PAMGeS, WIBFRKPRES% ,WEJJNE5DAY, UMfAOR 181992 The only Whitby Newspaper owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents! Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Imc. at 131 Brock St. N, Whitby, Ontario Li N 5S1 Phone 668-6111 Toronto Line 427-1834 Doug Anderson - Publisher Maurice Pifher - Editor Alexandra Martin Production Manager 2nd Glass Postal Registration #05351 Co-ops already have bad-namé To the Editor: Re: McOuay aubsidized housing The respanse concernlng the above was so overwhelming that a rebuttal at thia point la ln arder. 1 wish ta address. Debra Biiodeau wha stated we -shoot tram the hlp and give co-ops a bad name. ft was put ta me that the oldeat co-op ln the Durham area ls 18 ta 17 years aid. A house that aid ls not considered aid. W. didn't give ca-opa their bad name, we are flghting cthe proposed develapment bcuse they already have a bad name, accordingto 13 real estatefimstat1calie. Eight af these firma canflrmed thet hauses ln the Otter Creek, wiiI. depreciate tram between 10 ta 20 per cent depending an haw close the house la ta the ca-ap. 1 wouid say my house wauld be among the 15 ta 20 per cent and $30,000 is the very hlg h price we wiIl be P aying. Sa aaorry ,my nat-in-my-backyard' syndrome cariea an. 'Shirley McDermott stated that. harasamerit in *the ca-opa la few and far between. Not so, accarding ta members 0f varlous ca-opa wha phaned me and wlahed ta remain anonymous ta avald such treatment, shauld their ne known. As far as y aur taxs the prIce we wilil be pay caver your taxes for the nle mare yeara. Cheryl Van Luven ati yau can'tstand .the heat, af the kitchen. 1 wauld sug her ta dcean her awn before she worries about tI af mine. Rab Burgess hit the nal head, and 1 believe' he wi that no an. is disputing tf for- affordable hausing ar than the need far sewage Iandfil sites, halfway hou BUt the lack of cansidera local palitMcans for the wi alla what la realiy appalling My thankas go out ta the member wha called ta that a photo* be taken Cordova co0-op in Oshawi take ane forsure. To the co-op member me about the ca-o p unit t being *rented aniy for h la p business, 1. say, speak up, persan la putting out a.fan really needa lit. That lass of the systemn, and we aipý 1 reat my case. Tanyss Mao Other, less expensive optiaà To the Editor: f'a tîme totoft h. pndin by the Town of Whi. The $73 million coat- for 59,000 sq. t. ai building for t'he works department la ludicrous during thîs perlod ai fiscal responsiblilty. The Cobi Fooda building at 636 Brook St. N. la for sale at $3.5 millon. This includes 10 acres ai pieland and 120,000,sq. t. ai Errors in The property, t 1125 Bt is for sale at $1.8 millik includes 65,000 sq. fi..fai and 3.6 acres of land. Whitby council la apei lot af time defending their, weekend but unleas you st td the budget meetings ci Fools Day, they wili spendi $7,300,000 ai your fmoney. Day. Tai article ames be situation, ying will ext 30 or ated WUf ,get out ggest ta kitchen the heat dl an the iiIl agree he need iy mare B plants, ses,' etc. at !on by algr Ps 1 Vi w o n1 We can no longer pass the buck By Sheldon Shea, presîdient Ontario Taxpayers' Coalition Whltby chapter elTar OT In many ways, tlm e la ticking 9. away for Canadian tax payera and. le Cop thelr -gavernments. Symboil ofai Suggest this Is the 'debt dock' unveiled ln ai0 the Dec. 1990 by the Vancouver Board fa 1 wili ai. Trade -- a device that wh' calcultles the cauntry's gtowing ,votold féderal debt by the second. hfat was « By the firat week of 1991, the place afi dock was showing a total ai $363 for this billin with thesum Increaslng by rîiý' that $ss3,00âaminute. >t abuse On.e year lator, the national' ay. debt steM ands weli over $400 billion. Governments of al levels, Ddom*ld lncluding .-aur awn, local Whitby munlclpality, region 'and achol boards, are an increasing, source, af frustration ta many taxpayers. ns ieW.* should b. aware oaio wegat ta the situation we are'In,' today.-We allowed R ta happen. urna st. We were the' ones , who , as )n, .,an,' unlnformed or camplacent vo tera, building elected govemnments t aI taevela ricing a C a th we them ta edaon ,,$5,000) themselves, cretding larger and how u larger bureaucracles. We allowed Unpi them to get, us further and further, nothr into debt.. another The bi q uestion. naw la how do iwe lix it SGin ter xPayer FIrat, we have ta, stop playing the wonderful political game af 'pass the 7buck.' The 'buck' stops here with every single -ane.-afus. This assumnes, of course,,tht you stili have a buck left alter taxes. -We 'have ta start accepting responsibiity for'the situation we are ln and start mo'ving forward. Part of the solution for aI aof us, whether we are ln the primte or public sector, la ta stop making unreasanable demnands.- We have ta 'change aur mlndsets: entireiy.,Moat af us already have, malnly because aio necessity. Once we have, w. can etarI puttlng' the pressure onto aur poltîclans ta do* the same. This- la where you came ln. You hae tsta taking arby school 1board. meetings, wrltlng letters, calng yOur elected Officiais and realty getting lnvolved. 