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WhItby Free Prose Wednesday, JuIy 10. 1996 Page 9 Hideaway casino plan to bé reconsidered By Mark Reesor Whitby council bas adopted a wait-and-see attitude on ýwhethr t, support a bid for a permanent charity casino ini Whitby at a lclbingo hall. Hideaway Bino ownors David and Catherine Wood asked coun- cillors te support their bid for a casino featurmng video lottery ter- minaIs (VLT) at their 65 Sunraýy Dr. hall should the provinc, as e>xpected, pass legislation allow- img soni 50 permanent charity casinos in the rovince. Instead, ailb ut regional coun- cillor Jo. Drumm supported a motion by east ward councilior Judi Longfield directing ope- rations committes te, reconsider the Hiewyaplication if the poncpasses etne (visa aon. Cmmttee split 2-2 sat week on a Longfield motion te support, the. casino if the bill is passed. Longfieid and regional councillor Gerry Emni voted in favor - DruIMM and oast ward councilior Property tax reform PROM PAGE 1 b. bit with higher taxes, Flaherty sald stops will be taken to cShion tho blow. "One item that the Crombie panel is looking at is variable miii rates which will limit the amount taxes could go up in one yoar,» ho said. Anothor.- possibility may ho waiting until the house changes hazida and thon app1yi*gAVA when the buildingf is sôId, ho said. The goverrnment is committed te AVA, but with protection for people who could ho in a "'finan- cial prodicament," Flaherty added. Whitby Mayor Tom Edwarde would not comment spociflcally without knowing more of the details of the Crombie report. However, Edwards noted that municipalities have been asking the government for a province- WBA The Whitby Business I Action general meeting will b. held Tuesday, Jüly 16,6:30 p.m., at the Whitby municipal building, 525 Rossland Rd. E., conimitte. room New members are welcome. For more information, cail 666-3491. Network The Business Networking Group wiil meet for lunch on Friday, July 12, noon, at Touch of Cam. catering and banquet hall, 104 Consumera Dr. (west of Hopkins Street). Guest speaker will be Dave Redwood from Trimark Investments. Cost is $12 which includes lunch. .For more information or to reserve a space, call Marian at 668-383 or Sandi at 433-1246. o f d dt Document Shreddung *Hîgh volume equipment will reduce your shredding cost *Secure locked containers at no extra cost *Bonded drivers wide- systeniof tax assement since thie veteran politician began bis career more than 30 years ao «Whitby bas not don. a reassessment because of our con- cern of how it might affect the older residenta of the coni- munity,» said Edwards. "Tlhere'. no question Peopleoin older homes wili ho most likoly affected,» he said. "Ths should tako Place over a perod cf several years so tbey'ro not, faced'with a massive in- crease." Dennis Fox voted against.1 The motion also directed staff to notify local charities of the décision and ask thoni if they ; folu a permanent casino in The bilI bas received second reading and in currently in coni- mittee; it's expected te ho presen- ted for third and final reading soon after the. legislature resumes sittingAug. 23. Wood warned. council, that "roving" charity casinos, which upresontly operato virtually every night of the wekmtnhle Oshawa/Whitby area!» and the thousands of illegal VLTs are already siphoning money aa from bingos and other gambln whose proceeds go te local chari- ties. The 41 local charities who now' honefit from bingo in Whitby stand te bs.e big if there. no casino locally, ho says, because VLTs are popular with bingo, players. Charities in Alberta, M aoa and Saskatchewan lost up te 80 percent of their bingo and Neaa(break-open) ticket profit when VLTs were introduced there ho warned. «W'iitby bas a once-only oppor- tunity... te preservo the c an- MEF 200 HP Vortec 4300 V6 SF1 engîne, 5-speed manual transmission, 4-wheel ABS, drivers side air bag, side-guard door beams, cloth seats, chrome plated wheels, power steering, I tinted glass, ail steel 8 ft. cargo box, intermittent wipers, AM/Fm stereo, underrail boxliner 230 HP Vortec 15000 V8 SF1 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, 4-wheel ABS, driver's side air bag, side-guard door beams, air conditioning, ANVFM cassette, cloth seats, chrome §-rille, rally wheels, tilt wheel, cruise control, power steering, tînted glass, ail steel 6.5 ft. cargo box, intermittent wipers, -underrail boxliner table fundraisin abilityois service, charity and sports oraizations b doing the one thg that mae sens. -- have the chanity casino-that's coming anyway... «Thore may nover ho anothor opportunity» because if Whitby doosn't opt for the casino neigeh- bouriùg communities w;itl said Wood. 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