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w w w .i n si d eH A LT O N .c o m O A K V IL LE B EA V ER Fr id ay , S ep te m be r 16 , 2 01 1 6 467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont. L6K 3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5571 Classified Advertising: 632-4440 Circulation: 845-9742 Open 9-5 weekdays, 5-7 for calls only Wed. to Friday, Closed weekends The Oakville Beaver Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. OPINION & LETTERS The Oakville Beaver is a division of NEIL OLIVER Vice President and Group Publisher of Metroland West DAVID HARVEY Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Editor in Chief ROD JERRED Managing Editor DANIEL BAIRD Advertising Director RIZIERO VERTOLLI Photography Director SANDY PARE Business Manager MARK DILLS Director of Production MANUEL GARCIA Production Manager CHARLENE HALL Director of Distribution SARAH MCSWEENEY Circ. Manager The Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. 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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR: ATHENA Award THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR: Recognized for Excellence by Canadian Circulation Audit Board Member Canadian Community Newspapers Association Ontario Community Newspapers Association Suburban Newspapers of America Re: blBus isn't via e option, Letter to the Editor, Oakville Beaver, Sept. 8. Veronica White raises an important sub- ject in her letter concerning the bus sys- tems in this area. In my view, it is ridiculous that Oakville, Burlington and Milton have separate tran- sit systems. Halton Region should encour- age the systems to amalgamate under one umbrella and call it Halton Region Transit. I feel sure there would be a financial justi- fication for this move. Furthermore, I believe there should be an element of private ownership under the guardianship of Halton Region to relieve the local taxpayers from subsidizing the various bus systems. Too radical? It works well in other parts of the world. Chris Duff, Oakville Synchronizing traffic lights would be environmentally friendly During this provincial election campaign news- rooms across Ontario are being bombarded by e-mails from every political party in an effort to sway public opinion. In the span of a few minutes on Wednesday, we received e-mailed press releases from the campaign teams for Oakville Liberal incumbent MPP Kevin Flynn and Halton Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo Harris that caught our attention. Both releases condemned Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak's downloading scheme and more importantly from our view, both releases were almost identical word for word. The only difference between the Oakville and Halton release was where Kevin Flynn's name was swapped for Naidoo-Harris'. Even the quote was identical, except for the inter- changing of the names of their opponents Larry Scott and Ted Chudleigh. While the issuing of identical press releases from candidates from the same parties is not new or limited to one party, these releases included another interesting twist at the bottom of the release. The final paragraph of Flynn's release includes a quote attributed to Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "Oakville is counting on the continued uploads and support that was agreed to with the Liberal provincial government," said Mayor Rob Burton. "The uploads that have been undertaken and will be undertaken play an important role in ensuring Oakville can keep residents' property taxes low and service delivery high." f Since Burton has been very public in his support o the Liberal Party, and in particular Flynn, it should come has no surprise that he would be quoted in a Liberal press release. However, in the release from Naidoo-Harris, the exact same quote (substitute Milton for Oakville) is attributed to former Milton town councillor Wendy Schau. Makes you wonder whether Burton or Schau ever actually uttered those comments? Not very likely. While it's the mayor's right to publicly endorse a provincial party or candidate of his choice during an election, we have to question whether it's proper to allow the strategists at the Ontario Liberal campaign headquarters, which obviously issued this release, to put words in his mouth. Let the mayor speak for himself. Who really said that? Pud BY STEVE NEASE neasecartoons@gmail.com I have been a resident of Oakville now for more than five years. As I work in Toronto, I have to commute to work by driving across Upper Middle Road. Every day hundreds if not thousands of cars do the same. Every day I am stopped by virtu- ally the same and the majority of traffic lights. For a few and sometimes one car merging on, very many of us must stop. Today, I lost count at 24 vehi- cles stopped at a single red light. Some drivers are aware and know if they drive fast enough, they can avoid these irritating red lights. On Sunday morning, I was stopped by the first four out of five lights and one intersection did not have any cars waiting to turn. It was about a year ago, many politicians from different levels were on the front page of the Oakville Beaver celebrating the relocation of the proposed power plant and protecting our environ- ment. Perhaps they should now turn their attention to all the emissions from all the cars stopping, idling and accelerating unnecessarily. Simply put, if they sequenced the lights on all major roads to keep the majority of traffic mov- ing at the speed limit, this would reduce greenhouse gases, gas consumption, speeders and com- mute times. Bernard Rokicki, Oakville Amalgamate and privatize bus services