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The Acton Free Press Wed December 200 question 10 at school Continued from Page 8 time He spoke of the delays In the decision making process and cited the parking problem in Acton He spoke of a specific build which contravenes the zoning bylaw Bad liming He criticized the timing of Mill reconstruction suggested it could have been finished after Christmas or I work could have continued hours around the clock The merchants lose business at a time they count on increased sales Who the hell cared Using Wallace as a truck I route tie termed insane Why is the pumping station breaking down all the time If the people of Acton are serious and not just bitching they can push to get out of regional government If not we ve got to make it work better he said Duby was on Acton council years years as mayor and has been the past three years on Hal ton Hills council He was president of the Town and Village section of the Ontario Municipal Association and executive member of the organization of small urban municipal lies and executive member of the former Association of Mayors and Reeves for nine years hydro commissioner years served on the board of directors for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for five years is an overseas veteran and a past president of the Legion branch He also spoke of his in industrial and per sonnel relations People are my business He married an Acton girl and both are active in St Alban church He is a choir member warden and licensed lay reader Why am I so concerned about Acton Because I recall so vividly the aspirations and hopes of the residents It was utter irony that in the year of its 100th anniversary Acton become embroiled In the regional concept Identity He said he is determined to do all in his power to see our town retain its identity to whatever degree possible Since citizens rejected the municipal complex he would follow their v ishes and congratulates them on stand ing up for it He referred to the delay in senior citizen housing and said he wants to see the new details of planning come to fruition He will fight the threat of onetier government I know there were this many hangups getting things done Mr stated Peter Marks As an elected official from to 1973 Peter Marks sat on Acton and county council he has worked in factories and offices in industrial and business management he has post secondary qualifica lions in business manage ment and engineering and is currently completing his M A in Counselling Psycho logy he is a community consultant family counsellor with the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario He is married with three children Mr Marks explained his motivation was promoted by numerous comments relay the frustrations many of us ore experiencing in the reduction of our influence to control services costs and living standards In our town Although we have received some benefits from regional government the need has never been greater for preventative policies We need con alternatives Reg government Is nothing more or less than the people we elect to do the job In addition to being sensi to families needs and their increased limitations on income I believe I have the administrative ability to develop policy which will Tom Hill provide our community with an quality of service we can afford Authority should be backed by community groups and volunteers I am qualified in com munications skills People must have communication to get message across Ed Wood Ed Wood served on the Acton parks and recreation board and then the recreation advisory committee for wards one and two He and his wife own Family Ckancrs They and sons Chris and Danny are all active in minor association and he coached in the Legion Minor Hockey league He told the audience Regional government has been a bitter pill for most of us to swallow We arc going to have to elect represents tives who arc not afraid o buck the system even if it means removing our town from Hills He suggested a citizens committee lo thoroughly investigate the legal and results of leaving Hills and If elected he promises to let voters know what happening You deserve to know where you stand I am not completely op posed lo the concept of central administration how ever I think a decentralized system would be beneficial to Ac Ion Our community spirit has never been better The town is becoming aware of the sad condition we ve been allowed to reach Fortunately for Acton concerned citizens have headed to the council chambers attempting to get a belter deal for Acton Questions Written questions were answered What is your on a truck route or bypass The answer is to have your support to start pushing again for a provincial bypass He referred to the time several years ago when the plans for a bypass were taken off the drawing board by the province Wallace seemed suitable temporarily Church and Bower are not constructed to take trucks constantly Most towns have a bypass it time Acton did too He would support a proper bypass Favors proper bypass not going through a residential area Marks Good preventative planning is needed East of Churchill Is being planned now provisions should be made for a truck route there Wood I would set up an information meeting with the people of Bovis We ore all in a bypass is needed for Acton But where Now the time to plan for it Would you favor additional commercial growth and to develop downtown or strip McKenzie Favors down town with parking and if that not sufficient we should go for a proper new commercial plaza Dawe Hasnoobjectiontoa plaza The downtown mer chant can compete There enough business for every body Marks Favors promoting a strong downtown business core When downtown cores suffer delinquency in creases When downtown businesses are forced to close down we lose a large tax revenue Favors the Business Improvement Area concept results have been seen Taxes and assessment must be con sidered If land is properly zoned developers can go ahead What will be best for the people Wood Would favor a plaza in two years Downtown was formerly like a ghost town now there are new merchants who have banded together and ore sold on revitolization Downtown will be competitive given two years We know you re not all shopping in town We can make it better for How should Acton grow over next few years Let gel the brakes on and stow lo 12 after we reach 10 He referred to our geographical location and sewage plant capacity McKenzie Feels should be the maximum Sewage