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The Council‘s figures show that it takes 38.6 per cent of a typical family‘s budget just for housing â€"â€" a 10 per cent increase in three years. This is about 10 per cent more than in New York, and about 13 per cent more than an average family should pay as a percentage of income. ! Food took 24.6 per cent of the budget â€"â€" a DROP of five per cent, since 1964, and clothing 9.1 per cent, a one per cent increase. , Allen took advantage of this opportunity to give the Toronto dailies a well earned scolding for slanted news and editorial writing, and for being a "form of pressure, using means not available to the exponent of a contrary viewpoint .. . ." We don‘t suppose Jim Service‘s idea will ever happen, because it is far too revolutionary. A single tax would, however, shock a docile, complacent public out of an apathetic frame of mind. In its place we would have an alert electorate watching to ensure that every penny is spent wisely.. i The Globe and Mail turned over its page 7 last week to Metro chairman William Allen. Says Allen: "For years, the editorial pages of the three Toronto dailies have frantically devoted lines in the cause of amalgamation. Amalgamation has been advocated as though federated metropolitan municipal government were a failure. However, this not being so, the editorial writers can only claim that amalgamation would be a greater success. The public is not being given an impartial exposure of the advantages and disadvantages of both forms of government. I can appreciate one who favors amalgamation as long as I believe that he is acquainted with both sides of the issue. The Toronto editorial pages have neglected, regularly bypassed and ignored, the advantages which we have and still enjoy under our present system. Only one paper candidly admits that amalgamation will cost more than the present system." No one expects to see the dailies give up flogging a dead horse. But asMetro chairman William Allen says in the Globe, the public does have a right to see both sides of the amalgamation question presented in a fair and logical manner. The present system is far more democratic than an amalgamted Metro could be. It is a pity the dailies won‘t admit this elementary fact of life. The Metro chairman (who is in a particularly good position to see all sides) is a firm believer that the cityâ€"five borough Metro setup is far superior to the centralized governmets of urban chaos which one finds in New York and Chicago. Doubling income taxes and eliminating other provincial and federal taxes would certainly bring us all to our senses in one heck of a hurry. We‘re all for it. Allen is quite justified criticizing the city dailies for their blind devotion to the cause of amalgamation. Mayor Jim Service‘s proposal at Metro recently that the various levels of government should replace the hodgeâ€"podge of sales. and excise taxes with one large income tax makes sense for many reasons. Since the end of World War II, the Federal, Ontario and Municipal governments have gone on such a drunken spending spree, they have almost scraped the bottom of the tax barrel. This frightening situation has reached the crisis stage because the politicians keep promising something for nothing in order to get votes and the public, unfortunately, is stupid enough to believe them. â€"The North York mayor suggested that if taxpayers had to pay one great tax installment instead of literally thousands of little ones, they would be far more concerned about government extravagance and wastefulness. The province can‘t help Metro because it is broke and Ottawa can‘t help Queen‘s Park because it too has run out of money. , Despite record prosperity and a building boom that has few equals in the world, Metro today can‘t even find the money to complete the Spadina Expressway project or to replace its centuryâ€"old sewer system. It estimates that a man with a wife and two children must have an income AFTER taxes of about $6,300 to lead even a modest existence. Forty per cent of the families make less than this amount. A study by the Metro Toronto social planning council shows that four out of 10 families in the Metrd area cannot really afford the house they live in. ] . Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday Allen raps the dailies Double income taxes Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment of postage in cash. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada Other countries $9.00 PTWestou _ (/imes High cost housing W. K. Wilson, General Manager Stewart Castle, Manager B.M, Hoimes, Editor Advertising S. Castle â€" A. Bullen Telephone 241â€"5211 The whole exercise of a Planning Board formulating an Official Plan is to protect. residential areas where it is not the intention to allow change in the forseeable future. Other areas are designated as highâ€"rise areas, commercial, industrial, or other higher density use. Quite often an area is obviously highâ€"rise because of various geographical or existing conditions. For instance, the apartment Your editorial on January 9th regarding planning in the Borough of York is completely erroneous and misleading. Dear Sir: Your interpretation of the controversial Community Centres Board isue before Council was inconsistent with the facts and gave one alderman‘s version only. Dear Sir: M y efforts to discontinue the Community Centres Board and place it under the Parks and Recreation ‘Committee was not intended to simply expel citizens from the Board, though a careful scrutiny of attendance records of the Board‘s monthly meetings in 1967 and 1968 would show that some members were not interested. It is my