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‘Page’ 4~ Halton Hills This Week; ‘Saturday; March 20,1993 Editorial bieiesiiiiies: (first elected in 1988 with no previ- Ous experience in the political arena) Mr. Turner is still getting his boots wet. He was in Georgetown recentl copies of his tome ‘Garth, Just Ottawa’ and in the ly at Oxbow Books, signing What the Hell i i | The only position of Significance Mr. Turner has held in his time of office, was that of chairman of the Standing committee on Consumer and Corporate Affairs. He Subsequently resigned from this prestigious and potential- ly influential position “..t0 devote more time to middle-class issues” according to a press release from his Ottawa office. is Week contacted this same Office and . Turner in order to better inform ‘an who would be prime minister, We received a Single page, five Paragraph fax transmission, Is that alll there is? ~ to his party’s attention and feels a national leadership Convention, with him as a con- tender, is the most appropriate forum. Excuse us for being a dit naive, leagues have been turning a deaf ear to Mr. Turner’s Pleadings for five years, why should they listen to him now? Months ago, Mr. Turner -in one of his newspaper columns designed to inform his Constituents on his activities - decried the federal deficit and vowed to erect a deficit Clock (much like the doomsday clock) to make the public and politicians alike aware of our increasingly Crushing national debt, national debt has grown even larger, yet there has been nary a whisper from Mr. Turner about his much-ballyhooed deficit clock for quite some time. Mr. Turner would federal PC leaders mined MP, but if his PC caucus col- be better advised to take his concerns to the hip convention as a concerned and deter- This route would also be less Costly for all concerned. I am writing to comment on the recent attack on local councillors by delegations to Town Counci Monday, March 8, 1993. The impression left on Teaders. of the various news Teports leads’ one ‘to believe that the general public are not happy with the conduct of our Councillors. I, for one, do not think thi NEC concerns are To the Editor: My greetings, felicitations, salu- tations. After Teading about the last two Halton Hills council Meetings, T must say that I am disquieted with the personal attacks on Acton Regional Councillor, Rick Bonnette, and Georgetown Councillor, Pam Johnston, bya former mayoralty candidate Rob Barlow, P.O.W.E.R. President, Barbara Halsall and Jean Hilborn regarding their position on the issue. ‘ Ask anyone today and they will tell you there is too much govemn- ment. All that Bonnette and Johnston. are trying to do is try to tim a three million dollar bureau- cracy and have decisions made by Frustrated home-owner To the Editor: With respect to the article pub- lished in Wed., March 17 edition of your newspaper Tegarding the close Scrutiny of further Law develop- ments in the Halton Hills area. Being a Kingsmill-on-the-Credit resident, I feel I must make a few Statements, The meeting that took Place last year between Law Development Acton’s top citizen sought The Acton Lions Club will be L7J 2M2. Nominations will be hosting its annual Citizen of the accepted until March 30, Year banquet April 30, 6:30 p.m. at the Acton Legion. To nominate an individual or Organization, send a short Tesume to: Acton Lions Club, Citizen of the Year, P.O. Box 28, Acton, Ontario numerous design changes. The answer was just as direct, “No”. At this point Many people walked out. Also may I state that that overpaid forthe being one who did not. and Kingsmill tesidents (which I Co-chaired) only served to further frustrate the home-owners. Durin, the meeting I asked Larry Law directly if home-owners would Teceive any compensation for the Not everyone extra parking Spot received a refund, myself I really do think these issues Communit Garth why | Ress y deserv On Feb. 15, Town Council voted that it “is not in favor of a tax increase” to cover costs of the transfer of development controls to Halton Region from the Niagara Escarpment Commission. On Feb. 24 Regional Council voted on a motion to Support the transfer of Escarpment control to the Region while. charging application fees for development applications within of local interest elected citizens in Halton Region and not having local Planning issue made by provincial appointees from Tobermory or from Grimsby and Vineland and elsewhere. I € point out that the Rittenhouse family on my mother’s side have settled on the escarpment since the 1850's; So it is dear to my heart and that is why I do trust local elected peo- Ple making local planning deci- sions. John Rittenhouse Mowat, Acton es better. the N.E.C. area, in order to avoi general tax increases. T Bonnette’s vote su Public sup- Port and money to fight the dump including my own. Now, however, Ms. Halsall (President) and Mr. Barlow (Vice-President) show up as delegations to council criticizing and attacking Council on an issue such as delegation of control of the Niagara Escarpment. Their Personal attacks divide the community and hurt our community’s ability to take a united stand against the jump, di With news of the court tuling on Ontario Hydro’s case, the RSI pro- Posal is on track again. Let’ fight the RSI Proposal. Dan Dolliver, Acton serves a By Okshana Buhel Judy Rasenen has nothing but Praise for her volunteers, Rasenen is the director of the North Halton Distress and Information Centre, which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this November. The volunteers who work at the centre dedicate four hours a week to help others, explains is that callers who make their own decisions are more like- ly to continue getting help. “One thing we try to Prevent is people becoming dependent on us,” she said. “They have to make up their own minds.” Distress Centre lcomed errors, punctuation, spelling errors or as a result of space limitations. One of the most frequent rea- sons people call the centre is because they are concerned about should have been settled without having to use unpleasant tactics, but my wife and I have been askin, teers are well-trained and very dedicated,” says Rasenen, “They do the best they can.” ‘ The location of the centre is hot publicized. Volunteers are known only on a first name basis. Callers also identify themselves only by their first name. Rasenen explains this anonymity is beneficial for everyone. Callers can discuss their Problems without worrying they might be recognized, y Rasenen, “they (the volunteers) just do it and they do it quietly.” The Distress and Information Centre also provides information about anything Tanging from the length of time -it takes to cook a steak to the number of churches there are in the town. 8 The centre is currently accept- signed and include your full name Send your letter to; for nearly a year now for some pos- employment and finances. These __ The centre ly accept and address. Names will be with- ie Editor itive colpebsatary action from Worries often result in other prob- ing applications for new volun- held on request. Halton Hills This Week Law Development. lems. Sexual and Physical abuse _ teers. 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