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PAGE 6, WEDNESDAY SEPTEM13ER 19, The beist for everyone Ïn < Durham CONT'D FROM PAGE 5 and, property tax are now equal throughout the region. "The' province . has to treat" everyone.. fairly .in assessment j3eath' says. AnO.ther problem ýthat the COuncil and its' members face is that'of'pâroch ialisin that is the individuai mem.' ber s of council are, there only, to, promnote the interests of 1979. WH1TBy FREE PRESS' tirmunicipality andflot working together to make the region work. "it's true," . Beath says, "because they're elected' from 'Oshawa, Whitby etc'." "'Parochiaîjsm is there,"p he says but the comnciî is not suffering the personajity conflicts that itfaced in 'the beginning years, Beath saYs that he is confi- dent, tha tas time progresses that the ifidividual council- lors wiIl learn to work toge- ther and as they becorne more aware 'of what the cOUneil' can do and, these iconflicjts wiIl disappear. Beath' also believes that regional 'govemnment i'a popular .whipping post for those Who are unhappy with the cost of government. "tsthe Popularthing to be criticai of the couùncil,"l Beath says. Buthe is Confident enough in the region to say "that it should have been created five years earlier."P Only time wiIl teli us if hé is right. manager, K.M. Middleton said that an agreemen~ bas LALkF~~ir-ur---~ M ~ Whitby to duxn arbage on Pkengsoon Starting- nrext rmonth, Whitby will be dumping its trash In a neighbouring municipality. Durham Region officiais notified the town Iast week that: the, landfjll site, just South Of «Highway 7, will be closed "'on'o r a bout the first week. 0f October."l The region's maintenance, been reached ýwith Metro Toronto thatý will allow WhitbY to dumpthe.garbage at the Iandfilîî site on Brock Road in, Pickering Sili in us e will be the smail site nlear the Groveside' cemnetery. Town staff hâve reported that Whitby wiIl pay Imore for the Pickering dumping privileges 'but neither staff or council couk4 put a figure on the cost. Region officiais would not give a date for the closing of the dum p saying tha t " va ria - tionsiii the tonnage of mate- rial haUled onto the site and difficulty in computing the available tonnage which can be accomnodated, are' facetors to be considered. The site wiIl be monitored closely until'officiais deter- mine.'that ýit is full. 1 i-,-n à--