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saturdayfebruarya former mayoral candidate questions developers ad feb 28 march 6 2946960 90s important recorded messages far you march 1998 peters peac with god lawyer peter j lewarne matrimonii personal injury commercial litigation small business law bankruptcy real estate wills over 20 years experience low rates quality service 4701 highway no 7 at kennedy rd unionville ontario l3r1m7 tel 4774381 fax4777601 24 hour availability s dear editor in regards to the ad placed in the stouf- fville sun wednesday feb 1 8 by gino testa construction ltd as a resident and former councillor for the town of whitchurchstouffville i am appalled to see a letter included within this ad that is written by mayor wayne emmerson dated june 27 1997 supporting and endorsing this development this is an outrageous practice in my opinion no representative of a town should ever be advertising for develop ers in any manner as i stated this letter of endorsement is dated june 27 1997 at that time i was the ward 2 councillor for our town and i would like to state at no time was i asked about informed about or given a copy of this letter this was not done with councils support if i had known as a councillor i would have immediately tried to put a stop to it to make matters even worse at the bottom of the ad in large bold letters it states to include your name on this list to reside in the exceptional new complex call the whitchurchstouf fville mayors secretary 905 6401900 or gino testa construction at there are so many questions that arise from this statement and letter from the mayor eg is our town staff selling real estate on the side is the mayors office available for use as an answering service and booking agent to everyone can we afford to pay town staff to ser vice developers instead of doing their own jobs a few years back the residents were getting a pool and possibly a library from this development the town lost both then the residents were promised 500000 cash with this development when i got on council i quickly discov ered that i can see where the fine nego tiating skills of our towns current rep resentatives are honed to such a level that all we see now is the mayor get a big wooden chair from this developer and the town placed in a very alarming legal position this is precisely why no political can didate should ever accept political con tributions favours or gifts chairs and such from anyone especially develop ers we know we will be dealing with in the future in the long run how much do these deals really cost the residents and tax payers of whitchurchstouffville mike watson editors note as reported in the tri bune last thursday mayor emmerson would place such an endorsement in an ad denies giving any approval to this develop- emmerson says people are not to call the ment and denies knowing the developer town for residency inqturies letters seniors day hundreds of sale regular and clearance items storewide fashions furniture linens factory outlet more or no gst on regiilarpriced major appliances personal care small electrics home electronics vacuums and infants wheel goods one day only tuesday march 3rd o seniors sate 1 5 discount offer excludes cosmetics fragrances bath body shoes by calvin klein dkny nine west enzo angiolini easy spirit and via spiga calvin klein dkny handbags estate jewellery watches by swatch gucci yves saint laurent i calvin klein sale clearance priced prestige watches sale clearance priced fine jewellery jewellery by fjn diamond essence and the royal canadian mint roots merchandise womens designer fashions consisting of sportswear denim fashions and classes 3591 1 8654 mens designer fashions consisting of sportswear denim dept 629 taaored clothing shirts ties uncteiwear arrf accesscfeso jo calvin wein apparel urkte sunglass hut mont blanc pens royal velvet towels bedding and towels from flalaurenpcto liz claibanearkjcrorterna eaton beauty dote lafique disney classic collection and swarovsw eaton ojtt certificates crkssiors 8 servks eatons wb decoct an amount equivalent to the gst from the total price of your purchase excluded from this offer are panasonic gaoo tvs prerecorded videos tapes cds and fimoffers vafid for those 65 years of age or older offers cannot teccoibir with any otr tax savings offer seniors day offer not valid in our shendan store ato