PAGE 2,WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1975, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the County fown Ratepayers' Ode to Goodwin Dear Sir; This 'Dear John' letter is in reply to an article appearing in the Oshawa Times, dated Friday June 13. Mr. Goodwin appar- ently accuses the Corri- dor Area Ratepayers Association for totally disrupting the Town's cash f low. Letter to Dear John Gondlwin: Dear John, oh how we hate to write, Dear John, that we've just begun to fight, You are taking our protection away, Changing zoning by- laws every day, Your true colours are now coming to light. Dear John, we're really not so bad, Big John, we just feel that we've been 'had.' To all developers you implore - Cram more townhouses in the corridor To get more lot !evies, it really is quite sad. Dear John, in case you have forgot, Dear John, detached homes in a 50' lot. Make for better har- mony, And to that we all agree, So you see it's you who is the real big ot. Dear John, the ratepay- ers you do blame, Big John, guess you're horsetrading again, It's, only YOU who can restore, Sane development in the corridor, And the tax rate could then remain the same. Dear John, you really must confess, Big John, you've put the town in quite a mess, One vote was all that was needed, Joy, Jim and Gerry also pleaded, But remember John, you refused to say 'yes'. Dear John, how we pene- trate your skin, Big John, when the town purse is getting thin, if levy fees would solve your plight, Why retain a lawyer fin enmèra) at niaht out in West Lynde? Dear- John, monuments built on a hill, Big John, they take money from the till, Buy six stories in West Lynde tower It could house ail municipal power,. And the view would be astronomical. Dear John, seven years is quite a lot, Big John, to pay for sewers we haven't got, To get hard services is quite a scrap, Maybe we should ail join C.R.A.P. Amalgamation promises you soon forgot, Dear John, Des vowed by by November '74, Big John, Sewers would flow right past our door, We were really ail naive, Des's words we did believe, Now we can't trust our mayor anymore. Dear John, we won't procastinate, Big John, we must soon investigate, For there's something really rank, Besides our septic tank And we tend to think it might be 'Whitbygate' Dear John, the picture we recap, Big.John, is town fathers in a flap. If this is not another joke, And Whitby's really broke, New City Hall could qualify for O.H.A.P. Dear John, I guess that will be ail, Big John, Pride goes be- fore a fall, If your ways you do not mend, Your honourary mem- bership we'll suspend, Your fate lies in our hands; you might recall. Yours truly, John Buchanan, President, Ary Szarka, Treasu rer, Mary McEachern, Secretary, Corridor Area Rate- payers Associati n. Servlng Over 7,000Readers. Servng ver 7,OQ Reder. F Published every Wednesday. by MN.M. 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Assistant Editor - Blake Purdy Contributing Ed.itor - Jim Quail Production Manager - Marje Burgess Display Advertising Manager - Robin Lyon Classified Ad Manager - Shelley Crovvley Box 706, WhITy Mailing Permit No, 2941 Ptiolle 668,6111: 'Toronto LUne 282-1004 Province shares blame for mess Dear Sir; On June 5, 1975 I heard Premier Davis be- ing interviewed on radio. During the conversation he stated that he was concerned about the apparent problem with the proposed Pickering Airport. I was surprised to find out that he knew about the project. I had concluded some time ago that the Federal Govern- ment was building the airport as a surprise for Queen's Park. The Premier's sudden awareness of the difficul- ties being faced by the people of Pickering and surrounding area, comes too late to save many stout hearts which have been swept away. The suffering created by this ill conceived airport pro- posal has been com- pounded by the hands off policy of the Ontario Government. Ottawa has bungled almost every move it has made in regards to the airport, but one must admit thêy have stood their ground and taken the knocks. Not so the Province which has remained in hiding although Ontario is something very close to an equal partner by virtue of the fact that it must provide services, the road system and also imposed a 50,000 acres -freeze on the area around the airport site. This freeze allows the Federal Government to control the whole zone without having to buy it. The manner in which the Provincial Government has approached the air- port situation .is a glaring example of timidity in the extreme. The beleaguered Feds finally succumbed to pressure and have scaled the airport down to one runway. The much publi- cized economic benefits which were tô offset the grave disadvantages will not now materialize. Much of the thanks for this sorry state of affairs must go to Queen's Park. We are witnesses to government by default. Yours truly, Ken Spratley Councillor - Ward 3 Town of Pickering Kinsale Road R.R. 1 Brooklin, Ontario the reach of the market and is tastefully and honestly advertised. Recently, the response to our "The Big Switch" ads in your paper has been incredible. Thank you for the advertising medium you have pro- vided for us and congrat- ulations on hiring a sales- man with such wisdom. Yours sincerely, J. A. (AI) Spencer, Director of Marketing, Pine Ridge Cabfe TV Limited,