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Page 2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 7th,;1974 'Lrono week1y i ,. SeconLClass Màil Registration Number 6368 Published every Wednesday ait the office of publicaUIM SUBSCRIPTION RATES kanada$3,00.. U.S.A.$4.50 editoriaI GAMBLE OUR TAXES AWAY The council of Metro Toronto has asked the Provincial government of Ontario to approve legislation to hold a regular provincial lottery with the proceeds from the lottery to be used to reduce municipal taxation. The revenue would be used in specific areas such as recreation, hospitals etc. It would be the intention that the revenue would in fact take pressure off property tax and give some relief to the home owner. Metro points to a figure of some $30 million which annually goes out of the province each year in the purchase of lottery tickets and lost to this province. The head of the Olympic Lottery states that a lottery sponsored by the province would not in any way hurt the Olympic lottery but could very well increase its sales. He points to the Province of Quebec which does hold a series of regular lotteries and with the inception of the Olympic lottery sales for the provincial scheme surged ahead. It appears that it has a snowballing effect. The more available the greater the impact to purchase. We in this country are supposed to operate a responsible form -of government and this means not only responsibility of those in office but also for the electorate and the taxpayer. Taxes are a right and a responsibility of the people and without this repsonsibility that system that exists today could well deteriorate much further into irresponsibil- ity. If we open the doors to lotteries as a source of revenue for services there is no end to the process and we could well become a nation of gamblers with millions of dollars placed in the hands of the legislators with no responsibility attached. Even today we should be more concerned over the expenditure of our tax dollars. If, however, these tax dollars come from lotteries the concern of the individual and the legislator becomes much less. This would, of course, prove a detriment to our democratic system and the responsibility it carries. If we are responsible we should be asking for prudent spending of our present taxes ..... not looking for an easy way out which could only lead to a weaker society. There should be no mistake that costs would be reduced. Costs of government could well rise with no constraints and the taxpayer would have to delve harder into gambling to support the new system. Be responsible and carry your full responsibilities. THE PROVINCE MUST BE DISAPPOINTED If one of the main purposes of regional government was to better planning over the area then the province to this date must be more than disappointed with the process in Durham region. Not only is their conflict between the various municipalities and the region over where authority in many matters lie but the region's planning and development committee bas a wide split between rural and urban members in their view points. Planning, bas in effect, not improved over what it was before in all aspects. It has been reported that decisions passed down by the region's planning committee, made up of regional councillors, can vary considerably depending on who is present at the meeting. It could be rural oriented at one time while at other times the view would be urban oriented. This denotes a lack of a clear policy and does not suggest in any.stretch of the imagination that consistancy of decision is a fact. The Mayor of the Town of Newcastle bas spoken of a lack of a policy within the Town and that the municipality bas before it applications that could triple the population having obtained council's approval. Of course the Town bas had only some seven months and it would be somewhat unfair to be critical of the fact that an Official Plan is not available. There is a fear though that the new Town could well face the same problems as in the former municipalities, where more time was given to dealing with individual applications than to that of devising an Official Plan. The Official Plan should be given priority. It is also evident that the planning staff in the municipality is kept busy with preparing reports on individual applications with no frame work from which to base their opinions. This is costly and time consumiig. *Again it is the Official Plan that is all important at this time even if it would mean a freeze for some six months. Lt is the key to successful planning and the key to impartiality. Town to collect a Orono landfill s surn of $4,380,542.00 to be discussed On Thursday evE Town of Newcastle their first budget three readings to by to adopt the budg strike the rates of t the municiplaity for 1974. The municipality lect a total tax of from the residenti commercial and bus essment. The $4,3 mount will be distr listed below: General purpose Area Rates Regional purposes Public school Separate school High school Total This total amou :ollected over the foi municipalities now1 the Town of Newcast Special area ra been set for purpos lecting amounts to( costs of such ser streetlighting, renta hydrants, garbage c and storm sewers. cial area rate will the tax bills of thos centres as Hamptor killen, Bownianville Durhai growt rate stated survey Ontario Hydro will conduet hig hest a second Impact Study for the area around Wesleyville, to Developers have 17,373 houý determine the affect of the ses in various stages of generating plant development development throughout the in the area. region, more than a 100 The study will reach into percent increase over this housing, transportation, time last year. schools and medical services. Despite complaints from The study is to be a detailed the provincial government study to determine the impact that municipalities are .not of the development on the proceeding with housing, and area. Schedules for the