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the RE A LP Home Newspaper of Hills THFIIEKA1D APRIL IB76 A if nil in is Lmnlul St Georgetown Ontirio 1 1 I 1 I lublhhti Who will really benefit from a closed door policy We cannot agree wi the recommendation by the general administration committee that closing all committee meetings to the public will be better for everyone In voicing our objections we re doing so not from the point of view of the press That s important for councillors to realize and it something we hope they 11 also consider when they sit down to study the general ad ministration committees suggestion Our objections are stated as members of the public There is no way that closing the door on councils decision making process and committee meetings are where easily three quarters of council s decisions are made is to our the publics benefit Taking such a step councillors will only create a great deal of misunderstanding and mistrust among the public towards council s decisions of the reasons presented by the general administration com to support their decision were based solely on their own point of view They felt that they had been misquoted or misrepresented by the members of the press in reports of committee meetings If that is true then any as can any citizen may confront the editor and reporter in volved with an objection We will apologize for any mistake or error The general administration committee felt that they would be able to discuss things more freely if public is not there That freedom if they are not already well aware is already there thanks to in camera sessions and frequent asides that the press are asked not to report The general administration committee objected to having to read about the decisions of other council committees at the same time as the public They recalled being quesUoned about decisions made by committees other than their own before they could either get in touch with a councillor involved or receive the facts in their complete bundle of committee reports which they receive Fridays We can sympathize with them It must be em harassing to be asked a question by someone who expects you to have all the facts and figures at your fingertips when you don know But is that really reason enough to warrant changing the entire system to cut out the public from knowing anything Is that what you are striving for No questions from the public Wo telephone calls No comments Which brings us to the crux of the entire debate When do you allow the public to express their concerns on a situation Before or after council has approved An informed public is a respon public That response may be cntical it may be extremely helpful for a councillor A councillor must be willing to listen to all of it To hinder if not totally destroy communications between the public and council will place our councillors in a dangerous vacuum The public will be placed in a position where they will only be able to react but never aid in council decision making process It s with some relief that we realize that the very process that the general administration committee is attempting to destroy presently exists and perhaps will be able to help in its own survival Councillors now have a week to weigh the full implications of any decision to change the present committeecouncil system We the public have an opportunity to express our personal points of view Our personal point of view speaking now as members of the press should be to point out to and our readers that space and time limitations make it impossible for our paper to provide complete coverage of town council meetings At present we can spread com mittee recommendations between two issues To have to somehow find space in one edition for all that is impossible It difficult to do so now any change would make it impossible Time limitations would force cutting corners in providing details behind the stones that occur at council True we would have committee reports available from which we could get basic details for our stones We would not however have the tune to question councillors or staff about the reasoning of committees behind each and every decision A good seventy five percent of committee reports are adopted by council without comment or ex plana The questions that the public would be asking due to incomplete stones will become serious problems for councillors We can only conclude by asking all councillors to weigh the public s right to know against their personal beefs with the press Which is more important our democratic system of government What are we getting for our 22 What happened to personal committments The desire to assist simply because you feel concerned enough to act Why are we paying a group of people 22 each not particularly to do anything but simply to be present at a That the stipend now being paid members of the Credit Valley ton serration Authority per meeting an increase of They also pick up mileage Based on last weeks threehour meeting of the authority that come out to about per hour Fortunately only a small protion of the entire authority were out for the meeting Should we ever get them All together its going to cost us about For that money you get seven members who dominate the con versa tion three who join in ana remainder remain silent throughout the entire meeting If a person is totally committed to the goals and pnncipales of ton having an opportunity to act on them should be reward enough That perhaps is what galled us most about last weeks The only action that some members took through the entire meeting besides heading for the coffee pot was to stand up and vote themselves the 2 raise when the recorded vote was called We know people