Page 4, Thursday, October 7th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS CANDIDATE HOTSEAT ON THE Candidate 'X' , What can Whtby expect fro 'YO'if'YOD are elected telegisiature on October 2lst.I! EDITOR'S NOTE: Bringing the politician down to the local level is what 'Can- d idate on the Hot Seat' is all about. ln doing so, Bob Wing, Mike Freeman and Bill Newman, the New Democrat, Liberal and Conservative candidates for Ontario South were asked the fol- 1 ow ing question - "What will you do for WFHIT B Y that wè willbe able to see before the next election?" Candidates were requested to sub- mit answers in their own words to the 'Free Pr es s ' office. Following are the replies. MIKE FREEMAN, LlBERAL ..to return the decision-making back to the local level ...To begin w i t h mak ing hollow promises to voters is not my idea of intelligent campaigning. All I can of- fer in the foll owing group of thoughts in r egard to Whitby is that i will at- tempt to do my best in these matters and pursue any and all reasonable ap- proaches that will benefit this area. One must pursue what must be and can done. I have made it very ci ear in my speeches dur ing this campaign that the dec ision-mak ing in government must be returned to the local communities. This applies to Whitby every bit as much as to the other municipalitles in this Rid- ing. I w i I I oppose and do now oppose, the Tory impulse to centralize every- t h i n g - our educational system, our local government system and planning, for example - regardless of local feel- ings, priorities and needs. Whatever the people of Whitby and this Riding properl y desire and need, accor ding to the expression of the people through their local councils, m us t b e regarded as high priorities on the list of the member who repres- ents them at Queen's Park. There will be no indecision or in- concl usive decision-making on my part, nor on the partof aLiberal Government at Queen's Park, in regard to the needs andconcerns of the people of Whitby. • iw ould strrive for a relief of the Whitby tax burden in matters of educa- t i on , for instance. Certainly eighty percent of the costs of education should be borne by the Province - and will be if a L i b e r a 1 Government is formed. L oc a i assessment must be restored; the Tories say, incidentally, that they wi ii continue with the true-value assessment system until al1 municipal- ities in the Province are brought un- der it. I would make sure that the people of Whitby had their concerns repres- e n t e d o n such matters as pollution, transportation systems, regional gov- ernment, and conservation. Whatever the wishes of the people of Whi tby may beon the matter of recreational facil- ities must by my c o n c e r n w he re it touches provincial legislation and, in. any event, wherever the town council requires my assistance. I w an t to r em i nd you that I am a teacher in this Riding and work under the county educational system, and that I havegrownup in thisRiding and went to school here. My roots are deep here COMPARE THESE A-1 RECONDITIONED AND SAFETY CHECKED BEST BUYS!!! '72 RENAULT 10, bucket seats, disc brakes etc. brand new --$2150. '68 RENAULT 8. 4 speed, radio. A-i lic. 35184A - $1095. I THIS WEEK'S BEST BUY '69 VIVA only 10.299 miles. sharp, I lic. 502530 $95 '67 RENAULT 10. automatic; ladies car. lic. 7752A - $895. 65 BEAUM ONT, automatic, radio lic. i19054A - $595. '65 PONTIAC. 6 cy. automatic, lic. 36291A - $595 ! e * f î and I intend to represent the needs of the people*before any party line. In or der that Whitby NOT become the HabsorbediI portion of any regional plan, Whitby itselfmust make the dec- ision. in order to be strong in their choi ce, W h i t b y must be encouraged through direct industrial stimuli to be- come a viable area itself. Whitby has the potential, the facilities of avail- able transportation and space, to be- come such an area with provincial in- cent ives. The P r o v i n c i al Government has u s e d o u r communi ties too much I ike like guinea pigs in their regional ex- per iments, and it is time the decis- ions were made in places like Whitby for Whitby - not at Queen's Park with- ou t due consultation with the people locally. BOB WING, NEW DEMOCRAT ..to take the burden from the shoulders of the average Whitby man It is difficult to talk about specific things needed for Whitby without talk- ing about thenecessity for the renewal of the downtown core. If the Province worked more closely with the Town of Whitby municipal officiais, i am sure that a workable program of urban re- ne w a 1 could at last be started in the immediate future. continued next page MARIAN AUTO LTD. Grenfell at King St. W. (2 blocks east of OC) RENAUL) 728-5179 -723-7970 (Open till 9 p.m. nightly) AS MUCHAS 50 % of 1