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p 4 tribune february 12 1997 st comment email address stouffvilletribune pressnetnet si2iisiiiibais cuts to great lakes funding shameful if youve never taken a stand before now may the time the provincial government in a leaked memo has decided to cut funding to groups which work on socalled hotspots on the great lakes these are pollution sites which the government has been provid ing funding to begin cleanup norm sterling environment minister has indicated he wants the private sector to pick up the costs associated with the cleanup projects this is in the ministrys words a way for these groups to become more selfreliant but what it really amounts to is a government copout in its rush to slash and burn to gain control of the debt and deficit the tories have selected many programs which should fall under the ax this is one example that is truly shameful the great lakes are the lifeblood for millions of people not to mention the environmental engine that maintains much of ontario michigan and the east ern us the government without government not have the clout and has abandoned the lakes support the groups which power necessary to do the with this latest cut and are at the ground level in job write julia munro the effects will be long- the fight to clean up the norm sterling and mike reaching and frightful lakes will wither they do harris its important surmof these d4ys swtam mi stouffville tribune 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 905 6402100 905 6492292 classified 905 6402874 fax 905 6405477 publisher patricia pappus general managereditor andrew mair editorinchief jo ann stevenson director of advertising debra weller retail manager mike kogerson classified manager stacey allen distribution manager barry j goodyear administration vivian oneil operations mgr pamela nichols questions news andrew mair editor joan ransbeny kathleen griftin mike adler reporters sjoerd witteveen steve somerville photographers julie caspersen news editor retail advertising joan 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the shoot the messenger game lets talk shop shoot the messenger is played worldwide including in uxbridge and stouffville its too bad i didnt like the game shoot the messenger bores me on occasion it annoys me this is one of the annoying times heres me complaining a plane was forced to land in stouffville near the markham airport on thursday while the pilot and his passenger were not hurt the plane is a little under the weather i called markham airport for comment the man answering the phone simply said no com ment and hung up i called back again i intro duced myself the only response was click when people hang up oh me i feel silly its the dullest of all forms of shoot the messenger i wonder when it comes to public relations where does markham airport fit in for anyone who cares no comment is not a good thing to say its not the message most of us want to pass on to the public in case you ever own an airport heres a tip when an airplane falls out of the sky people will ask questions example 2 the owner of vari ety store in uxbridge wants somebody preferably me to apologize to him he said his reputation is hurting because the tribune reported the news heres the story in the past 14 months the cigarette cops charged three separate owners of the ky convenience with selling cigarettes to kids the tribune reported the court off the record jo an rarrs actions while the story is accu rate store owner number four is dealing with the fallout heres a tip put a sign in the window reading under new manage mentagain heres reality if you buy a store thats been in court three times in one year you risk inheriting more than the stock buyer beware example 3 i asked a stouf fville councillor for his stand on a particular issue instead of the stand i got a little lecture on the dos and donts of media coverage stouf- fvillestyle heres the story councillor mike watson wants a threeyear freeze on development for bal- lantrae and musselmans lake meanwhile a developer wants to build about 1000 homes in the same area i thought the tribune readers would want to know what local council thinks asap heres what i found out a moratorium on development doesnt fly with mayor wayne emmerson coun cillors cliff dunkeld or judy scala councillor ivanka bradley is all for it councillor margot marshall is concerned and councillor mark kostand- off made it clear he doesnt like the timing of my question kostandoff said i should wait and hear his opinion at tonights council meeting while this is not shoot the messenger it smells of silence the messenger i dont like this game either it flies in the face of my right to ask and your right to know some tips on helping the times keep on changin now that bob dylans cata strophic conversion to com merce via the times they are achanging has been absorbed by my ggggeneration lets consider other contenders for the corporate hit parade patsy clines i go to pieces and bobby ferrins mindless mantra dont worry be happy are natural choices for the purveyors of prozac while it would be hard to find a more fitting anthem with which to peddle credit cards than the eagles take it to the limit tory cutbacks would gain considerable cachet with a newiy minted version of pink floyds we dont need no education sung by john sno- beleri and the grade 8 dropouts sex therapist dr ruths efforts to win friends and influence transvestites could be given a shot in the arm with the adoption of spencer daviss im a man as a promo piece smokers the officiallysanc tioned scum of the 1990s can comfort themselves by lighting up to the strains of leader of the pack brought to them by the creators of the carcinogenic carton of their choice attempts to alert people to the dangers of sexually trans mitted diseases could be given prominence by a whole slew of songs among them you really got me i would do anything for love but i wont do that touve lost that lov ing feeling and love hurts while many politicians could introduce a note of authenticity to their election campaigns with the fool on the hill one particular contender comes to mind and his constituency is not a million miles from my front door still on the subject of politics lets call the whole thing off could work wonders for those who aspire to an independent quebec possibilities for promoting kates corner kate a i i de rda le metro toronto zoo abound and here i include but a small sam ple wild thing bat out of hell i am the walrus and i go ape dating services should con sider sgt peppers lonely hearts club band come together and searchin while satisfaction would serve splendidly to promote the con sumers association of canada environmental activists and greenpeace gurus could sing along to something in the air and where have all the flow ers gone and let us not forget the ontario ministry of trans portations lament for hwy 407 the long and winding road meantime back at the min istry of health jim wilson could attempt to reassure dole ful doctors with conservative renditions of the first cut is the deepest and mike the knife drs long and stubbs those scalpelwielding wizards whose surgical techniques were con sidered by some to be the true measure of a man could do worse than adopt another eagles entry the long run as the definitive hymn to him last but not least in the enhancement of natures gifts category i must salute loreal makers of the late lamented casting no 38 the color which transformed a columnist with a rousing chorus of not fade away and now dear readers if you have some scintillating sugges tions of your own to hasten the disneyfication of canada inc please mail them or drop them in at the tribune office