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"A Famlly Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 14,1994 -9 lI ETTERS Mixed up political thinking To the Editor: Typical Mixed-up Politician Impotent Thinking When Chretien brushed off taxes on cigarettes (to me) this was another blatant admission that we cannot enforce our own laws - why have them? Further, it was a squander- ous swipe at selfless health groups that made laudable strides in reducing Canadian smoking - and those down-the- road looming health bills that some say are just waiting to cost some $3 billion that we blew "to- day". How much more do gov- ernments intend to load onto posterity? Chretien has to know about those cruel premature deaths his decision for cheap smoking will reap. Read those stats about how many smoking girls will pay in full because of it. It doesn't help her to know - be- cause sheis a trapped addict. I won't believe that Chretien is naive enough to believe that cheap smokes will continue to thin the ranks of smokers and I don't want to believe he catered to Quebec Liberal pressure to bolster their chances in Que- bec's forthcoming election. So, what was he doing? Beats me. He scraps local tax- es to compete with illegals. That's cute. Then, he master- minds a multi-million dollar anti-smoking advertising plan to be paid from hefty taxes to be loaded back onto cigarettes plus cigarette packs are to have new scary warnings. If his intent was to tax any- way, why not hike taxes high enough in the first place to take the profit out of contraband and forsake the inherent blunder of imagining one can reason (how- ever expensively) with estab- lished addicts...or the new re- cruits that Chretien's cheap smokes are inviting into death. He had only to hike a tax (he will hike later, anyway)..and avoid all that political hopscoth, and its aftermath. Too simple? His move angered all but two provinces which to me contra- dicts our dubious democracy. Next distiller lobbying - and what else? - will want tax jug- gling to also compete with crime. I think they are already in motion. Why do we the people put up with those that "serve" the pub- lic with wavering, tedious, cost- ly solutions begging for "kiss" (keep it simple stupid) alterna- tives, or let them concede their multifarious tax maze is a prod- uct of impotent yesteryear, be- longing in the dark ages along- side of our dark ages law. In ambiguous ways, govern- $140,000. area. Township buys Mary St. home for more parking Additional parking will be created in the downtown core as a result of a purchase by the township. ane Township of Scugog has bought a home on Mary Street plans to convert the lot into additional parking. TEwnship officials purchased the building and lot at 179 Mary Street, adjacent to the municipal parking lot, for According to Mayor Howard Hall the home will be removed if a potential buyer can be found, or will be destroyed. The mayor defended the $140, 000 price tag noting that they arrived at the cost after evaluating similar properties in the He also noted the purchase will be beneficial to the community as it will add needed parking in the area. "It made sense for us to purchase it." The township takes possession of the property on June 17. Pine Ridge Garden Club The Pine Ridge Garden Club met at the Nestleton Hall on June 7. Sam Brandsma from Lindsay showed interesting glides on different varieties of flowers, which the members en- joyed very much. The winners of the monthly competition were first - Fran Binns, second - Grace Bajema and third - Tina Wolters. Kath- leen Petrie was the winner of the door prize. . Early in June some of our members planted flowers at the Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry and at the Nestle- ton Hall. Our next meeting will be July 5 at the Nestleton Hall. This meeting will be our annual flow- er, rose and vegetable show. During the competition we will be car pooling to Mason Hogue Gardens so the meeting will be- gin at 7:30 p.m. If you enjoy gardening or just like flowers, come and join us, new members are always wel- come. ments claim they want sin man- ufacturers gone, rhetoric belies the shameful evi- dent mass family disruption wreaked by alcohol, and death- wheeling by smokes. If those parasites (and now casinos) were with love or integrity - they'd be long gone. What about governments? R. Ward Janetville except their casa Tecycle Are you concerned about how to: Learn new strategies to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease? e Enhance your body shape and energy level? The Dynamic Health Seminar by Dr. Robert J. 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