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st tribune april 141993 p5 editors mail deceptive political grandstanding over budget was sickening dear editor enraged by the contrived the atrics surrounding last weeks budget presentation i wish to pen a few points to set the record straight several months of staff meet ings open to council enquiry and following a set schedule received by each member of council preceded the first copy of the draft budget all members of council were given the draft budget one week before our budgetday meeting this allowed ample time before the meeting to peruse the document and to attend the meeting organized and ready to suggest alternatives to any items in the draft budget on march 29 after more than seven hours of concerted delib eration a majority of council voted for a one per cent increase in taxes as always not everyone agreed on all items but a decisive majority was satisfied a week later in front of the cameras it was fascinating how the tune had changed as if no process had even been followed one member of council thundered rhetoric that the budget book hadnt even been opened and hed like to start again at page one frankly this kind of decep tive political grandstanding is sickening but its no longer even slightly surprising and though they make great headlines i hope that it is evi dent that calculated state ments like these are invariably at the expense of the rest of council far from being a oneman show the budget takes months of input from your towns entire council and staff we all worked hard to bring in a budget that reflects the needs expressed across whitchurchstouffville a bud- music mania fun from page 2 when i was head of costumes one year it was the day before the dress rehearsal and there were cpstumes hanging all over the house i was getting ready to take them over to the high school when something on the stove caught fire i was in a panic there were 120 costumes and i wasnt wor ried about what might happen to the house just the costumes luckily there wasnt any dam age to the costumes or the house as for what keeps her coming back for more every year mur phy said it was the people involved with the show i like the association with all the peo ple she also feels that an involve ment with music mania is a good outlet for creativity i like the creative aspect of the show i like to visualize spe cial things in the technical end of it and directing was good you get to really use your cre ative juices until they run out then you let someone else take over get that is in our towns long- term interest and rest assured that though the tax rate for this year has been dealt with were not fin ished costcutting yet stephen bellerby ward 2 councillor and 1992 finance chairman stouffville grass fire extinguished stouffville firefighters douse water on a grass fire which had started in the lot behind masterfeeds just off main and edward streets wednesday afternoon the blaze was quickly extinguished by fire fighters photojudy phillips jwiiw antique show sale richmond green 1300 elgin mills e richmond hill between bayview ave leslie n of major mackenzie dr sat sun april 17 18 10 am 5 pm 110 selected dealers admission 350 sponsored by family services volunteers fflemmm mmm investment services brokers of gics rrsps rrifs and annuities best gic rates nofees income tax 4166401769 6401778 george w brodie certified general accountant 6138 main st w stouffville ont s 7500 h 6750 callable certificates 5 years 5875 ear j 52 5050 90 da minimum 5 come in today and have your tax return prepared by professional tax consultants 1 raymerville drive markham 4725949 richmond hill ptlsiih kleinburg 8845563 l h 8930043 rates subject to change at last a private island thats affordable while you may spend a lot of time attempting to par this hole you wont spend a locof money to play it at spring lakes golf and country club we have s3 other affordable holes to experience all designed to challenge your golfing skills but not your budget spring lakes offers everything you would expect from an excellent private club and more three championship courses practice facilities full club house amenities special events social activities and a fullystocked pro shop there is one thing about a spring lakes membership you wouldnt expect its affordable for more information call ji spring lakes golf and country club 4166402266 20 minutes from highways 401 404 on stouffville road highway 48 s spring lakes keirstead family of artists an exhibition and sale of original oils and watercolours by mitch colebrook shon and pie april 16th to may 2nd opening friday april 16th the menger gallery 2243 stouffville rd between hwy 404 woodbine ave po box 159 gormley ontario loh 1g0 tuesfri 10 am9 pm 0 sat 10 am5 pm g closed monday 410 8875795 sun 1 pm5 pm ruth utk armstrong broker colley borland vale insurance brokers limited 6420651 i i