who are prac conservation the whose concern lor the environment is costing them money i CftKG- J Viewpoint This typewriter talks back by lneUborough This week Viewpoint offers lis readers i new regular featured tolled New Whui s new will on or the latest developments in the world it large Some will be close to home some a lifetime We go In lime progress is always ahead one of motion Not all change is and What New will look it the changes and developments around us both for the good and the bad We hope you will enjoy our new feature and if you would like lo comment or contribute always enjoy hearing from you Recently at the Canadian National In for Blind a young student tried out a prototype of a talking This machine was by Ching Sum and Michael Beddoes The new machine combines the science of computer programming and a regular typewriter When the a key is pressed on ironic voice heard through earphones says a The same follows with each of the other letters of ihe alphabet and ihe figures on a typewriter This marvellous talking will not only allow a blind student to become proficient in but open up many other new areas such as creative writing completing theses The machine even has an error button which when pressed automatically corrects and checks if a mistake has been made Dr is also developing a talking reading machine that will scan newspapers or magazines for blind and Ihcy will be able to heir what the machine is reading The same technology that ushered in nil the horrors of nuclear Is developing miracles fi for ihoM who r I elcped modem will allow fuller kin been through Ihe ibilltv to set llin iso ml believe Marine biologists in ITU thud of blinding lobsters by removing llieir eyes These ixpirimenls hive shown tint that his bun I nn lures for lating in iboiit one is op posed to normil soon for maturity The Society or of Crue Ity to Animals has strongly protested this practise However they had never made an comment about dropping lobsters alive Into pots of boiling v iters this doesn to bother them Pardon but I reilly tan sec any difference If you feel that blinding lobsters to make them grow faster is iny different force feeding chickens or raising cows for slaughter let know any rate even though the biologists in question have his process by mentation they can tell us why it works why Mind grows faster then one iliat sees Do you think tin fact thai It doesn have look it what It been eating has anything to do with If Everything in life its extreme or opposite For here is ugliness for love there is hate for I lie death For the wonderful drug that saves min mind heiiting pain poppy also produecs opium heroin ind morphine Though these drugs are beneficial in a medical siluotion their abuse has brought agonizing to hose who would him play fool garni hive developed i white poppv would not product IIS government order to cut down on Ihi import of narcotics for criminal urposcs has subsidized Turkish red puppy growers not to plint crops The development of White Poppy by will not eliminate illicit drug use tut ear and does offer i viable alternative Our last item for this week is i dial a service from Toronto calling will heir a recorded message of positive thought for the I find message and idei behind It positively delightful What i wonderful wo start a day if you re down and out No religious message here just good old plain with the positive ippronch Just for fun give it a try On Parliament Hill On The Home Front- Life is so good by I truly admit thai life has been good to me Beautiful things happen without any any real conscious effort on my part and there are times when I am forced to stop wonder net only why but lo give thanks frequently while shopping visiting the or out on any one of the myriad chores a woman is expected to pcrforn look at the faces of people around me So many of them appear worried angry and I find this rather sod It is always easy to fasten our minds problems to look the bod times as though they are here Maybe though taster is a time when wc should reflect unpon the many blessings we really hove Too often good health love or a family token for granted and abused While Christmas can represent a time of love and giving Easter Is spring Spring is the visible promise of re birth of life after death that cannot be ignored Who among us cannot be moved by the of spring To me each tiny swelling bud upon a tree is a miracle to be exclaimed over every tulip daffodil forcing it way through the frozen ground is a some of triumph I am fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the returning geese my heart soars longingly to meet their flight to accompany them Who can resist the first warm kiss early summer sunshine a lover promising the delights of summer yet to come Latent blood stirs and four walls can no longer contain me lean well ihisti of ihe year our early ancestors pagan worship of sun for truly it affirms life I fernntly wish that as people shrug off bonds of their winter apparel they con ilso shrug away the frowns and lines of care upon their faces The majority of us on unfortunately materialistic committed only to the of catching up to Ihai elusive Jones family Take a orient though to listen to the birds their are a song of love pressing the sheer joy of just existing In this in eternity It should be enough Tor all of us say ourselves I have know the joy of love and the glory of music I have felt happiness in sound of a child slaughter and I have seen stars against Ihe midnight sky have the majesty of mountains and the deep tranquil blue of the lakes it be more than enough for any of us to simply say lam therefore I am Is this any way to run a government Doctors bills not as bad as