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i i l vi st authorized accutrow b u l o v a dealer 4 ewellers across from clock tower stouffville stouffville tribune suo saab repair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 3 markham 471 8660 tracy kibble staff reporter whew its over whitchurchstoufiville escaped the provinces wrath yesterday after a short list of six sites was released at a press conference in north york sometimes god does smile on small towns in hard times said an ecstatic mayor fran sainsbury after hearing the good news joking that she passed out when learning whitchurchstoufiville was sparedthe mayor said she is confidenfyork region will pick up the towns 30000 dumpfight tab the interim waste authority iwa will now focus its studies on the rouge valley site in markham three sites in vaughanrlng city and two sites in sut ton whitchurchstoufivilles unfortunate neighbors will be fighting fullfledged dump battles for the next four months when the iwa will nail the short list down to a final site that sole 600acre site will house north americas biggest dump housing 40 millions tonnes of waste from york and metro toronto for the next two decades curiosity begs the question why why were the two sites in whitchurchstouffville eliminated according to iwas chief engineer jacinta obrien the w sites were taken off the list because of infor- mation received from both the towns consultant find ings and facts gathered by the public obrien said the pine orchard site was eliminated largely because there are more residents living in the area than the iwas original documents showed obrien said the towns aug 11 presentation specifically point ed to a block of 15 buildings within 500 metres of each other located in and around the pine orchard community these buildings were missed in the iwas research data o b r i en explained she added that the change in the number of build ings and residents living near the pine orchard site here are the sites set out in york meant the iwa jlmsjl s had to include an additional buffer surrounding the site which decreased its size with the additional buffer the site no long met the minimum size requirement of 600 acres obrien said the spring lakes site was eliminated for much the same reason the crown corporation could not ignore the high number of residents living in this area after studying more current data jacinta confirmed it was found the spring lakes site contained too many highlevel impacts which meant it had to be scrapped from the process obrien said durhamyork mpp larry oconnor said the town and the residents of whitchurchstouffville should be congratulated on the hard work put forth to prove their case against a dump in the community this has shown that a fair and open process really does work the hard work by the community has paid off oconnor said progressive conservative environment critic don cousens however is demanding the iwa rethink its process the iwa does not know the meaning of fair just or logical cousens said the iwa process refuses to consider alternatives tramples fundamental rights and inflicts undo stress on people living near one of the short list sites this must stop cousens said after hearing the short list announcement i cant believe its over together we did it sains bury said feimoimy sos lays demands on table for council tracy kibble staff reporter the days of the quiet sub missive and obedient taxpayer are clearly over in whitchurchstouffville the days of armchair poli tics and coffeetable taxbash ing have also ended it seems after a group of citizens this week decided it was time to stand up and be counted during a lengthy meeting tuesday night which reduced mayor fran sainsbury to tears more than 100 home owners laid it on the line with local politicians and their staff a newlyformed ratepayers group save our stouffville sos told officials in no uncertain terms to stop spend- ing public money just because if s there sos spokesman marion wells during a dramatic 15- minute speech threatened a tax revolt next year if a hike looms on the budget horizon we will not be paying an increase on our taxes in 1993 because we cant we just cant she said we are real people we have names and faces and serious financial difficulties we are not statistics from a govern ment study this all happened through no fault of our own wells said local politicians have underestimated a hurt ing world and warned that spending money must come to a halt taxpayers are tired of struggling saving and skimp ing only to have our taxes raised again and again and read my lips we cant afford it marion wells again she said through the prying fight of a cfto video camera wells told a national audience that stouffville politicians have two years to turn things around sos is objecting to town pro- jects slated for next year totalling nearly 1 million the group wants plans to buy a 478000 custombuilt aerial fire truck cancelled read my lips we cant afford it wells said wells suggested the towns fire chief step aside if he cant operate his department without going into debt this statement drew balks and glares from officials and howls of approval from the crowd sos said they dont oppose new equipment but object to the purchase of an expensive stateoftheart horror story like the one proposed the group also wants town employees to take a cut in salary to 1991 levels and sug gested if they dont like the cuts they can find employ ment elsewhere nowhere is it written in stone that an employee is com pelled to stay if not satisfied wells said sos is questioning the towns recent hire for a parks superintendent an interim position to temporarily replace the towns recreation director the group also chastised the towns plan to build a 108000 toboggan hill and the creation of an outdoor rink resident ken sandiford said taxpayers are tired of being hoodwinked and deceived by this zerobased baloney council received the delega tion brand new 1993 ranger xit supercab includes v5 air conditioning floor console 5 speed hit 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