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Page 6 — Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, July 7! 1993 HIS WEEK ‘Georgetown, Ont. L7G 4B1; and is printed in Haton ils This Wes is publ y ‘Oakville at OLE. Web Printing. Halton Hils This We pinion any time. PUBLISHER: Ken Bellamy PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kathleen Topo! CE MANA\ : Jean Shewell pees, HILLS THIS WEEK IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED. HONE: 87: EDITO! A: Colin Gibson isek CIRCULATION MANAGER: Marie Shadbolt FAX:873-3918 The Thin Blue Line The Thin Blue Line - and getting thinner. Yeah, we’re talking COPS here. Not in a derogatory sense, but in the sense of the acronym; likely penned by a worn and rumpled police beat reporter who felt he had to liven up his story for a demanding and desk- bound editor. ‘Constable on Patrol’; pluralized undoubtedly, by the same moribund paper-pusher- arounder who was rewarded for his total devotion to -| anything closely resembling work by a Senate seat. But the Thin Blue Line - the connotation either borrowed from military exploits or re-created, in a sense, by stage or screen writers or even novelists - is in fact, a life and death reality. One need research no. further than the senseless death of the young (25-year-old) OPP officer Eric Nystedt, who was knifed to death while investigating a purported domestic dispute in cottage area near Minden. The so-called domestic dispute, was in fact a party-“til your head falls off” aa affair that had been going on over a period of day ‘We have these same “Party ‘al you die” happen- stances occurring in Halton Hills. Check the police reports in the local ‘rags’ and then listen-in on these social-crapouts who just love to be bigshots, when they tell their equally brain-dead counterparts about their exploits; over the ever-flow- ing brew. They brag about how and when they got charged and what a big show they put on while being handcuffed in front of their kids and neighbors; all the time spewing profane venom at police officers. ese are the same jerks who, when away from the crowd, spill their guts, accusing everybody, with the ion of their “truly macho pet turtle Sidney”, of being behind their fall from The men and women of the Thin Blue Line are expected to be intelligent, polite, efficient, competent, cool under pressure, brave, and willing to risk their lives - even to save the meaningless lives of these same dipsticks who only moments before either | threatened officers with bodily harm or a civil law- suit for roughing-up their ego. When a police officer dies in the line of duty we should all share the grief and the blame. More often than not, they are only protecting us from ourselves. Colin Gibson Firefighters thank community To the Editor: effort, allowing one of our Georgetown and its sur- rounding areas has been served proudly by its volun- teer firefighters for well over 100 years. Over these years, there have been many occa- sions when our fellow citi- zens and expressed their thanks for the efforts of our firefighters. Recently, several large fires in our area have demon- Strated just how much our community supports us, and now its our turn to say “thanks”. Whether it’s donat- ing to a special fundraising firefighters to leave work for a fire, or providing hot cof- fee on a cold night, each of our firefighters would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who has lent a helping hand over the years. A cold drink on a hot July afternoon or an extra pair of hands to help pick up frozen hose in February does. show us in a very tangible way that you appreciate the work that we do. It’s nice to know that you’re there for us, when we're there for you. Georgetown Firefighters Association The Peoples Corner P.O.W.E.R. deserves community’s praise To the Editor: What’s wrong with’ this picture? We allow the town of Acton to grow by 800 new homes. In order to achieve this objective, sewage efflu- ent will be dumped into *Black Creek to the extent that it becomes uninhabitable Bike thief rapped To the Editor: _ I’m writing this letter to the thief or thieves who stole the blue Raleigh Portage mountain bike from Main St. on Wednesday, June 30. It takes a long time to save for a new bike when you are only 13- years-old, a lot longer than it took you to snatch it away in broad day- light. I wonder if it would have phased you to see the faces of the two or more kids when they discovered their bicycles stolen and on the first-day of summer vacation. Did you do it for fun or did | you’need the money? Next time, I hope you will resort to different methods in achiev- ig both. If you have any