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stouffville saturday may 6 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages1 including gst parents of disabled players give thumbs up to soccer loop opinion 6 seniors 12 movies 25 classified 26 publication mail agreement 40007673 call to cap assessment increases on the button private member s bill backed by some grits byjoefantauzzi staffwriter a proposed private members bill designed to cap your proper ty assessment increases at 5 per cent a year is a great start in reforming the way homes are taxed vaughan resident richard lorellosays erielincoln tory mpp tim hudaks homestead act which has received second reading also allows homeowners up to 25000 in renovations without penalty and eliminates taxes for elderly and disabled on the first 10000 of assessed value for their primary home as a private members bill the act has lituv potential to be passed into law but has received some support from liberal back benchers the bill was designed to tell premier dalton mcguinty action must be taken on out of control property assessments mr hudak has said in late march provincial ombudsman andre marin released a landmark report on the municipal property assessment corporation after receiving nearly 4000 complaints from taxpayers an investigation showed mpac failed to ensure property owners received suff- see michigan page 8 staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville spartan kayla moule takes the ball to the nose and a boot to the midriff courtesy of richmond hill raider kim stanbury during a york region high school soccer match thursday at stouffville district secondary school the spartans won 51 enforcement not enough york police say by martin derbyshire staffwriter thirtyfive per cent of the trucks inspected by york regional police during a twoday blitz tliis week were pulled off the road for safety reasons its highly unacceptable staffsgt chris bullen said especially when you consider all the commuters who share the roads with these vehicles in york region every day but ontario trucking association senior policy adviser barrie montague argues the numbers from this weeks blitz are not a reflection of whats really going on in the trucking industry officers inspected 527 commercial motor vehicles tuesday and wednesday 187 of which were taken off the road a total of 253 tickets were issued seven drivers suspended and one arrested for assaulting a police officer during inspection infractions ranged from major to minor and included bald tires broken axles incor rect trip logs permits and outdated vehicle inspections y this was not about generating tickets or revenues thats not our focus staffsgt bullen said we are focused on saving lives the 35 per cent taken off the road must have been achieved by targeting only trucks that appeared to have some safety issues mr montague said adding the provincial average see few page 15 hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham s948030 beachcomber dont open your hood to strangers for peak performance this summer bring your vehicle home to honda for a comprehensive multipoint inspection including a genuine honda oil and filter change available for most honda models taxes not incuded prcmncial environmental feesjf any excluded 8664301512 tcmiraiid country