'As-lndlvlduala, we get lot ln the bureaucratic shuffie.- Asa ca-ordlniated group' , we 'can. change thinga. The -Ontario, Taxpayers' Coalition has, proven this wlith. major succesatonles acrosa Ontario. This la the reason a number aof-ôncemed taxpayers, have started a Whltby,.chapter.'> From the reent overwhelming, response from 'the public ta aur position on the Whltby',caouncll's- retreat ta Belleville- -and, aur request ta, hold the- budget t aa zero per-cent Increase, ýwe know aur position' laiisuppor4ed b' a wide range, of resident taxpayers ln thla' town.- Any individuaL interested ln. joining the flght aâgaliat hlgher.ý property taxes la urged ta cantact, the Ontario Taxpayers' Coalition, Whity5chpter, at 668-835 or 668-85 58. While we areaar thtÈ -m.aqny area resldent nyna be lna"dosâition to ývalunteeër their' thla organization can-accomplis many goals and objectives. We are aIl payng maire and. mare for leus, and leas.i Ws lime for. ail levela of governmenùt t change: -. spcllly those ln the Regiono0f Toýgether,. we can g et aOur., governme <nte 40 change. because, uftimately, we hald. the « real balance, ai power, bath st the* ballot box, and wlth aur taxçes. Bt Ièvs not deluae , ourselves* mb othlnking tht ýcômà plete change' can Came, ,immeditely. -We, are, talking bu hngn IsthatI -havegben ruidfralong time.' Opi!ni oexpressed m ethose of the auihorw To theedor. To the Edtor: Re: 'Carbon monoxide poisoning lkely cause -- 20 preclalon team members briefly hospitalized,' Free Press, Feb. 5/92. The firat vidtima arrived at the hospltal et 725 p.m. No, ane was traspotedby ambulance. rahed lire and police depantments were disptched ta the'arena tl approxlmtely 1020 p.m. afler beingaiaerted ta the Message to a, littelrbug* To the Editor: in reference ta -the article siution-by the e-ème-rgency < i 'is &1anopOfenueer .ta the named above, as presldent ai the' department ai the haspital this teenage girl with whomn my wife Unionville Skating Club, 1 would' arena had already been alerted ta hadý a public argument in a local like ta correct some of" the the conlirmed carbon monoxide shopping mail parking lot last Information ln yaur article.. poisoning shortly ater 8 p.m.), week At no lime were any oi our Vîvian Scarano My wie was an heu way ta buy akaters or parents who y were some necessities for aur five- hospitaIized near, .tihInd or Big month for month-ald son when she saw yau ractlaing outalde or arounid buses. dellbertely itterlng ln the parking veryn becamne' 111, in the Big Sisters lot. When you were polit. Iroquois Park arena facllity. reminded af thprsce ta Twenty people were treated at cana and the impoôrtance ai caring Whitby General Hospital with wht To the EdItor: for our environment', y aur reaction was canlirmed ta be carbon was not only taîally Irrespansible, manoxide poisoning, with levaIs Big *Sisters, Newcastle-. but abscene. wefl above normal and that Oshawa-Whitby branch, would like required ver aggnessive ta thank everyone who contributed l'm not going ta blamne your tretlment. ta mlaking February Big eisters, achoal for your lack of awareness Tho se hospitalized and many Awareness Month a huge succesa. cancrning aour environmentai others ln attendance were Our mnany volunteers are ta be criala - l'm sure your teachers sufferinig headaches, tlghtness ln congrtulited for thelr tirelesa have tried theirbest. l'm not gain the cheat, dizziness, falntness, efforts in pramating aur agency. ta blame ya ur parents for yourla= ilushe faces, nausea, muscle of courtey - they, boa, have 0rp, vamiting -and loss aof. Big Slsters-NOW piobably ane, thair utmot ess «-i 1-> ÀI ..J" ah w . _.iê aa . ~ 1 1I'm certainly not going ta waste any time blamning yau for -yaur appaliing manners and biatant iack, af respect for our earth and her- inhabitants. I just hope that perhaps some day, when yau have a baby of your aown,. yau;.wiIl. ýbe able ta iind the' wards ta explIén-,Îwhy thtï-child's futureis iriJeOpardy --',because af the' Ignorance. anda*apathy oa- peapieilike yo'urself., Gord Brady Whtby. To the Editor: Aborigînal diams,- legitimate as those ai French, Canadians, point ta the stupidity aoi 'the whole r spedlil tatua' delate.,, a As a- WASP descendant , 1, too, 1have a legitimnate and goad. daim 3ta 'special stkua., Three 'ealy, 1faundens af Canada aïe'cpbl i cdemanding,ÀequaIciaM statua -- aboriginal, EngIlah and French., In nqliy, nane ai us are, as Canada,, I ! thlesum aifits multitudinous part&. W. trive ta have the nation Canada, ,s plintering. ýthrough recognzing specil statua groupa can. only harm and uttimately destray the ntion Canada Governmeht',ti ail lavela muet b., made ta ,w'Oo* awadsequality fan ai within Canada;à «,not spprt- the eff ort t ai roupe nata aplinter aur Doinion, tathederirnent ofail., - ohn T HIle 'Specilal 1,status' dAebate-