they look Don I Irani Queen Park Bureau Ttl0TO Doctors once again have been Liking their annual mauling The innujil of payouts by Off II has been released and i good share of the immediately have pounced on it There wire headlines so doctors billed the government medieal scheme for over DUO last ycir ind Ihnt a great iny others had billed between and The impression left of course and In many it wis unfortunately one intended to lie left was win the government medlcil Not mentioned in of slonra was the that these figures represented yon mm on the pari of the doctors concerned tint in majority of they high expenses Some Milk There undoubtedly ire some doctors not all thai many who are milking the government scheme We have had evidence of Ihol from Ministry of He ilth itself his undtrdken But ogive the Impression thai whok profession is milking the is mischievous exercise It really docs nobody any good A more revnlmg and fitu was one whkh did not Ninth prominence in tin news reports of Hill results This showed thai ipproxinnlcly Half he doctors had billed the plan for WO or less This figure must hive is shock those who happened it thai very large of Ik public which todiy looks upon Hit profession is lous eoinidering the eduuillon expeniiKi Involvtd Ho noil per not all tint once gain his would In thi of doctors 1or liny also down lowliest gt neral outside ihelr erossintoniL In m h in might not be medu should it By Stewart Mad Ottawa Bureau The He raid orr When teachers lake their students the House of Commons to witness inada lawnnkcrs in action it s i bit Hum in roulette There is only one in six ikit there will be real action frequently all doy in bus just Id sit through minutes of dreary debate insignificant issue unless Ihey an luck enough to be in the House for the duly period are not likely see the parly or other stars The worst are usually those associated with priv all member bills even Ihe docsn particularly inlerested hang around very long So the leichcr Mho brought her into Commons while debated a private would establish new chartered lank have twin delighted hear it is to be an educational experience John NDI Nickel Bell was explaining thai when it comes loshowlngthe relationship between a financial and political no course iny school or business jn could be more effective In simply coming for deb itc then under way real Day it should have been a good fay for students The could settle down and ill ibout Intertwined political relationships with idministnli showing thai lolhispluc Just a small point about a big building Well they did it again Regional never fails to una amuse us There they were week discussing whether or not they should sign an with an developer for new building on single lot It sounded relatively straight forwird for a few minor points that were Drought up But then those few minor poinls failed to click Something was with this simple little single building on single lot The were bronchi in and they explained the details of the apartment minding Dirt you say apirlnient building Well yes did forget to mention that minor poinf We told you it was a single lot we Chairman of the region works committee Jack who takes great pride in telling us that his committee is the best of the bunch was a little upset about this new piece of information that liadn t been previous explained And for good reason Had it not been for a few eleventh hour questions by two councillors a developer might today be preparing the foundations for a new apartment building in Oak ville Were paying for that kind of efficiency Let mistake is going to come crashing down on some regional employees head An oversight like nun in private sector is reason lor dismisa financial institutions and other intriguing things Mr Rodriguez fiercely opposing the bill wis critical of fact that it was be by John Rainy With all the economic problems in Northern Ontario Mr Rodriguez that the Liberal MP had belter things to do than speak on behalf of system that has done nothing for the region A running dog one description he used to describe Mr Held Then he called him lackey and a footman At this point Mane interjected that Mr Reld was really flunkey And Mr Rodriguez thought that was even more appropriate Then while the school waited for their lesson on Canada financial political structure Gilbert Parent Si Catherines complain ihe use of ihe word flunkey But Mr Rodriguez not pressed He only wished thai Mr Parent hod sponsored the bill rather than the other flunkey The were improving rapidly No Translation Meanwhile the simultaneous translators having difficulty find the exact French word for Eymard Mndawoska Victoria wanted to know the miming of the word PC Halifax East Hants was in he chair as acting speaker and it was his profound duly to make a ruling He had to consult his officials who began thumbing through books Shortly he ruled that the word flunkey had some definite connotations but he rule It unparliamentary this point Mr Rodriguez offered his own interpretation and said that the pari in men lory term would probably be bumboy instead of flunkey Mark Haines Seymour wos on his feet In a flash He wanted a definition of Mr McCleave was bock to the dictionary but it t help much I cannot see the word he said do see the word bumbo rum punch And he eased situation by adding that this seemed to be a very commendable suggestion Thiasetlled Mr Rodriguez went bock to talking the Incestuous relationship between the Liberals and big business And this angered Jean Roy Tlmmlns He sold Mr Rodriguez should bo ashamed of his performance he cannot flush thai big head of his through the toilet he should not leave his mew around I love read the essays the kids their visit