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14 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, October 13, 2010 LOCAL CANDIDATES Continued from pg 13 posed incinerator will bring a lot of major benefits to the area, like serviced employment lands. He also said he was not in favour of landfill or stabilized landfill for waste disposal. Regarding small business, Robinson said, "Small business is the backbone of this municipality." Despite the criticism, "Clarington is open for business," Robinson said. "You cannot operate a business in improper zoning," he added. Businesses looking to locate in Clarington end up going to other communities because Clarington does not have enough serviced lands, according to Robinson. Robinson said he wants to change the Provincial Green Energy Act so municipalities have some say in where wind turbines are located. "I am concerned with what wind turbines will do to our property values," he stated. Clarington's by-law department is not big enough to keep cars from parking on sidewalks, according to Robinson, and they don't work on weekends unless instructed to do so. Garages are not being used for cars, according to Robinson, and cars sit on the road. "I know this is a major issue in Newcastle," Robinson said, "We are trying to deal with it." The books in Clarington are open to the public, Robinson said, responding to the question about the escalation of public sector employee wages. "I will not even consider outsourcing any of our work," he stated. "Be glad we are not paying OPG wages," Robinson said. On whether or not there should be a new decision made to ask the municipal solicitor to share his concerns with the incinerator host community agreement with council, Robinson replied that council gave the solicitor and staff plenty of time to come up with a host community agreement. Council directed the Chief Administrative Officers of the municipality and the region to come up with a deal, and they did. The Region runs a good recycling program, according to Robinson, but he will ask them why the same truck picks up the garbage and the green bin material. Getting Clarington's employment lands serviced is Robinson's number one priority. Willie Woo first ran for a Regional Council seat in 2000, where he was narrowly defeated by Charlie Trim (who currently holds the seat until his retirement from politics at the end of the month). Woo has been the Local Councillor for Ward 3 since 2006. Council in this term of office should get back to hiring the number of firefighters recommended in Clarington's Master Fire Plan and eventually staff the Newcastle Fire Hall, according to Woo. Woo did fill out the survey on the Durham CLEAR website, and said, "Over 75 doctors in Durham Region alone are opposed to incineration, mainly for the unknown matter spewing from the stack." Woo said in defense of his anti-incineration stand. "The only doctor in favour of incineration is the doctor employed by the Region," he said. "Councillors are ambassadors of the municipality, and we have to help business locate in Clarington, " Woo said. Wind turbines should not be built in Clarington until more health studies have been conducted, according to Woo. Subdivisions need to be planned better, so cars won't be parked on the sidewalks, Woo suggested. "Provisions should be made for a common parking area or boulevards should be made bigger," he said. The municipality is a very "mean and lean" operation, was Woo's answer to the question of how to control escalating public sector salaries. There are performance measures in place to track man hours per job. "We have very good efficiencies in place," Woo said. Whether or not there should be a vote to hear the comments made by the municipal solicitor regarding the incinerator host community agreement the municipality signed with the region, Woo said he was one of the three councillors who originally voted in favour of hearing those comments. On the question of weekly garbage pick-up, Woo replied that having garbage picked up bi-weekly and recyclables picked up weekly is a way of making sure you go through your waste and sort out what can be recycled. Woo said his number one issue is getting the nuclear new build to Clarington. "That is our economic engine, that will bring jobs to Clarington," he stated. WILLIE WOO Church Directory Reverend Ceri Rees 111 Church St. N. 905-485-5502 orono.uc@rogers.com Orono United Church Rev. James Feairs, Minister Newcastle United Church 84 Mill St. S., 905-987-4515 newcastleunitedchurch@bellnet.ca Nursery Care Provided Wheelchair Accessible Sunday, Oct. 17 Our 163rd Anniversary Service begins at11:00 a.m. Lunch follows. All are welcome! Sunday school & Nursery Room Provided. Everyone Welcome! Wheelchair Accessible Sunday, October 17 10:30 am Worship, Faith in Motion (5-teen) "Rainforest Trek" Welcome New Friends! Anglican Churches Rev. Canon David R. Saunders, CD St. Saviour's - Orono 27 Mill Street · 905-987-2019 9:30 a.m. - Worship, Sunday School Y outh Group · Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday · Morning Prayer - 2nd & 4th Sunday · Coffee and Fellowship to follow New Website: www.stsavioursorono.ca St. George's - Newcastle 250 Mill St. S. · 905-987-2019 8 a.m. - Commumion 11:15 a.m. - Worship , Sunday School Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday · Morning Prayer 2nd & 4th Sunday Coffee and Fellowship to follow