WHITI3Y FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1980, PAGE 5 Regi*onal candidate Edwards saya.. Acclamation gives more responsibiity By MICHAEL KNELL Free Pres Staff By ail accounts this could be the year of the non- election i Whltby (except i the North Ward where Rosa Batten la taklng on icwn- bent Bob Canson) but there la one candidate that says wlnnlng by acclamation puts an even blgger burden on the politician. "Acclamation calis for an even greater effort," accor- ding to Tommy Edwards who is seeking election to one of Whty's twoseats on Durham Reglonal Council. "You have to justi.fy the faith." "Those who have an acclamation have to liv'e up to thfr. t-st that entails."1 1*,o'-over, Edwards said i ant interview last week that servlng ipubliclilfe la an obllg:t* -,n hi the people he represents because of their welcome to hlm when he brought bis family to live in Whtby, 26 years after leaving their home In Liver- pool, England. "We were accepted with hospltality and goodwill from everyone we met," Edwards said of those days i 1955 when Whitby was a town of some 8,000 people. 'II found acceptance almost immediately," Ed- warda said. "As a resuit of this acceptance by the community, 1 feit an obligation to repay the community by public ser- vice and tbat desire remains with -me today and has not dimiished in any way. " Edwards, 54, was a mem- ber of Whitby Town Council before bis defeat in the 1978 municipal election when he trled for regional council seat, coming third after present councillors Bob At- tersiey and Gerry Emm. He was centre ward.coun- cillor from 1974 hi 1978 and before that he served as reeve, councillor and from 1960 t 1964 was a member of the Whitby Public School Board. However, Edwards said that the major problem facing any elected officialisl that he doesn't have enougb Urne to get thins accom- pliahed. "The problemn with public service is that it takes so long to get anything done, there's no room for im- patience."0 Hie went on to point out that it took 20 years of discussion to get the CPR underpasa conatructed on Brock Street North and 10 years to get the Iroquois Park Camplex under way. "lIt took aimost a decade of fightig before we had a year round swixnming facilty," he said. Edwarda, a national representative for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said that bis major concern is the development of employment opportunities in the region. "The first concern of most people I run into is em- ployment and stable in- come," Edwards said. "Their concern is to get a job that will provide a reasonable expectation of security." A regional councillor, he said, should be promoting those ideas that wW cll courage idustrial anu~ commercial growth. «"The best a reglonai coun- cillor can do la advocate the klnd of polcies that will en- courage commercial and i- dustrial activities whlch are flexible enough to take into account market changes," Edwards said. "«A reglonal councillor can press for iduatriai and commercial policies that wWl take in a broad spec- trum of job opportunities. " H e also maintains that i- duatry should be creatlng more than one klnd of produet or service so, that if the market for one no longer exista, then their efforts can be conoentrated on another. People can no longer expect to be able to depend on one industry to deveiop and grow s0 that their futures are secure. This la one reason why Edwarda believes that the reglon should be deveioping industries other than the automotive secotr. "We should ensure that there are jobs available i this region that are not soiely dependant on the automobile induatry," he sald. Another problemn that Ed- wards wanta to'see deait wlth is the problem of reglonal, and local, red tape. "People are stiJi having dlfflcutly making their way througii the bureaucratie jungle that existai the munlcipality," be said. "I'm not satlsfied that we've overcome that difficuity."1 Edwards said that there should be service established to expadite ser- vices and complaints at the municipal level. "It should be possible for taxpayers to make a phone cail and . get their problem deait with."' He said that hie is also con- cerned that, "Wbitby gets Its fair share of the region's assets'. The issue of the expansion of Brooklin will soon be before regional coundil and Edwards said thaf lhe is wihg to give it conditionai support. In the past, he said that "I' was not prepared to be an advocate for development if it wouid have an adverse af- fect on our community." IF the project Is wlthln the financlal abillty of the com- munity, Edwards said that he la stW lwillllng to support the' development of the hamiet to a population of 10,000 persons. "I'm prepared to support it at the reglon, providlng that features remaina that there la no adverse affect of the Town of Whltby." However, he said that the probleins of semers for Brooklli and Port Whltby should be conaldered outalde Of the development proposai. "However, there lsaa sewer problemin hiBrooklin and Port Whltby that 1 want to see attended to com- pietely outalde of the -CONiT'D ON PG. 8 SPECIfAL 1 ALL TV SERVICE SCALL WlTHi STHIS AD ONLY FA LCQN'TVl 426 Simc$.?$. lljl NOW OPEN SATURDAYSI Guarantee on ail parts and service RUSSELL TRAVEL LTD. 126 Brock St. S. 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