disposal plant and Black Creek limit expansion Dawe I hear all the time the sewage plant limits city Is it really true I have heard the effluent in the Black Creek is so clean you can drink it He favors home for oil incomes perhaps 15 people a developer comes In we should have control Marks There art main factors people do not want a community of lo 12 Costs arc a factor developers must pay ade quate lot levies You have to look to truck routes and community services Growth rate should not be more than to per cent per annum he would root for to per cent Wood We don I have the facilities for to 12 people I in favor of putting the brakes on right now and let Acton grow slowly If nol we will find ourselves in an even bigger mess than we are Would raise own salary if sitting on council No Dawe t object to lowering it Wood No Duby No way he has The addition to the school board building cost enough money to build a small school Soaring costs No private enterprise could afford such a huge Increase In operating costs and costs are still soaring It is high time the County Board of Education became less Innovative in ways to spend money and got to our children interests He urges return to basics and said a diploma should be worth something Students want to know where they stand The board has been playing with people and deceiving the public he Harry Levy seen his go from a year to as Halton Hills councillor Marks Said he wished to be frank To do the job you need hours a week Lots of people are coming in who are losing money by doing this job including myself Thirteen people are going lo administer a million bud get People pay 15 an hour for someone to fix their TV but Tor someone handling all that money I would not initiate an increase but would support one Three people are contesting the Ward I and 2 seat on the Board of Education H H Hinton Bert is a charter member and past chairman of the Board of Governors of Sheridan College charter member and president of the Association of College of Applied Arts and Technology Ontario on the county elementary and secondary school consult committee belonged to hi Association of Canadian C immunity Colleges the Canadian Vocation Institute Ontario Canadian and world craft councils was reeve of Aclon and warden of county He is the owner of store The accent is on youth he said is everyone business and rising costs are the concern of the taxpayers The board is responsible for spending million of dollars Douglas Pierce Doug Pierce is 47 married with four children and lives on He is director of water finance services for Peel region was for is years treasurer of Mlssissauga Water Commission Is president of Peel Credit Union is a Presbyterian and active in the community He began by saying he would represent both wards one and two Why the board go for all the money they can possibly get through grants They don t ask for anything extra he claimed He felt a student teacher ratio of 35 to is too high some classrooms have over 30 students Members of the board should be directors nol managers Was necessary lo spend a million dollars for an addition to the administration building Liaison Over per cent of our laxes go to education we should be better informed well as liaison with the public Ihe board should proved liaison with They can t meet without the administration present He favors going back to the core system Tom Watson Tom Watson has been on the Halton Board of Education since was on the interim planning board which laid the groundwork for the board as it stands He was on Acton public school board 14 years and then was Acton public school board appointee to the high school board for four years and was chairman of both He is a life long Acton resident with the exception of the wars years in the operated a rest aurant for years and is now a printer He and wife Renec have six children He by ten an Legion member Walker Lodge member Tom Watson said the main object of his remarks would be to tell the positive things being accomplished by the Board of Education over which he is proud lo have hid influence The most important is the leaching staff who have interest and dedication their job of giving the children the best of themselves The need for core cur has been recognized for some lime and it being developed and implemented The Primary Task Force is improving the learning pro cess in the early years pi better The idea seems lo be spreading thai since there Is increased need for remedial teaching the regular teaching Job is inferior I dls pute this vigorously we are getting better at recognizing problems and trying to over come them Many of those getting help would hove been drop outs in the past We are expecting a lot more of our schools than used to be ex pected of them The Board and tion are not a group of people with set ideas but are most cooperative and willing to listen I have been instrumental in changing bus routes and proving the need for the new gh school at Acton should take precedence over Milton Board of Education can dates answered several from the floor Would you be In favor of raising board members favors a reduction Pierce no increase for the ex I two years Watson in no way will they be increased in all likelihood they will be reduced This was considered already you proud has one of the highest pupil teacher ratios in the pro- Watson The question must have come from a No one has been able to prove it makes that much difference If the ratio is lowered by one student it will eost one million This Is a teacher oriented question The teachers have had a per cent increase but there is not a per cent increase in pro ductivity There s a rationale to be kept there is a noisy minority It hard for us to distinguish what it en tails the principal has responsibility Pierce A decrease would cost a million what they spent on the administration building and they have two million in reserve Children deserve to have the ratio reduced The money there What recourse should parents have if they do not agree with the subject con tent of a course Pierce Id be happy to take any problem to the board It has lo come from the board to Watson Parents can talk to the teacher the principal from there to the board Or a parent could go to Ihe board and ask for a ses Some depend on the child word and don find out the answers at the school Continued on Page 10 gift certificates mi ST N Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to g fast courteous service but 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