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PAGE 6, WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6,1987 Ee w e VOICE OF THE COUNTY TOWN r ~j~j Tii~~~~~~~~~~oie and h~ î~sape need.is~o î<< 111operai.*l e iib-, ru-%leni-for l i itlhreskleis t Advertlslng Manager P.O. Box 206, Whltby, Ont. Published every Wednesday By 677209 Ontario Inc. Phone: 668-6111 rhe Free Press Building 131 Brock Street North DOUG ANDERSON Publisher MAURICE PIFHER Editor PETER IRVINE Postponed again What's the hold-up? On Monday night, for the third time in the last three weeks, a decision, or at least a recommen- dation, on a store plaza and apartment plan at Brock St. S. and Ontario St. W. was postponed. The latest delay was at the administration committee level where the application, to be con- sidered as part of the downtown Whitby secon- dary plan, was first considered. Salvatore Princiotto and Lorna Cheah, the property owners, want to locate a three-storey building at the corner with the first floor for com- mercial use and the top two floors for residential use. A mixed use designation would be required for the property but Town planning department has recommended medium density residential zoning. In February, administration committee ap- proved medium density residential zoning with a three-storey maximum' for the area. Nearby residents, in particular, wanted the property to remain residential. The applicants had originally requested a com- mercial designation but later applied for a mixed use, resulting in further consideration by commit- tee. And councillors are split on the issue. Of administration committee members, coun- cillors Gerry Emm and Marcel Brunelle have op- posed the proposed use while councillor Joe Bugelli has been in support. Then,. in mid-April, a deadlock occurred when a vote on the application was taken at council. Councillor Tom Edwards was absent, and so the tie-breaking vote was not cast. But he indicated he was opposed to the ap- plication and would so vote later. Councillors then indicated that a final decision would be made at the next council meeting - April 27. Instead of a decision then, the matter was referred back to committee. Another tie vote might have resulted anyway - councillor Emm was on holidays. Councillors Brunelle and Bugelli said on Mon- day that they were "surprised" that the matter had been brought back so soon to committee. Both say the concerns are such that further comments should be obtained. "The deeper we get into it, the more complex it becomes," said councillor Bugelli, who moved that another report be made before a recommen- dation is given (councillor Emm was absent, ap- parently due to car failure in Georgia on the return trip-home from the south). Enough discussion has taken place. The com- plexities are known. Some merchants support fur- ther commercial. expansion along Brock St. S. Some say it is inevitable. But others, mostly oc- cupants of nearby homes, oppose further com- mercial development along the street. There's no reason for further delay. A decision could have been made at the next meeting of council May 11 and should have been' made in- stead of postponement to hear the same arguments. Based on previous opinions, a vote by full council would have denied the application. We'll someday find out whether the same at- titudes prevail among councillors. I pursuit of safety The recent action taken by a local police officer is an example of how police can carry out duty with regard to public safety. A Durham Regional Police officer gave chase in his car to another vehicle whose driver had allegedly failed to stop for a traffic light In down- town Oshawa. But that chase lasted on only until the officer had obtained the licence number of the car. Shortly after, a man was arrested at his home and charged for driving offenses. "Backing off" to avoid incident is not an un- common occurrence with police forces. Speed chases in any area, urban or rural, can lead to tragedy. Like the Oshawa case, they should cease when police have other means to nab'the offen- der. It's safer. Moving for last time FOMA perature of a hundred anatour because it's fun. Next morning everyone showed up an hour later than they said they would, eyes still full of sleep and muscles still inventing new aches. "This won't take long," the driver said. "This stuff will just fall off the truck now." Only the microwave did fall off. So all the stuff that fit into a small semi now sits in boxes and hangs from walls and blocks doorways and fills a garage and a basement. There is fnot enough room in a new and bigger house. Someone will never move again. So, now the microwave has found its way home and the move iscomplete. And if the driver ever picks up the two packing pads he left in the garage, then the accounts will be balanced. Allow for human complexities To the editor: Mandy Crawford's letter to the editor about the Falk Clinie in Toronto for cancer patients was beautiful and said it all. I drove a close friend up to the same clinic for treatments and spent the day there. You couldn't help but be impressed with the positive outlook these patients have and the fantastic rapport the people working in the clinic have with the patients and their family members. But, I was stunned to learn that the Cancer Society donations do not go to this clinic in any way. I had always been under the im- pression my donations were going for research, working toward a cure and helping the cancer patien- ts where help was needed, whether it be financially or otherwise. Also I find it hard to believe these people fighting this disease with such courage, receive no financial support from OHIP, even though this clinic has positive resuits from this treatment. When the Cancer Society cam- paigned at our door this spring for our annual donation I was another definite'Nay'. Sincerely, Carol Donaldson Whitby To the editor: In consideration fo capital punishment, the simplistic redneck view, "Hang'em all" makes no allowance for on of the com- plexities of the human scene. Because -of injustice, real or imagined, it is not uncommon for 'one of those' to shoot a policeman as a symbol of injustice 'imagined or real.' This not uncommon ex- perience, coupled with the rash of teenage suicides, makes the com- plexity of human behavior a greater consideration. There are more attempted suicides than successful suicides. A tenn 'one of those' unable to com- plete his own death may see capital punishment as a tool to achieve that end. There have been many cases of youth pointing firearms at police officers hoping the officer will fire his weapon. If this scenario on human com- plexities is only a possibility, how many police will die so a youth can go through the court drama and execution? D. Gorden Whitby LETTERS The Whitby Free Press welcomes letters to the Editor on any subject of concern to our readers. Letters should be brief and to the point - rarely more than 300 words. Al letters must be accompanied by the name, address and phone number of the writer; however, on request, your name may be withheld fron publication if we agree that there is a valid reason. The paper reserves the right to reject or edit all letters. Send to: The Editor, Whitby Free Press, Box 206, Whitby, Ontario LiN 51 or drop through our mailslot at 131 Brock St. N. Falk Clinie letter said it all wý L