an encroachment request from a Glen Abbey Sikh couple, a court room heard last Friday (Feb. 19th) morning. Raghbir Singh Dhaliwal and Autar Dhaliwal, of 1103 Oakery Woods Place, were charged and convicted in 1991 for violating a Councillor says colleagues made ethnic jokes prior to council meeting By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff Sikhs charge discrimination over council decision A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 22 Enhance your RRSP with Fidelity Investments Canada BURNS Mark Slij FRYUMHU) (416) 359â€"4G Loblaws, Valdi Foods Canadian Tire, The Bay Food City, AP, Savâ€"Aâ€"Centre "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1991 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS (See ‘Mayor‘ page 11) Mark Slipp (416) 359â€"4633 Halton Region portion of tax bite up 1.6 % By ROB KELLY Special to the Beaver Wednesday morning Quinn, who also chairs the Halton Regional Police Services board, outlined plans for cutting $400,000 from the As a regional councillor, it may have been Barry Quinn‘s finest hour. Rhyse Hinesâ€"Dodd, winner of the fiveâ€"andâ€"under category in the Oakville Waterfront Festival mascot coloring contest, poses with his entry which was chosen to be enlarged by Mediacom for a bus shelter campaign. With the lucky winner is Jake from the Lake; Blair Murdoch, senior viceâ€"president of Mediacom; and Mayor Ann Mulyale. The poster can be seen on the north side of the bus shelter on Trafalgar Road in front of the TD Bank at Iroquois Shore Road. The poster will eventually be presented to the little boy after its tour of bus shelters to promote the June festival. Mediacom is an Oakville Waterfront Festival sponsor, SUNDAY FEB, 21 1993 28 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) Light weight, washable filter. Reg. $19.99. Save 69% #37â€"0159â€"8. saLr $ 00 VACUUM police budget in 1993. It was the missing piece that allowed regional council to approve its lowest percentage property tax hike in memory â€"about 1.6%. The tax increase matches the Ontario inflaâ€" tion rate, and is less than half the originally proposed 3.6%. A 3.6% hike would have meant $11.42 in new taxes for the averace In order to hit the 1.6% target, Halton‘s budget committee slashed $800,000 from expenditures in the original budget, and asked police to cut $400,000 out of their $40 million financial plan. In the past there has been tension between (See ‘Tax‘ page 5) homeowner. The 1.6% levy equals about $5. (Photo by Peter McCusker)