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wp" 10-- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday , October 6, 1992 "LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10 grand for Purple Martin sign? More To the Editor: When I cast my vote to elect someone to public office, I don't expect that person to act solely on my behalf at the exclusion of others who also voted for, or even against that person. However, I do expect the elected official to consider my individual opinions and ideas when they make -a decision which effects me. On September 14, a citizen of this town walked into a council meeting with an idea for entrance signs to Port Perry, which, if adopted by council, we will have to see for decades to come. The sign proposed would feature his own special interest as representative of our town. | don't blame this lad for liking purple martins. I don't consider him eccentric because he likes to build purple martin birdhouses--it's not what I would select for an exciting activity on a sufifly Saturday afternoon--but different strokes for different folks. What really bothers me is that our elected officials bought this idea at the exclusion of the rest of the town. Was there ever a moment when members of council stopped to ask themselves: 1/ Would this purple martin designation be the wd best thing possible to represant our town for visitors and residents alike. 2/ Would this purple martin designation be what the concensus of our town would choose. 3/ Should we table this for further consideration. 4/ Should we link this designation idéa to the Township Flag competition. 5/ What are the chances of a visitor to the town actually seeing a purple martin. 6/Is purple the best colour for a sign, and is $10,000 the best Port Perry Cornish CRAFT SHOW \ SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 17th & 18th 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM R.H. Cornish Public School 494 Queen Street Children 6 to 11 Years : Make & Take Craft Admission : $2.00 Under 12 Years : Free OLD MILL BOOK SHOP Water Street PORT PERRY (across from CIBC Parking) Phone 985-9284 7 ~~ price for a sign. '9/ Do the already beleaguered clubs and businesses in town need to get hit with another "cause" when they are just trying to hold on financially. 10/ Might we be better to have the money raised first rather than "bridge finance" for this proposal. What is the urgency? I hope and trust this action on the part of council is not representative of how they expect to act on all issues coming before them. I hope and trust that this town has not developed some of an elite "boys club" which rules at the exclusion of those who are not in the "club." Let's watch to see if any member of council has the guts to put a hold on this purple martin stuff until it can be determined if this is what the majority of us want. 1 feel somewhat guilty commenting on this issue when our country is in a crisis. Many people here in town are out of work and many have lost their houses and businesses in this depression. May God forgive me for being so trivial and may God save the purple martin from extinction if it's not already too late. Dr. Morley E. Pitts. BP.E,B.Ed, D.C. . Chiropractor and Type "A" Biology Teacher, Port Perry, Ont. Thank you, Citizens To the Editor, Thank you, Scugog, for the wonderful response you gave to the Waste Reduction Week Used Clothes Drive. Thank you to the helpers who manned/womened the two fire hall drop-off depots. Please note that good used clothes are distributed for reuse through the St. Vincent de Paul Organization. Some prospective donors withheld their donation for fear that reusable clothes would be treated as rags. I can assure you that such is not the case. The clothes are sorted and anything of value is distributed to those in need. Please remember that a waste reduction program should be carried on by you, the individual, throughout the year. Think before you throw! Can it be reused? In this regard we have arranged for you to drop off your unwanted material, suits, sweaters, dresses, sheets, drapes, towels, etc. at the Kin Hall (formerly the Scout Hall) on Simcoe St. (old Lilla St.), two blocks north of Queen St., in Port Perry, every Wednesday only, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Please do not pile clothes at the door. Thank you again and hope to see you throughout the year. Yours very sincerely, Roy Grierson When It's Got to Get There ... Go-Fer It! Introducing ... GO-FER' COURIER SERVICES P.O. Box 61, R.R. #5, Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1B6 The Old Mill Book Shop is closing its doors and selling everything in stock! BH CRAFT BOOKS H CHILDREN'S BOOKS HB COOK BOOKS and much more! FINAL DAYS to OCTOBER 12th, 1992 _4D 10 AM to 6 PM - Open Sunday & Thanksgiving Day EVERYTHING MUST GO ... All Display Units, Shelves, etc. also for sale. threats Continued from page 8 Already, some $2 million has been spent on outside legal opinions. The controversial "notwithstanding" clause was dreamed up by three lawyers-- Chretien, Sask premier Roy Romanow and Roy McMurtry, former Ontario attorney general. It gave Quebec the veto it wanted. The new appeasement word is "in perpetuity," guaranteeing forever 25 per cent of Commons seats for Quebec, even if the population drops as predicted. The deal will create 42 more seats in the Commons, with all the perqs and lavish pensions after six years. To clear the Senate, it will cost $77 million. Mulroney, in tears, speaking in French to Quebeckers told them that Quebec gained 32 historic concessions in the deal. Even the governar general is writing letters on Mulroney's behalf for the yes vote, contrary to the tradition that Her Majesty's representative stay out of politics. We remember well the meddling by Jean Sauve. Now we are offered a pig in a poke, a blank cheque for the politicians. Why all the scare tactics and arm bending when the deal is not binding and any single province can sink it? Why the guilt trip on loyal Canadians who fear that if they don't vote yes, the country will disintegrate overnight? It seems that Quebec may reject the deal and perhaps BC and Alberta. It's an exercise in futility just as Meech Lake was. Meech 2 concocted by ten men (Quebec boycotted the meetings) can be shot down by Manitoba as it was by Elijaa Harper. Manitoba law requires a ten day debate on constitutional d ts in the legislature, as well as open-ended public meetings. Latest estimates place the cost of what Peter C. Newman calls a "constitutional circus" at a staggering $1 billion, 500 million. A massive ad and media campaign and enumeration will cost $500 million, with $1 billion for new computers to analyse the results. Not to mention the expenses for Mulroney's fellow travellers and hangers-on. Trudeau called Quebec politicians "master blackmailers." With each new ransom paid to stave off the threat and double the ransom. The Chief Electoral Office staff is 86 per cent francophone, intergovernmental affairs 100 per cent, and so on. Bill 8 in Ontario (the French Services Act) has cost us close to $400 million. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never in history have so many been taken in by so few. Caveat Emptor. Dean Kelly, Association of Dedicated Canadians (1967) Port Perry, Ont.