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Afrit aa ItSi THE ERATHE BANNER MO Crt ON I taduaral N Alain ON C3 PUBLISHES Ian EDITORIAL Province should enforce its own standards fata l Bali a w ant an accountable councillor Want make sun- his or her activities are trans parent he- prepared in lime to deal with loo much it expected of a resi dent who wants to fibs a complaint aaaunst or pet information about the spending habits of his council ton lis thai needs ruing True some issues have spurted change Several financial vandals in the have forced to make details about their Id ami financial municipalities unhiding Aurora and haw formulated i iicks of onduc Still their is little oversight own the- province with regard to council mines hands off approach must not continue Investigations should not be left to novices Thats- not justice and its not checks and balances Reports in the past year have detailed i nunc lllor i ea conflicts of interest improper expense claims and a number of councillors under Aim Whats a resident to do if he has a complaint against a councillor Unfortunately the onus la on the resident to bring file the paperwork pay out of pocket for the court and expend his own lnveatigations should not be left to novices Thats not justice and its not checks and balances Maybe the province with our tax dollars can assign an ombudsman to independently research deter mine the validity of each case and have the power to impose under the act While municipelrnes such as Aurora and Vaughan have integrity their deci sions are not binding council has die power to a rec- One might be able to blithely say everything ill in out at the balk boa this Ml And sun some activist citizens have been and financially able to investigate and lodge a complaint on their own But the reality is few individuals have this option Bottom line the province should be ultimate for ensur the it through the Municipal Act are being met If you think we need more pro vincial involvement in ensuring our councilors act In the moat ethical transparent and accountable man ner consider knocking on foe Bradfcys door Hes in charge of the Affairs Mm mppcotliberaJ ola org or 16585 Province iUU be far its own WORTHQUOTING WHAT THE NEWSMAKERS ARE SAYING wfjrttni tar ti to LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Make sure loved ones know your donor wishes Re Organ donor begins April 25 I am a firm in organ donation My husband and our families are aware of my wishes and are not to deviate from them 1 am a front line health care provider who works with patients in an include patients lot in agreement with regards people having to sign donor cards Canada is behind the ball where organ donation is con cerned but the most impor tant ivsue that must he sirisi1 is you have to make your last wishes known to all who may be involved significant others parents siblings and children and ensure thev understand how important it is to follow through with your wishes Many people may have signed donor cards but they are voided when the subject of organ dona tion broached with next of kin who do not believe in those one of the councillors In a ward system she says a councilor la elected to represent a ward She makes it sound as though her ward councillor will be sitting around just waiting to be avail able at all times And if there is something hap pening in Sharon that do not want the ward councilor down to the Civic Cen tre and put a stop it That the way this works A ward councilor has no clout if the other ward councilor vote him Scott Crone says East and Aurora are the only two municipalities in York Region that do not have a ward system Maybe thats because those two towns have done their home work and found the ward system wasnt worth a second thought He also says the very core of the wanl system is a and equal irpiesenuuion Mr Crone should be thankful he Uvea in Mount Alien in the Town of East If we did not in the Town of East Gwttntbury we would be fowed up by Newmarket Our present system works well and count is air to the even heard of them because there is nothing in the paper or what they read was fust a super story Is it because the media is bought and paid for by the cor porate political structure or is I that the madia believes people cant handle or understand the gravity of these stories We are a population fo which the majority when we have an election we are actually electing the leader of the try if opposition patties form coalition they are committing a coup and when they dont go to vote they are making some kind of valid political statement Indeed most people in this country think we have a Que democracy rather than a plural ity and thanks to the neglect of the media they may never find out the truth to all these ceptions How can our media say tot Kir best in I WILSON wishes Ward system wont improve representation He East put want system voters April I donl know what kind of a bug is biting fan and or where it is biting them but a ward system is not going to relieve the sting One of the many reasons tout erJ for a ward system is better and TE If mare It something you dont like theirs nothing Mopping you Right now four of the Landing What that has to do with anything puzzles There certainty has been no partially shown far Holand Landing What does Holand Landing have that Sharon doesnt have In tact Sharon has an arena but Holland Landing does not Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen says the ward system is a thing I guess so makes his a lot easier No one pre urea him They expect their ward councilor to work wonders Self serve stations leave residents in cold Not everyone can easily hop lit of his vena to it with Where can he go Who was wash his windshield Surely al of these new big run should udng to the community not just they hat uaassasi Maryann Thomas of Sharon says now If you as a resident have concerns you have to And Media missing boat on political coverage am by the medias absolute avoidance addressing the Important issues of the day have not noticed the lack of coverage because I gave up on the mass media long ago and now refy heavily on Internet for my news But many people with whom I speak are to hear about some of the important I bring up saying they l of thai fact One thing I can predict with a fair degree of certainfySs if we cant pet the real goods from the media we ana get It somewhere dee KM as I da In the draining age of prim in something news cannot afford Do yourselves and the com rnuniry a favour by offering your readers some real e rea in a wd indepth way For our democracy to realty work each rands gat involved in some way Dont shy We are not pal but we are hungry far the hope this wflbe of some service to you and 1 hope one day have a reason to return my patronage to the pi kit media Love Train Review unforgettable This letter is long overdue but due to a family I was not able to write it sooner Thank you to al the kind peo ple of Region who came the Love Train Review in Febru ary sponsored by George and an kins In particular I would ass thank the caring people who Love Bears from the bought The lainiuetM by the Love Train in George and the enalonratarionaletiasofSher made for an unforg Jeff Bower Politics shouldnt overrule kids health When news broke week about the plan to beef up the component on sexuality in public school cuntcuhim it set off pzes old again I thought furthering Ma agenda to tum the province Into a nanny state Wear your seatbeh c in can with kids common t Mike Hams frame Its bad enough the I to patent us the wants to assume the our kids teaching them that traditio have been to teach them But Ive had a change of hi I looked over he urriculum it is not what those opposed are purporting Yep some of t touchy such a contained within in way that prepares t with questions This isnt a how t In fact it comes to by the way really isnt i until Grade 7 la For younger grades the points for teacher deal with such as proper names of body puberty and reproduction And heres the thing this meat wasnt drafted by some suhant 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