PAGE 4,WEDNESDAYJULY 9, 1986*WHiTBïFREE PRESS Published every Wednesday whi Ft rxN< 'BILL MCOUAT by M.B.M. Publishing CmuyEio and Photography Imc. &dstllg aager Tite Free Press Building, Voie 0 th Ton Mchal In Pbliher Edtor13 1 Brock Street North, Second Class Mail Voc fteCountyTonMcala- Burgess, ulse- Managing EirP.O. Box 200, Whitby, ()nt. Regisraion No. 5351 The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whithy residents for Whitby residents. -ýRes'idents protest is self -centered-ý Monday night's Whitby coundil meeting a P efflusbackyards. Fortunately, these groups relegating them ail to some ghetto off on the oi ip of residents who live in the neighbourhood do not usually get their way because there is a skirts of town - both unacceptable. ,egency Crescent appeared before council to committment at ail levels 0f government to Assuming this conclusion is agreeable to t] est the construction of an apartment make some basic provisions for those less for- group, the only question that remains is whii building on that street. Upon questioning by Mayor Bob Attersley it bééame apparent that it wasn't 80 much the apartment building the group was unhappy about but the fact that 40 percent 0f the building's 47 units would be rent-geared-to- income. Last week'in another incident, a group of Blue Grass Meadows residents appeared before the town's administration committee to object to a similar project in their neigh- bourhood. These kinds of «protests are not new to Whitby or any other town in this province. Ever since the advent of subsidized housing and group homes for the disadvantaged, handicapped or ex- convicts, residential neighbourhoods have risen in protest against what they perceive to be the in- troduction of undesirable elements into their Lettes ITo he SEitr To The ditor:, This letter is in response to the front page 'photo in the Free Press publication of JuIy 2, 1986. On the front page of this issue, we saw a pic- ture of a murder suspect giving his imitation of Pierre Trudeau's "hi" sign (giving the Photographer "the finger"). Who in their right mmnd decided to publish this pîcture?. First of ail, the person in the picture has not only been accused of com- miting a socially unac- ceptable act, but in a sence is being ap- plauded for it by publishing a photo of To The Editor: 1 am writing this let- ter concerning your Wednesday, July -2 issue. I feel thse picture on the front page in- luding two of thse six charged ini the death of To The Editor: I would like to correct a small error in a letter to the Editor, dated June 25 regarding Lyn- de Shores, Conservation Area. Golf Management To Thse Editor: Having checked and made sure my papers were ln order, I feel safe to ask the following questions. Has anyone any idea why 70 percent of our doctors went out on strike? Wisy are nuinerous emergency rooms closed? Doea him giving society "the finger". I'm not a parent, but I would be a littie upset if my child was exposed to this type of sen- sationalism in a com- munity paper. I would expeet this type of shabby reporting from a scandai sheet who prin- ts garbage just to shock their reader, but not from a paper that is supposed to be a littie more tasteful. As a broadcaster, I know we have a respon- sibility to use discretion when informing our audience... .how about you? Sincerely, Michael T. Smith Sales Rep. CHOO Radio Mr. Walter Major was terrible. I myself am a friend of the family and wish you could have a littie more respect. Sincerely, Joedi Collins. Group is proposing "leasing" not "buying" as I stated. I regret thse error. Sincerely, Sheila E.I. Ruch. anyone know why David Peterson insîsted on protecting us frozn one of thse finest medical systems in thse world? May I attempt to an- swer these questions. Like a miasma, Bill 94 was expected to filter in and paralyse thse doc- tors. Bill 94 is David Peterson's apringisoard tunate. It is, after ail, one of the primary fun- ctions of governnient to look out for the greater good and to that end governments are often required to over-ride smaller interests. If these people wiio appeared before Monday's meeting had stopped to consider the larger pic- ture, they might have arrived at some very dif- ferent conclusions. Obviously, it is better to in- tegrate these special facilities into the com- munity. The only alternatives are ignoring the needs of the disadvantaged ail together or VOUR AN to limiting thse numnber of patients a doctor may see per day, controlling tise number of tests a doctor may order par patient (how wili ie be able to make a correct diagnosis?) and even- tuaily stipuiating the qoW WAS doLiDAN<'? number of blood pressure readings each patient may have per year. Tisese are only a few of tise tricks "Dr. Peter- son" may have in store for us. He cannot bring in tisese Draconian- )ut- the âch neighbourhood is elected to'house the new facility. Since one residential neighbourhood is pretty much like another and the proper zoning was already in place, there is really no argument againist erecting such a facility. Most of the people who showed up at Monday's meeting would probably agree with the principle of subsidized housing and this is simply a case of not wanting it in their own backyard. For- tunately these people do not have the final say. See story Page 16, L E~MEZQKCY)) measures, and others, unless ise can control the doctors as a group. Bill 94 has given him that control. Wisen David Peterson finally puts al his cards on tise table, and tise public finds tisemselves back in the Dark Ages of medicine, no doubt tise people of Ontario will want to know why tise doctors did not stop Bill 94. M. Wilson, Pickering. At grou 0f R nrotE Front Page Correction Bill 94 Mme"