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WHITBY FREE PRESS, TUESDAY, DEC. 30,19M6 PAGE 7 Arep»orter s view of.1 986« FROMPAG94 get straight answers from councillors', al of that is learned thirough experie'nce. jBut if there is anything I can say about 1986, it bas been a year of learning. For instance, I now know that if a. council meeting is going to get television coverage it will usually last an hour longer than it has to. If there is a way for councillor Joe Bugelli to get in a humorous pun, he will find a way. Councillor Joe Drumm is proud of his Irish heritage and he takes every opportunity to let people know. Regional councillor Tom Edwards knows everyoneih townand he likes to let people know he knows them. Cnclor Ross Batten will just sit and listen at a council meeting, until be bas something im- portant to say.» Councillor Marcel Brunelle, will flot sit down until his questions are answered even if it takes ail night, and it usually does. And regional councillor Gerry Emm will always try to sit on the proverbial politicial fen- ce.. As for Mayor Bob, well, what, can 1 say? 1986 saw the mayor promote Whitby as no one has donebefore. He made sure I was neyer with out a rnarigold when appearing at almost every grand opening that took place in 1986. The mayor was a very busy man. Some of my more mhemorable moments in- 1986: < Listening to the telephone conversation between former editor Bill McOuat in Whitby, and regional councillor Gerry Emmrn in Florida. - We had a lot of flack thrown Our Way over a picture taken outside a Whitby courthouse because of the location of a finger. - Being at the paper for the big issues of the year-Decom, Iroquois, Bluegrass- Meadows and Lynde House - al of them affecting the com- munity in different ways. As for Lynde House, many of you may know that Doug Anderson, the paper's new owner, was very involved in the issue. We still have interesting conversations about it, since from my point of view, the, Town did the right thing. (Sorry Doug) It looks like 1987 should be just as exciting. Some of the issues I look for include the big new hotel; the ruling on Decom; a third regional councillor; the bylaw to ban strip clubs and the new recreational facility to be built north of the town. Sufficlent income to maintain an adequate standard of living and guaranteed access to social services are among the recommen- dations of 'the Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby to a provincial committee. The recommen- dations are included in a brief to the province's social assistance review committee, which is holding public hearings in 14 cities across On- tario. The committee is studying c' social programs future needs. Sufficient income urged changes to The Oshawa-Whitby assistance coundil pointed out ln to meet the brief that there is an 5. extreme shortage of housing foi~ familles with low incomes in the ares. "The housing problem is excerbated when ren- ta are raised illegally, or when apartments are created illegaily in basements or -im- properly zoned ares," states the brief. "Familles with children, or those receiving social assistance often face discrimination even when they can find The council suggests that the famlly incomes of the working poor be supplemented s50 they are as weil-off as social assistance recipients. Dining Guide GOLDEN GATE 107 rock .. Whltby 668-2222 CHINESE FOOD BUFFET DAILY (aalad bar inciudad) ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH'$5.25 DINNER $8.99 REGULAR MENU ALSO AVAILABLE & BoBo pittera) TAKE-OUT à& DELIVERY When the sudden urge for those two A beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, process cheese pickles, ornons on a sesame seed bun makes you do strange things. .. Fight back with a99eBig Mac. But eat fast, this offer busts only until January ll th. IT'S A GOOD, TIME FOR THE GREAT TASTE i