Page 2, Whîtbd' Free Press, Weclnesday, June 15,1994 Buffett confirms candidacy for local nomination NICE AND CLEAN !I plent' "i roomi 4 bedroarri kitchen w/oating arm &walkout to dock. dining raom.living room & upacu famnily - m wuir=pae, 1InShed = o~o mm&moe ASKING $229,900.00. : sEOFH TORN. AND OS*HAW REIRN SOC1IN0 ? ELEGANT EWNTI ERIAINIIIU Bomllui ondo unk on gmood itvd2 bft..cwnfoeW In M s lumD~ 4 bo*oon, hoe, lurge «I-a t- hen LR. & DR. çIac. & w*S ot oie~IO, 6 whdooe f»ta a hs nmitohupoci w fi Awiaou teuts axtu~ u wu,"cMmfoef, etc. Ni &ahhus bdvom a"'amoey nlfaom wepoe ASKING $99»90.00 A DISTINCTIVE BUIY W897.700.00. mi JUST «P LOVE GIVING AWAV FREE AIR MILES.*I Busmess has ilreal lack of repre sentation1 em legisiature By Mike Kowalald Former Whitby councillor Lynda Buffett is setting her sights on a seat at Queen'a Park. Ruifett confirmed Iast Friday that she wilI be a candidate for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Durhamn Centre riding in the next provincial elec- tion. The 43-yvear-old employee benefits ana pension consultant is the firet person to seek the Tory nod in the riding now held V bNewDemocrat Drummond No date has been set'for a geraniums Iooking for homos.à OPEN Mon-Fmi 8 arn - 8:30 Pmn Saturday 8 arn -6 Pm Sunday 9 arn-5 pm DURHAM'S LARGEST GARDEN CENTRE LYNDA BUFFET nomination meeting, although Buffett, currently president of the riding's PC association, expecta one to b. held some time this fail. In announcing her candidacy, Buffett took dead aim at the nearly four-year-old NDP govern- ment of Premier Bob Rae. '"As a former municipal politi- cian, there wa.sn!t a day that went by thatt I didn't witness first-hand the ý impact that his government's leégislation had on this riding," Buffett told repor- ters, By "downloading" its financial obIligations onto municipalities and sochool boards and by embarking on a "job-killing, over- taxing spending epree.» the Rae government has crippled busi- ness and foroed many people onto welfare roils, Buffett char- ged. uMany of the people that Ive known for years, who have wor- ked hard ail their lives, have had to face this dilemma in a pro- vince that was once the envy of ail others,» she said. "The next election will give taxpayers the opportunity to demonstrate their outrage at Bob Rae's wreckless manner of hand- ling the affairs of our province during the past four years.» Buffett said a "real lack of representation» in the Ontario legisiature from the business community was one of the factors in her decision to seek the Tory nomination. "The people who own privately held corporations and operate family run businesses have always been the sector that has driven the economy in Ontario," she said. But the private sector is suifer- ing at the lhands of a government that "spenda too much, regulates too much and taxes too much,» Buifett said. The cost of funding govern- ment programs such as medi- care, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance is SF.E PAGE 35 MARY 044 m'né27