Page 8, WhItby Free Press, Wednesday, February 16, 1994 More charges laid against foe edr By Mike Kowalsld Whitby has cracked down on roadaide flower von dors once ainfor Towýn clerk Don McICay or med council Monday night that charges of sellIng flowers without a licence had been laid against two people earier that day, Valentines Day. McKay>s announcement of the charges came exactly one week after the last of eight charges laid during Mother's Day week- end last year, were disposed of in provincial offences court. Two people were found guilty and fined $500 each, while a thîrd was found guilty and fined $250. The. three were among eight people who sold flowers without a licence on stroot corners or other locations in town last May. Three of those charged pleacled guilty on an earlier occasion and were fined $100 each. Charges agaist the other two wore with- dawn on technical grounds. As a resubt of the convictions, McKa~y teld council that the. Town si solicitor was reviewing the. bylaw for purposes of making it even tougiier. Councillor John Dolstra welco- Coalition holds contract talks med McKay's announcement. "Most of the people charged were from outside t he area ... Toronto, Misssauga,» said Dolotra. "I hope we can continue and start te p ut out the message that we don't want people out there selling without a licence," h. said. Oneof those chargediat year was no stranger to Whxtby, however. Local florist Bill Brant was also nabbed in the crackdown but had bis charges withdrawn by the munlcipality. After yars of complaining te Town ofciais- about unlicensed street vendors selling flowers at wiL, Brant o pted te do the. sanie. Hie was charged with selling flowers froni a Dundas Street corner, only a short distance from bis Byron Street South shop. But since -Brant paid business taxes totth. muniicipality an exemption in the Municipal Act did not reqie hum te purchase the. special «hawkers' and ped- diers"' licence. 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