contention that if salaried personnel were placed under the Parks and Recreation Department the municipality â€" would _ save I wondered if you could make use, at this time of year, of the enclosed. I am 89 years old with leisure time on my hands and have been pondering over the cvents of the past year and came up with these few thoughts. The joy with which we enter upon this New Year is also touched with a feeling of sadness. . Dear Sir: oo en arar ararerersrersrerererereretetere"a"a"0"2"2"0%0"0707070"07070"+) a"sle"e"a"e"a"e"a"a"o"eTo"a"ale"a]eleleCwle w en es e mie ie 960906 It is .like the bidding Doesnt want Community Centres probe We NEVER expopriate for developers eTeTeZeTeZeTeZeZeTeTeZeTaZeZeZeTene THE WESTON TIMES : Te TeTeTeTeTeZeZeeT«TaTeTe Te eTeu e Te Sn Te ce Te 2e To ue 20200028 1029 20202020300 0109000 0000090000000 000 1000000000000 0000000000500 2s hn e as teae 5o s as on as 2e e as hn ae os 2s os as as ts os anoe babeve eos benennie on nane New Year, 1969 corridor in Weston is geographically well located because of the river on one side and the railway tracks on the other. The apartment area adjacent to Bloor Street is dictated by the existence of the rapid transit line. Thus, when the plan is finally passed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, the residents, the businessmen and the developers know where they may live, carry on business or put up new buildings in the Borough. You state that we expropriate by proposing highâ€"rise use. At no time in any municipality in the Province of Ontario, does a The fact also remains that the Community Centres Board operates the arenas which are situated in Parks under the Parks and Recreation â€" Department. Any capital change in the buildings has to have the approval of the Parks and Recreation Committee and Council. It costs the taxpayer $60,000 per year to operate the Community Centres, plus $50,000 per year in the form of subsidies to the Minor Hockey Associations which also ends up with the Community Centres Board. It is time the two operations were placed under one control as has been done in other money, since they could be fully employed during the five month shutâ€"«down of the arenas. farewell of a loved and trusted friend and is always tempered with a feeling of anxiety. Life is felt to be flceting and uncertain and man is as a bubble floating time. Loved ones disappear from our side and we are painfully reminded we are but as pilgrims and sojourners here. We look backward with a sigh and onward with a tremor. We feel our helplessness and to the solemn stream of As Chairman of the Borough of York Planning Board in 1968, it was my duty to conduct six public meetings during the months of November and December: Contrary to your editorial comments, five of the public meetings were quite successful by anyone‘s standards and the citizens in attendance accepted the plan as being reasonable and necessary for their protection. One meeting in the eastern part Planning Board or Council expropriate land on behalf of a developer. You should know that municipalities may only expropriate on behalf of a municipal use. Boroughs which would alleviate to some degree the friction that is developing between the Director â€" of Parks and Recreation and the Director of Community Centres before it ends up in another investigation. This matter was brought to Council‘s attention on a unanimous vote of the Parks and Recreation Committee in November. The members of that Committee were Mayor Mould, Controllee White, Alderman Nobleman and myself. Its retention was accepted on a 6â€"5 vote. It was again brought up during Caucus this year w hen boards a n d committees were appointed and it was decided to discontinue the . Board at that time, again on a 6â€"5 vote. At Council during the lean on those around us is but to build on a shifting sand. Tis true, clouds and mists hang over us. But we are looking forward to that day when the Prophet Isaiah prophesy will come true and mothers no longer will be asked to give birth to children to be used as cannon fodder to advance the ends of greed. Mrs. Elizabeth King, Grattan St., .To whom else then can we turn but unto Thee? THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1969 of the Borough could not, be called too successful, but was held in accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act. I am told that meetings held in this area are usually much the same in character. I would be very pleased to spend time with the person who wrote the editorial so that he or she may, in future, make reasonable and informed comments, rather than write misinformed nonsense about the very important area of planning in a Municipality. * Thoughtful In conclusion, I would submit that the Borough affairs could be run on a more businesslike basis if less emphasis were placed on personal political aspirations. Indeed it was an education to witness thi beautiful _ enrolmen ceremony of new guide members and to learn about this movement which reachey around the world. We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to the leaders and the girl guides of the Salvation Army 226th company for their thoughtful consideration and kindness in providing for us a most delightful and enjoyable evening of entertainment recently. of two members of the Parks and Recreation Committee reversing their votes. ~ This\is one night we will long remember. afternoon of the same day, Council decided to continue the Board in 1969 by a vote of 7â€"4 as a result Dear Sir guides Yours sincerely, C.W. BODDINGTON, Controller. Sincerely yours, James Trimbee Alderman, Ward Six. Mrs. M. Benoit, Brownville Ave., Mount Dennis. Cecerecececelece ces