p "I don'tthink thepulcare Iatswatta means over a fieyear period.» Te coalition has adopted thé following six-poin t rogram with' respect to mni cipal government: *a public vote on al miii rates and capital budgets; *direct 'election te ail local, boardsand commissions;, «Once elected, some -of our public *otficialis tend te forget how they got there,» said Shea. * the right'te reject «top-down» proas mandated by senior lev:els of overnment;. *ý limitmng municipal politicians te twotermsf of office; * recorded votes on ail money. matters;ý *consolidation of municipal services te avoid dpiain «Durham Rginoperations peple, beingnext door to the local operations for instance," said Shea. AlthougËh..Durham is no dif- ferent than, other areas with respect te, government waste, said.-ýShea, he preferrednot te cite' specific -examples at. this, time. «Our credibility factor is im- portant. We're looking* at facts andfiguressand wiil do alot of research- before making any statements,» said Shea. However,, Shea said one area where magjor savings can be real- ized is education. He- said a ýrecent study in Sudbury determined that con- solidating the public and separate s chool boards could save $25 million in the first year alone.- "That's what we're looking at, T h. War Amps of cana Full deep cleansing facial wfth relaxing massage$3o 1 Moh~ Unimftedb' .0 Tanning,$ 9 Glazed Ice Fiberglass' Nails by igii S CAL$3ý995 WM are now open <uRdIil8:3Opm 1 Mon.-FrI. Gift Certif icates Available that's where we ca n save,» said Shea. Shea has discussed the group's concerns with- a fèw politicians but is, concentrating on home- owners and-businessmen at the moment. «Talk te any business 'people and they'll, tell you free trade's not hurting themn, it's business taxes. «They say we can compete with anybody's products but we're get- ting.clobbered when yompare our -taxes with e nited States.». But Shea did not know if a «Blenheim» situation couid occur in Durham'.. .LIast year, ratepayers in the tinly southwestern Ontario tewn (about 4,200 pplation) decided they were ,feduOp with increasing pro rty taxes. Tey refused te pay any more taxes in 1990 than they had paid in 1989. As a result, the town was foroed te chop its budget, freeze school board spending ana cancel municipal projects. «It :(similar action) doesn't seem te be what's discussed on a regular basis here,» said Shea. «But I think it can be an issue. When you mention taxes people are very upsetthey see noposit- vji1 i=~, WH ITBY 668-1164 ive gains from their taxes." But Shea said a uBlenheim» could happen here, «if there is a vehicle for» people te express their views. Formerly from Winnipeg, Shea said a tax, revoit in Mnitoba was so successful the Progressive (Jonservative and Liberai parties implemented many of the ideas in their election campaign plat-, -forna. "In Winnipeg we concentrated on private taxpayers instead of business, we will do the Ã"pposite here,» said Shea. Although not aligned te any political party, Shea said, «wed like te smm political'groupa take an interest in what we say, the federal Conservatives are already taking.note. "But what we'Ve done is pro- bably taken a'page out of, the ]Reform Party.n (The Reform'Party isla awes- tern Canadian-based party apidlyý growing in popularityi.) Shea said Blenheimn proves tax increases are not warranted eVer er e not saying don't, pay taxes, people expect te. 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