sort of heart, I hope you will return the bikes to Olllie’s Cycle and Ski and maybe your con- science will feel a little lighter. The Bowman Family, Georgetown My congratulations to Adrienne Lilly for the lengthy article, printed under the heading “Change the System” in the weekend edi- tion of July 3. This item was very well thought out and written, par- ticularly as it highlights the apparent lack of concern on the part of the electorate to make ourselves heard and felt. We are certainly fortunate to have people such as Barbara Halsall willing to stand and speak out. For silence is acceptance! Lew Ward, Georgetown Mulroney garage sale To the Editor: Looks like Mulroney had the most successful “garage sale” in history. 150 G’s for the junk that would not fit in the new house in Montreal. We should all be this lucky! Frank Jamieson *. Georgetown for fish. To provide services, the town must also draw additional water from the Prospect Park well, lowering the water level in Fai which deteriorates this fish habitat. The people who move into these now homes may have decided to do so because cton has safe drinking water and Fairy Lake is a place where the kids can go fishing close to home. Prospect Park is a family park with a variety of activi- ties for all age ranges and at an “affordable” price. How would you feel if, after mov- ing into your new home, you 6 discovered that Fairy Lake as no longer a place for the kids to go fishing and there is no prospect of it every being clean enough to go swim- ming. After moving to town, you also find out there is a big dump going into the quarry. Because the habitat was already destroyed, it was decided it would also be OK for a garbage dump to be built and to discharge the leachate into Black Creek. This garbage dump further puts into jeopardy the safety of our currer t drinking water. For me, . stainable devel- opment me ns growth at a pace and in such a way that we can continue to provide safe water and clean air for our current residents and for thé néw families who may move to town: As we cele- brate “Canada Day”, will Halton Hills be a corner of Canada we will be proud to live in 25 years from now? Just in case we have for- gotten, P.O.W.E.R. stands for Protect Our Water And Environmental Resources. Thank you, P.O.W.E.R., for standing up for all the current: and future residents of Halton Hills. Jean A. Hilborn Acton Taxation is simple theft To the Editor: The rhetoric about vrater and building houses in Acton has taken on some rather nasty overtones, much tomy dismay. The people involved, as far as I can see, all want the same thing. What do they want? They want some new houses. to be built, They want our environ- ment to be protected. So what is the problem? The problem, as I see it, is one of consumers not spend- ing money in stores, some- thing new housing will help solve. Or will it? People moving into new houses, as a tule do not have much money left over after paying for the lawyers, moving expenses, cost of house, etc. So va tee solve the retail Spe ge ‘oblem? Not for The beat ‘idea Theard as far as water came from Barb Halsall, a lady I have never met. According to a letter in a paper, the quarries pump one million gallons per day into Black Creek. To me, it makes sense that that water is used for expansion of the town (if the figures are cor- rect). We should not expro- priate the property, or kick the owners out, as I read in a letter, but we should be chasing the water from the owners. This would give them income, just the same as when I pay the town for my water, That way, every- ‘one wins, no one is hurt. The real problem that mer- chants have, has not even been talked about. A sporting goods store license went from $25 to $100 (400% increase), my deer license went from $20.25 to $24.25, marriage certificates go from Stl to $15, a road test is up 80 per cent from $14 to $25. Snowmobile -registration from $25 to $30. A single person earning $60,000 per year will now pay $570 more per year in tax. Btc., etc. I could keep a cs So, there that we age taxpayers va not have money to spend. Then, of course, there is the “ered to be cost of administration. There nies, who collect all these taxes. The government would not expect themselves to work for nothing, but as a businessman, you are consid- a slave, since you do not get paid for this ser- vice, even minimum wage... Libertarians say taxation is theft. Are you with me? John Shadbolt Leader, Ontario Libertarian Party Acton DOWN TOWNER. xs Sa In lieu of politics we are mak- ing contributions to Hydro, the gas company, the telephone company, the town and OHIP. Ontario NDPs paying for past “overindulgences”