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Pages THE HERALD Wednesday September 12 19 EDITORIAL PAGE A new era in Ontario A new era was ushered into Ontario politics last Thurs day with the election of the New Democratic Party under the stewardship of leader Bob In the previous 35 years of recorded electoral history in Ontario there had been virtually nary a whisper of a socialdemocratic party becoming a serious contender to form a majority government in the tnlhum province Stephen Lewis protestations notwithstanding Despite the victory it cannot be stated by any stretch of the imagination that Mr Raes political party captured the hearts and minds of the Ontario voters In fact despite the NDP majority the party captured only 6 per cent of the popular vote while the second place Liberal Party captured 32 per cent of the popular vote and the trailing Progressive Conservative Party won 23 5 per cent of the popular vote Not what any sensible person would consider an over whelming vote of confidence in our newly elected provin cial government If truth be told the NDP victory was more a protest vote against the other two established pohticial in On rather than a blanket endorsement of the NDPs A record number of voters turned out to cast their ballots in the 1990 provincial election and this speaks volumes in terms of the responsibility these voters felt towards the welfare of their province It is a Mr Rae and the elected MPP from North riding Noel should take seriously After having sprinkled a little bit of rain on the NDP vie tory parade lets also allow a little sunshine The NDP election victory in Ontario is a reality The doom and and similarly those peeking over the horizon expecting to see a horde of banner waving socialists descend on Ontario hell bent on pillage should be relegated to the back of the class Give the a chance The newlyelected government has five years not five minutes or five months to implement their policies and attempt to govern Ontario as best they see fit Defeated North Halton Libertarian Party candidate John seemed to sum up the feelings of Ontanans quite succinctly when he stated on election night evening The people wanted a change The people were pro testing against the Liberal Party and since they had already the Progressive Conservatives several years ago they felt they had to give the NDP a chance The Ontario gauntlet has been dropped Mr Its up to you to defend the provinces honor or from the field ignominy in light of your preelection promises the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontano 3Z6 K ROBERT Publisher and General Manager 8772201 SUM Ban and CLASSIFIED Joan Minna II CIRCULATION Marl Shad boll ACCOUNTING JannleHaplchuh SUBSCRIPTION RATES itton month inada lx month I month Herald claim copyright on all chart it no malarial craalad by I la a In I hit Nallonal AdtarUiIng Quean St Toronto Ontario M5H 2MB 1710or940CalhcarlSI Mori trail The adirartlaar lhaUha not be lor out of anon In beyond trie amount for the apace occupied by thai portion of the advartliamenl In which the error occur ed whether error It due lo the negligence of aervanla or and Ihore no liability lor of any beyond the amount paid lor OTS OKA SURE Letters To The Editor- Georgette the good successful ho ran back to the I like of Georgetown to be Informed of vat Very I went to the Su- tot Saturday Legion where I got and walked from the fair my bleeding hand was tended offer the organization I This was not a pleasant raise and on I thought would I was walking down Street when a car stopped fa a ooreer of Ed Street taim the SiSSrfSflS riS road As J turned down I way wt Picnic table thieves Ground water studies must have full documentation To the person or persons that stole my picnic table Real funny guys I bet you and your lowllfe friends had a real laugh while you were loading my picnic table onto your truck last week Stealing someone pro perty gives you some sort of preverted sense of accomplish ment While you and your lowlife friends sit at the table swilling beer and laughing about the whole fair consider what else you have stolen You have stolen the meeting place where my daughter and her friends would gather to play dolls the place whore my two younger sons would stt under and use as a fort where my oldest son and his friends would gather to rest after a game of road hockey or soccer and where my entire family would sit to enjoy a cool drink on a hot day Maybe one of your neighbors has noticed a beat up grey looking pic nic table suddenly appear in your backyard and thought you were moving up in the world Wrong you jerk you have just moved down another notch Enjoy it you thief but consider this Not only are the looking for that table but so are your neighbours the gas man the hydro reader the postman and who knows who else after reading this letter I con get another picnic table but can you ever get back a sense of pride Chris Gougeon Georgetown Editor note The following let was released to the Hills Herald for publication Mr Keith Director of Planning The Corporation of the Town of Halton Hills RE Item No on the General Committee Meeting Agenda September 1990 Report No dated 1990 with respect to Niagara Escarpment Development Permit Application EAGLE RIDGE EQUITY INC Part Lots 9 and 10 Concession Town of Halton Hills File pear Mr Keith This letter will reiterate for the record the concerns that I presented to council at last nights meeting regarding the above noted development application Many of the residents in the area of the proposed development in eluding myself have had or now have very serious groundwater shortages Perhaps my own tion is as good as any to illustrate how careful you must be in making decisions on large water use development proposals such as this golf course Our acre lot on the north side of No Sideroad immediately adjacent to the development proposal has groundwater wells on it Three of the wells are 6 diameter drilled wells and are unproductive dry The fourth is a 36 diameter well bored to 75 feet in depth at great expense I feel that this well is a good one however my family follows very strict water tion practices so as not to put any unnecessary strain on the water I can provide you with many similar examples from the area and in due course will endeavour to document these cases but for the time being I am satisfied that council is now aware of the pro blem and has thankfully voted to defer your that the Niagara Escarpment sion be advised that the Council of the Town of Halton Hills recom mends that Application HC899049 in the name Eagle Ridge Equity BE APPROVED page Item Agenda General Committee Meeting Frankly Mr Keith I am dismayed that you and your staff would make such a recomrhenda tion prior to the implementation of groundwater studies by the propo nent in view of the fact that the golf course will be a big user of water Even more remarkable is that you make these recommends tions with the full knowledge that the groundwater supply in this area is critically low Mayor Miller stated at last nights meeting that the council has previously had to deal with the groundwater pro blem for this area Furthermore to my knowledge there has been no notification by the Town of Halton Hills or the Niagara Escarpment Commission to the local residents that this development application is even being considered let alone voted upon by council Some dismay about the timing of a vote on your recommendations and your ap parent lack of procedural protocol on this matter was also evident on the faces of some councillors This in through the back door ap proach to the planning process is completely unacceptable Is this meant to be a common sense pro cess or a puppet show Or should I simply ask who s pulling the strings here As a resident who could be great ly affected by this proposal I must insist on being made aware of any future developments andor in formation regarding this proposal I also feel that any groundwater study of the area would be complete without full documenta as to the current status of ex isting wells in the area This data would provide the terms of reference should a disruption of groundwater supply occur within a predetermined period following the start up of golf course opera tions Yours truly G Vandevalk Hills Write us a letter The Herald wants to hear from you If have an opinion you want to express or a comment to make send us a letter or drop by the office Our address is St Georgetown Ont L7G3Z6 All letters must be signed Please include your address and telephone number for verification The Herald reserves the right to edit letters due to space limitations or libel