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OUR READERS WR Replies to town workmen Dear Sir It usually would not be my habit to reply to a letter In which the writer not his name but I feel the Town Workmen whoever they may be deserve a reply to their obviously misinformed comments They object to my comments regarding the futile attempt at filling the already waterfilled potholes let us clearly clarify this item promptly Town workmen claim that the road was improved considerably thus preventing larger holes that would have resulted In a major repair job later on I agree The improvement must have tasted at least that whole afternoon Now lets face it Its very obvious that the entire street has required a major resurfacing job for years absolutely nothing was gained by filling waterfilled potholes with a cold mix asphalt therefore it was a waste of the taxpayers money and of the workmens time plus adding to the mess which it already there Now going on to town workmens statement that the older part of town contributed to the services in subdivision all I can say is so what The homeowners of have repaid many times over and are continuing to pay over and over again would also remind him of the condition of the roads for the last years which have been pathetic plus the fact that the money has been budgeted several times to fix up but was always somehow depleted by some other little emergency However I must not forget that council actually came up with the amazing sum of for resurfacing last year Isnt that wonderful Town workmen whoever they may be next go on to inform me that I bought my home at a premium rate which has now doubled Who are they kidding If it has doubled its been through plain hard work and nothing else I do not know any homeowner in who received any premium rate when he purchased his home All of us paid the market value at Mrs still against regional govt Tho Acton Free Press Wsdnosday April John Roots Irish up on St Pats day that time however most of us did have the privilege of hauling in top soil and sod to finish off the towns property from our lot lines to the ditches Nobody saw the town rushing up to Lakeview then even now all ditches are maintained by the homeowners this being a town function Finally and the most comical of all town workmen ask if 1 consider the job done by the town workmen in baling out my basement some time ago during a spring thaw as a waste of the workmens time I most certainty do As to begin with 1 do not have a basement and secondly no town workmen have baled out my house at any time However I presume their reference is made to the time when due to bad planning and lack of council control of the who originated the subdivision a river of water came down right through the Jeffrey Ave part of the subdivision and many of the homeowners had as high as two feet of water running through their driveways If this is the referred to I most certainly consider it a waste of taxpayers money because it should never have been permitted to happen in the first place as council had been well aware of the situation many times before and didnt do a thing about it In closing town workmens letter seems pointless to me as they are all taxpayers as well as I am It should be their concern just as much as mine and everybody elses where the taxpayers money goes They are paying the shot too In my letter my criticism was not of the town workmen but aimed at the obsolete system that permits these episodes to take place In general most people would agree that the town workmen do the best they can considering the facilities and direction available to them Constructive criticism is what a democratic society is all about When Wellington MPJP John Root wants to pay tribute to the Irish in the Ontario Legislature on St Patricks Day it isnt often a matter of dispute But the deputy leader of the N DP MPi J Renwick thought there were other things more important for the Irish on this particular 1970 St Patrick Day He tried to block Mr Roots remarks and reopen discussion on the reported closing of the Rubber Company in Toronto Mr Renwick was disciplined by the speaker for duplicating his earlier remarks and when Mr Root got up to speak the N DP MPP Member said Mr Speaker 1 am not prepared to be made a person who cannot speak on a matter of urgent public importance in this House while they go on to a fatuous talk about one ethnic group in this community Now let us cut it offcut out the nonsense and let us get on with the business of the people of this province It is just a lot of nonsense Mr Perhaps we could have some order and hear the honorable member Several more interruptions were heard before Mr Root gained the floor Then he went on Mr Speaker the Irish people have made a great contribution to this nation in spile of some of the comments that have just been made a few minutes ago and I pay my tribute to them and to their patron saint St Patrick My home township carries the Irish name of Erin It started HAZARDOUS PRODUCT SYMBOLS DANCEDCORROSIVE to develop 150 years ago We welcome within its boundary people who draw their blood lines from many racial origins and there we live together in peace and harmony would hope the members of this Legislature would adopt the same sentiment as we carry on the debates in this House At thjs point there were numerous interjections Mr Root continued Mr Speaker as E listen to some of the comments across the way I am reminded of something my father told me when I was a boy He said if you kick an empty barrel you will get a lot of noise if you kick a full one you will not get very much Mr Speaker 1 have great pleasure in bringing you the greetings from my home Township of Erin and the Village of Erin which are so attractive that even in the set up of a HaltonPcel regional government they tried to draw us into that area However stated our position All the best to you sir on this St Patricks Day P Reynolds production superintendent Indusmin Ltd Acton graduated on February from the National Crushed Stone Associations Supervisory Training Program directed by B H Management Consultant Middle town Virginta The course was held at House Virginia February for the purpose of increasing knowledge of supervisory methods stimulating the investigation of good management concepts studying the application of modem business methods exchanging management ideas and formation fostering acceptance of the new and different and stressing the application of the human factor in management The National Crushed Stone Association is a nonprofit International Trade Association headquartered in Washington C The membership encompasses the United States Canada South America Australia Sweden and England representing over 700 stone quarries and over per cent of the production of crushed stone WARNINGPOISON CAUTIONPOISON CAUTIONFLAMMABLE CAUTIONEXPLOSIVE CAUTIONCORROSIVE John Salmon Country TV Centre SALES SERVICES Highway Rock wood Lin TV o all makes Rockwood Ont director panel moderator Gordon Askwith Executive Director of Hal ton Childrens Aid Society In Milton will be moderator at the PeelHal ton Regional Conference to be held April 10 to 12 at Port Credit Secondary School This years conference topic is People Power will cover the subject Exits from Poverty concluding with a panel discussion on guaranteed annual income All panelists arc specialists in the social planning field This conference is cosponsored by the Ontario Welfare Council the Department of Social and Family Services and the public and private agencies in the counties of Peel and Halton Award grants to Authority Provincial grants amounting to have been approved for the work of the Grand River Conservation Authority John Root reports this week Two grants of are being awarded to the Conestogo Lake Conservation area and for work at the Lake Conservation Area A giant of is set aside for capital improvements in the Luther Marsh Conservation Area Held best cards Winners of the euchre at the LOL hall 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