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6 -The Canadien Champion, Tuesday, Auguat 31, 199 SCOMMENT ~~TcL / Good job with chopper IÔTAg It's important to offer credit where credit is due even if one doesn't agree with the premise behind certain actions. 5 L To that end, we congratulate Halton Regional Police for their work in curbing the local pot growing industry. The tool that was instrumental in this effort was the helicopter police are now using. We have criticized spending taxpayers' money on operating a police helicopter in the past. We feel that in this jurisdiction the expenditure is flot warranted. Halton is a relatively safe community, and police heli- copters are serious, and seriously expensive crime fighting implements % more at place in'big cities with persistent, pervasive crime problemrs. That said, however, police have made wise and timely use of their chopper this past week in confiscating approximately $1 .5 million Worth of marijuana (Street value). People who're involved in cultivating marijuana on this scale are criminals, playing a high-stakes ganse. They are likely party to spin-off criminal behaviour as well -- the things that come to mind are bribery, procuring illegal weapons, violence or the threat of violence. Whatever one thinks of smoking pot, and we realize opinions differ, most people involved on this scale are not folks you would want next door, and the*cops are making sure some of them. take up residence elsewhere, namely in jail. SO UR READERS WRIT E Get used toi lot; the band w!!! be back next year *THE CAJVADL4N CHAMPION Box 248, 191 Main St. E., Tihe Canadien Champion, published every Tuesday and Frilay Milton, Ont. 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AdvertWsng sa acoepfed on fihe condition filaf, in thle ffen ni a Rtob Kelly Etortypograpilical error, that portion of tih. atvertisina space occo- Steve Crozier Circulation manager pied by the erroneous Hem, togetiler wlth a reaSonbIe aBowaffl TeriCýnu fflc Mangerfor signature, wll not bie cilarged for, but the balance of theo Teri Cume Office Ma age dtvertisement il be pald for affile applicable rate. Thée publisiler mma Cea Production Manager réserves the. rlgbt to categorize adenflements or declins. Duar Editor: On Augunt 21, we had oui annu- ai summer backyard party. The event started aI 2 p.m. for thse chil- dren and 6 p.m. for the bigger (aduit) children. Wa gave ouI invi- tations 10 oui friends, family and neighbours. The day included swimming, food, drinks and music. We had live music that started aI about 7:20 p.m., and by 7:45 p.m. we had the police in oui driveway. WIsat we don't understand is why. I recall this pat Canada Day listen- îng 10 music from my residence on Woodward Avenue aI about 10 p.m. It was being played aI Rotary Park, whîch is probably aI least 2 km away fromt my house. Does that mean it's okay for tIse Town 10 brea the noise bylaw No. 1684 section two but not foi tax- paying, property owneis of Milton? I would estimate that the band played about two songs before someone called tIse police because within 25 minutes of il starting tIse police had arrived. If tIse individual that was so bothered by the noise had come to, oui horase and told us they were being disturbed, we could have come 10 some kind of agreement. For example, we would have gladly given that person the $63 that we now owe in fine money 10 go out for a nice dinner and be just a htale tolerant for a few hours. Last year we had the samne type of party. We invited or warned the neighbours. At 11:20 p.m., some- one from the neighbourhood called. We apologized .and tumed the music off. As it tumed out, oui first wamning was at 7:45 p.m. The ticket we receiveri arrived at 10:59 p.m. If we were 50 out of uine within the first 25 minutes of oui party, why did il take themn three hours and 14 minutes 10 retumn. We think that is totally unreasonable. But guess what? We have full intentions of having the samne part again next year, and whoever you are tIsaI was so disturbed, sonry about your luck. Soon the winter wiII be upon us and we can ail hibernale behind another eight months. Brigitte Smith Milton Parking complaint a lot of nonsense Dear Ediuar: l'in writing in response to Joy Warren'sIletter re parking bylaws. Neyer inrmy life have 1 read such nonsense. Families wîth grown children often require more vehi- dles thon driveways shlow, leaving an adjacent street a sensible option. Parking over three hours outside one's home shouldn't illicit a $30 fine, as I was incensed to receive hast week. This is Milton not Toronto or Guelph, where parking fines have become just another tax. 1 love Milton, have lived here ail my life, and I will not sit back while self-righteous busybodies attempt 10 advocate tax grabs on my friends and neighbours. Frank Rves Milton Pud by Steve Nease