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Te ndeêringj practices raise hàckles of .own businessme A group of Whitby busi- nessmen has approached the WHITBY FREE PRESS to deive into the handiing of contracting and sub-contract- ing by Town of Whitby ad- infistration. Mem bers of the group-for obvious reasons-do flot want their names disclosed at this time and are planning a meet- ing to be heid in the town somnetime in the new year. Presentiy group miembers include contractors, construc- tion meni and realtors who claim there is somnething amîiss in the way the Town of Whit- by administration is handiing its tendering of con tracts. A spokesmnan for the group told the FREE PRESS certain businessmien have always been aware of the situation but that the situation lias been brought to a head by the sig- nificant increase ini business- men asking miutuai questions. They (town) follow-aliot- muent of big contracts by a fine science, doiing themn out consistently to one or two local firmns, said the spokes- men. And even the wrath of t11e construction industry in gene rai hasn't deterred themn. Yet ail the sub-contracts are going just as consistently to Toronto firmis. If they are so siflgulariy discriminatory in con tract ing out major projects locaiiy, it would seem 1Io me that they would f'oilow suit in sub- con tracting as weli. That is if they are contracting iocaiiy for the obvious reasons. But it is our feeling that their tendering procedure is flot toliowed because tliey are ail that iocai-conscious. It just doesn't add up. According bo the spokes- mnan, these are things wvhich have nonpiussed general con- tractors anîd other busîiiess- moen like hiiimscllf tor years. We r-emained isolated Ilhrough a sense of discou rage men t, but a num ber of us got together and decided the only wvay we are gloing to gel aniswers is by banding together. 1it's too easy to quiet us individualiy, but- as a group with construc- tive ideas and proof, they're going to have to deai with us in at least a more, forthright manner. There is also a significant amount of suspicion being displayed by reaitors, he re- lated, and our group, which began with prominent con- tractors, construction people and generai businessmnen is now able to include somne re- presentation from the real estate field. We are ail willing to speak out when the time cornes, he said. The next step is to contact the many businiessmnen who have posed questions of thie saine nature over the past years, he continued adding that we are also fortunate ini having a local press which has demonstrated the courage to speak out when necessary. 1 amn convinced there is something amiss with regards to the town's actions ln these matters -in the past and just as convinced that if we work cohecsiveiy together we can unearth whatever is going on by applying constructive but incessant pressures to the powers that be. In the mneantime we are gathering and documenting information among ourseives. In compiiing this information, we may find a long, slow pro- WHITBY FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,1972, PAGE 3 cess but the tirne wi!l cer- tainiY prove worthwliile to the busincssmcen of Whitby. We have sat back and watched. Now is the timne to corne forward and speak out, he said. SHEEP KI LLING Continuedfrom Page 1 Inspector Baker said there is no need for panic on the part of citizens fearful that these animais wili attack chu-. dren. "They just areni't in- ,,clined that way," ho said, adding that he is reluctant to make this as a flat statemnent because he wiil be blamied if one chiild is bitten regardless of the circumstances. The inspector was mniffed that reports of shieep kiliing reaching epideniic proportions are being spread even as'fiar away as Metro. "We were even caiied by the CDC who wanted to do a story on it," lie said. Inspector Baker said the incidents are no worse this year than in any other year. "They just seern to be at- tracting more attention," he' said. The police departiment has iriitiated more stringent pat- rois in the areas where trouble has arisen and Inspector Baker confirmed that these officers are armed with rifles and wil not hecsitate to shoot any ani- mais found bothering live-,, He explained that his offi- cors hiave to 1)0 extremeiy careful and mnusi not shoot at animiais which are not both- ering iivestock. "We do not intend to take, the iîfe of* someone 's pet or a valuable do'gjust because it is running loose. We must have proof that the animai is harassing iivestock." The inspector added that a town byiaw requires that dogs be kept under restraint at al] hours and suggested that a more rigid bylaw enforce- mentp rogramn will be the re- suit of the trouble. In iaw, the town is re- sponsible for reimbursing far- mers within the town whose animiais are killed or maimed by dogs running at large. 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