con-. cditicism from developers struction of the generating that th e region is delaying plant have now been set and subdisivion approvals,, Dr. with this information plans Mofeed Michael, Durham's such as the study will be put dhrector of planning, said into motion. Tuesday the "abnormal grow- th" evident in the region this year, eis the highest rate ever." Dr. Michaà reported to the A T planning and development committee that 9,052 of the FAR1 'EiRS new bouses have ministerial draft plan approvaL The rest The Northumberl are n vanmous stages leading to approval, he said. The figures do not inclue bouses fully approved and The opneing of th ready for construction prior to at 53 Albert Street Dec. 31, 1974, so many of the homes seen under construct- e m r ion are in addition to the more than 17,000 listed in the report. Neither do the figures DO YOU N E ED... include "the kind of ainormn- ality of Cedarwood," where between 10,000 and 20,000devel homes are planned says Coun. Fui R-tirme year,'ro Alan McPhail (Brock). Coun. McPhail says the houses workers planned for bis township alone are enough to provide for a 15 To 20 percet increase in population. THie planning dir- m. CanaÈ ector's r.eport shows 736 Labov houses actively planned in Brock. Manp Osawa and Witby are almost neck and neckin the Rober housing race witb 5,650 in Minist Oshawa and 5,032 n Whitby. Last ear Osaa and W2itby had about 2,000 new houses eachus, says Dr Michaeld - .. .. 1 ite ening the Newtonville and Oroijo. In the approved case of Orono thé rate and gave provides for monies to oper- -law 74-60 ate the streetlights and hy- et and to drantrentals. axtion for Due to the fact that each of the year the four former municiplai- ties were assessed on differ- will col- ent basis it is difficult to make $4,380,542 compaisons at this time al, farm, between the rates of the iness ass- former. municipalities. A ba- 80,542 a- sic rate basbeen set for Ward ibuted as 1 (Darlington), another for ward 2 (BoWmanville),. an- $1,254,685 other for Ward 3 (Clarke) and 165,697 a fourth for Ward 3 (New- 663,195 castie). Theserates, although 1,213,001 different amounts throughout 56,443 the three Wards, would collect 1,027,511,simîlar amounts on similar --------buildings. The Equalization $4,380,542 Factor causes the difference nt will be in mill rates. rmer four The Mayor and the Trea- known as surer pointed out that when le. the province completes their tes have assessment of the municipal- es of col- ity on the actual property defer the value that ail generals rates vices as will be the same through- il of fire out the Town. This is not ollection expected before 17. This spe- Transitional Grants have showon alsobeen proportionedac- ýe in such crigtteeulzn n, Ennis- factor and are being spread Kendal, otoverthenextfiveyears. case tof rnitè at drantntar to codhct Junior farmers selected for awards Each year the Ontario Junior Farmers Association in cooperation with the Minis- try of Agriculture and Food sponsor a number of tours, camps and trips that any Junior' Farmer member, in some cases, or any young person can qualify for. This year, as in past years, there are again a number of these trips and winners, for the upcoming ones have been' selected to represent Durham County:. The United Nations Bus Tour which is being held from August 18-24 and takes in such places as Washington and Inford BRI Fireplaces - Chii Ait types of HOUs Ceramic Tiles Patio Slabs - C PHONE983 New York City, will have Barry Malcolm of R.R.1, Nestleton as Durham Coun- ty's Representative. The pro- vincial Junior Leadership Camp, which is held at Geneva Park from September 1 - 8 and is held each year to provide prospective leaders involved in Junior Farmer work with training experienc es which will assist them i providing more effective leadership to local youth clubs and activities. This year, Louise Budd of R.R.1 Port Hope and David Kellogg of R.R.1, Port Hope will repre- sent Durham County at the Junior Farmer Camp. [CKLAYERS NEMASONS mney Repairs se Remodeling - Flagstones oncrete Jobs 3-5606 . - TENTION and FARM WORKERS and - Durham Farm Labour Pool ANNOUNCES heir new office - August 6th, 1974 t, Cobourg ... Telephone 372-7013 Farm Workers WE ARE HERE TO HELPYOU FIND und EMPLOYME Nt Register with us now! ida Farm Service de Main- d'oeuvre ur Pools agricole du Canada power Main-d'oeuvre Immigration1 et immigration t Andras Robert Andras, ter Ministre About a month ago Mayor Rickard of the Town of Newcastle at a hydro meeting in Orono learned for the first time that the Village of Orono had operated a landfill site just north of the village. At the time be said he was not aware, of the site and felt that the Region was also in the same position. With the formation of the Region of Durham all garb- age and landfill sites were to become the property of the Region and to be operated by the Region. Local pick-up garbage is the responsibility of the local area municipalit- ies. Mayor Rickard at the time said he would bring lbis before the proper authorities of the Region. In 1973 the Police Trustees stopped using the site for the village garbage. A new con- tract was signed for the pick-up of garbage in -Orono with Hale's Disposal and the Hale landfills site was used to dispose of the garbage from Orono. The sité does have the approval of the Ontario Min- istry of the Environment. Even through an agreement was not ùsing the site Curvply Wood Products through an agreement with the Village continued to use the site to burn scrap plywood. The local company paid the village an amount of $600.00 a year. Curvply is still using the site and paying the village for the use of the site which is contrary to legislation set out in the Durham Bill. The Regional Public Works department will discuss the future of the Orono Landfill site which is 10 acres in size and located a few miles east of Orono just north of the Taunton Road. The meeting is being held on August 15th.