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1011 Upper Middle Road East & Eighth Line 905.844.ARTS (2787) www.oakvilleacademy.com Voted the Best Children's Dance Instruction and Music School Year after Year Programmes 6 years and under Free dance skirt with new ballet registration Princess Pre-Dance, Baby Ballet Kinder Ballet , Pre-Primary Ballet Primary Ballet, Ballet/Jazz Kiddy Hop, Kinder Jazz Kinder Tap Piano/Vocal Combination Fine Arts All of our classes and programmes are taught by experienced, compassionate and university educated instructors! Over 12,000 sq ft of premium dedicated Arts Instruction facilities Its not too late to register. Spaces are limited. Try a FREE class on us * *Subject to availabilit y Recreational Dance Ages: 2.5-Adult Jazz Tap Ballet Hip Hop Acro Lyrical Contemporary Music Instruction New! Violin Piano Guitar Sax Bass Drums Flute Clarinet Vocal Lessons Musical Theatre/Drama Ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14+ Journey into GLEE Ages: 7-10, 11-16 Fine Arts Numerous programs for artists of all ages Afternoon Arts Adventure Program Ages: 3-5 Specialized program Tuesday/Wednesday and/or Thursday Afternoons 12:30 - 3:30 Incl. Dance, Music, Art Birthday Parties Offering Oakville the finest in arts exploration and development. Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm What is Oakvilles most pressing issue? Controlling growth and who pays for it. The way we handle growth influences our ability to keep moving for- ward on environmental quality and services for kids and families. Were controlling growth with our new Official Plans at the Town (Livable Oakville) and Region (Sustainable Halton). They direct growth to places where we can accept it and away from stable neighbourhoods. Our new policy on development charges increasing them by 60 per cent locally makes developers (instead of you and me) pay more for new roads, sewers and facilities. We need to defend these policies over the next term. At the Region weve had several narrow votes on this. Developers who want to turn back the clock are funding developer-friendly candi- dates. We need a mayor who is not beholden to developers. Thats why I dont take donations from developers. I hope voters choose their councillors carefully, too. Weve cut the pace of recent growth by more than half. Weve used this breathing space to add 775,000 square feet of facilities to the pre-existing 1.15 million (a 67 per cent increase in one term), while cutting taxpayer-supported debt and keep- ing the rate of tax increases the same as the previ- ous four years. Rob Burton Fiscal responsibility. Ive been knocking on doors all across town these past few weeks; I hear more and more that people are concerned about Oakvilles finances. I understand why our Towns debt ballooned by 206 per cent in just one year. People know what that sort of jump would do to their household finances and they wonder what it will do to our Towns. Thats why Ive called for an independent Auditor General to examine Oakvilles finances and ensure good stewardship of, and value for, taxpayers money. People deserve to know exactly where their tax dollars are going. Well fund this position at no additional cost to the taxpayer. I would scrap the job of Chief of Staff to the Mayor and use the $100,000 in savings to pay for our Auditor General. We would spend tax dollars not on a staff position that serves the mayor, but on one that serves the people. In my 18 years as mayor of Oakville I always treated taxpayers money with respect. I used the same care with your money as I use with my own. I want to restore that fiscal responsibility to Oakville. John McLaughlin Ann Mulvale Oakville's most important issue is the direction our newly elected council will handle finances. As mayor, I want to take our taxpayers from the financial system of borrow now; pay twice later to live within our means and save for what we need. By reducing unneeded expenses and looking after needs rather than special interest wants, taxes will be held at cur- rent levels (like our regional council accomplished). I have the leadership skills to accomplish this. The most pressing issue facing Oakville today and tomorrow is the state of town finances and its fiscal outlook. Current program spending by the Town is unsustainable $288 million was proposed in the 2009 Town budget an increase of approxi- mately 50 per cent over four years a trend that will bankrupt Oakville's future. Spending is too high if left unchecked will lead to more tax increases and higher debt. For years, Oakville has endured a three per cent annual increase in property taxes due to uncon- trolled spending, a trend that will lead to less con- sumer and business spending - and ultimately fewer jobs. The Town provides important servic- es, however, an immediate spending review and spending reduction is necessary. Uncontrolled spending, increased taxation and higher debt are not sound fiscal strategies towards ensuring Oakville becomes the most liv- able town in Canada. Spending, taxes and debt must be reduced. To fund a new hospital, Oakville cannot write a blank cheque today for up to $200 million dollars in the future likely at a much higher cost. The Town needs a fiscally responsible mayor, and council to ensure a healthy future for resi- dents and businesses. Editors note: In the coming weeks leading to the Oct. 25 municipal election, The Oakville Beaver will be asking the mayoralty candidates to respond to a weekly ques- tion. If you have any suggestions for questions, please send them to editor@oakville- beaver.com. Rob Burton Ann Mulvale John McLaughlin Raymond Ray Raymond Ray 5 Friday , Septem ber 24, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m