Whitby Free Press, 15 Apr 1992, p. 7

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WMT1'V 'R! P. IR O RQTwT.PJC1rnAv -AuD T.I 100, t tl o PA GE SEVEN, There's a trou under themthrbridges This week, let'ail 8go Queen's Park and aesrpon the. Bob Rae Cainet in action.I BobsSo taesabou itfor tiie ... er, business items cf ... (gfiggles madly)? I caret stand it.. (Laught.r around te tale.) MarteLeh(poking Floyd Laughren in the. ribs) Business ... get it ... the. ... har, har business.. (giggles). Làes çet down te o «nntelligible). Flqird:. Business. Yes. That's about as flhnny as those, Pink Floyd' messages in the. Legislative washrooms. May we carry on, Mr. Premier? >Cabinet- (chanting in- chorus) Premier Bob, Premier Bob, Premier Bob. Béb Rae Gawd, I love that. On. thing I neyer realy ntcipated in this jo was the. adulation. (Whipersone Iast giggle.)* Any more ... -(te. h..) Fly:Well, yes, I do have one item. SheU<y Martel. He takes t"sail so seriously. M"Mr. Premier, may I borrow your gavel te bammer Ms ý Martel's fingers? Thank you. Now. You aill remember- hhow I outlined -pur budget problems. Well, tIowlliaveibôm nse. - 1w >MCK«nZie (Labour Miiiister): PFýraise b., .some ,auswers. - juat:hpetI.'press, likeis your answers bettor thaii fey. ied mine. FlOYdO Firsit, we, have ail 'read the. reports about -'cross-border.- shopping, flights te Vegas. Now rm readýy *te turn Spéculation into action. Yes, air. We're gonnà open üp ouir own casinos right here in, Ontario. ýMacKenzîe Gmb In i Ontario? Lordie what- wouîâld George Drew usay .no*?, Casinos?' With Iak jack and roulette and scantly-clad Young ladies'and drinks on the house, the. whole bit? MarteL' Down boy. He said gabling, not gambolling. So we get casinos, what's tii. big deal? Fl5d~Figure it'l bring in fifteen, mabe twenty million :a year. Pure gravy. Course, thia.s after we, write off ,the. start.-up costa. That'il be ninety, iwidred million,mae more. Pay back in five, ten7 years. After that, Ws pure pravy. Aside from the. pohicing coes, the. social wreckage, minus thie income Js. from iiorse-racing. But other tha that, itfs Mt: &Sounds terrifie. AnÉfhifflelse? FIoyd Yes,'ies somethn e been tikn about for years. You know iiow our iiighways ae juat so darned costly? WeIl, a couple cf our civil servants have been down te tthe States cross-border shopping and they came back witii tus great idea. Boix Whicii is?ý Floyd. We put upthis little toy garden shed or some19tiing along roas that tourists and otiiers drive on, and we have tuis real live troll inside, and people wiiere are My notes on this? Martel.'1 don't get it. Floyd- Drivers just drive up and throw money at the. trolls. Th ii.iigway buulders build the. roaslI guesa we rent them the. land, and tiien they get ; money from these troll booths imtil the work is paid for. » ,MacKenzle Where do these troUls come fromn? We'd have te, organize them, you know, form a troll union local 69 or soming.Tiiat's a good idea. I was look'ng forward te signing up some of those scanty young ladies in the. casinos as well. Hmmxn. So little Une, 80 much.. Martel' Eyes front, bug eye. Scanty ladies. my foot. If I have anytlding Wo say about it, any casinos the. NDP operates will have NO ekin and NO sex and NO drinkiing and betting only on relatively sure bets or harmless wagers. Boix TroU booths operated by private business. I like it Sure would show that we, want to build 9TH CONCBMOION OAD THROUGH ASHEUIN, LOOKING EAfsT 1907 This view in of the. Myrtie Road lodung eaot from the. Asbburn Scbool, now the. comniunity centre. Tii. fonce on the. n ht is lea&fng up to the. Burns'Presbyternan Church. At left in a hitching post for a hors. at the school entrance. WhMtiv AwéIw. photo 10 YEARS AGO, from the. Wednesday pi 14 1982 edition of the * enrlMotors i.seIlig he old Whitby Firestone plant. *Royal Canadian on ranch 112 wants to oxpand its hall on Byron Street South. *A»Ra doctorsar ng a one-day strike to back salary demands. *A hair cut-a-thon has raised $700 for cancer research. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, April 18, 1957 edition of the WHIMY WEEKLY NEWS e A berge at McNamara Marine was gutted by fire yesterday. * Tii. public trustee of Ontarlo wants to know what the. Town of Whitby plans for the money from the Arthur Aflin bequest to build a new town hall. * Mrs. William E. Pellow la president of the Whitby Wom.n's Institut. 9 Basebalseason opens on May 20. 100 YEARS AGO frcmn the FrimdaApril 15, 892 edition of the YCfLNICLE " Local horseinen are disappointed that there will b. -no spring fair this year. *Fine, clear, n*ixd candies are soldat 10 cents a pound at W.H. Newberzy's store. " James Davidscn, an ex-pupil of the Whitby Collegiate Insttut., ila the new principal of. Guelph Colegiate. "*Thes-Town's hotelsare overcrowded because w0 many people are attending the court sessons at Whitby. r

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