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ô - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, September 9, 2003 COMMENTfo , -Markime downforg _______________________________Ddlton McDougali, ï mean --- VWDoton McDimple, 1I eo Justice wasn'L served in condo fraud case It's understandable that condo owners defrauded of their reserve funds feel disappointed by the sentencing of former property manager Mark Mallalieu. Mr. Mallalieu, who pleaded guilty late last month to defraudmng two Milton condo complexes of $250,000, was handed a two-year jasl sent- tence but wasn't ordered to pay restitution. So as reported elsewhere in this newspaper, homeowners will have to pay an extra amount in their condo costs each month to make up for the lost funds. Their only option to recover the money is to launch a Pol civil suitagainst Mr. Mallalieu, but that would take more time and cost C i.b jW more money and who knows what the outcome would be? What it comes down to is this is a failure of the justice system. Mr. Mallalieu may be behind bars, but the victims are left paying as well. We've seen restitution orders made in other fraud cases, like in the sen- tencmng of Michael Bourgon, the financial planner who bilked clients out of $760,000 in the late 1 990s. He was sentenced to two years less a day in jail and ordered to pay back $488,000. The order didn't represent the whole amount, but it was better than 0 what Mr. Mallalieu was made to make up te bis victims -nothing. O UR READERS WRITE Milton coni mut .k stop>s to pmot.ct Julian Reed à vote on same-sex marriages threateecl i*ton Mile Croe*. says iwaclr should represent constituents' views: reader It's home tonurmeros wilMle species, but inmy opinion tbis inSedible water- way la beusg destroyed by A1Vs, motor biksand even 4x4s that use thevalleys if it were abighway. l'hse veichiles race up and down thse valley for ang deep rts in heriver bausks, defacing die ilai4lssnd in sotBe spots bave W te ldso bSy sc red it's unfit to even walk on. Fuithermnosi, these -";dsgpesr seekerls are cuttitng down fRices aSni owing down valua unps to reach Ihe river benka. 1 believe, Milto's town council neS& to ad&klea thi prolm immediely. Oakviile's town counicil bas already taken stfps to protec its part of tise croek by passlng a no-mooeizeud vehicle bylaw. Milton shSold foliow suit toprotlect the rmainng part of the Sixteets Mile Creek (The following letter was addressed ta Halton MP Julian Reed and a copy wasflled with The Champion.) Dear Editor: We'd like to offer Halton MIP Julian Reed our heartfelt congratu- lations on bis active conscience. However, this won't translate into votes of confidence in the next fed- eral election. Aller reading Kimberly Bowman's lester in The Champion regardmng Mr. Reed's intention to vote 'No' on the issue of samne-sex marriages - regardless of the views of his constituents -we question the very integrity of our democratic syssemn. If Mr. Reed isn't there to represent the elec- torate but only to vote on the issue at a personal level, be's only repre- senting his own mnterests. We believe, as Canadians, in ccl- ebrating diversity and basic ftre- dom of expression. A 'Yes' vote would respect the basic desire of a gay couple to legally declare their commiitmnent to each other, just as any beterosexual couple can do. A 'No' vote, or thc suggestion that those that arc gay mnay not be mnarried but only enjoy a civil union, is a vote for fuerther bigotry. Wben this bill was proposed, we were pleaaed to see the Liberal party behaving liberally. And yet Mr. Reed seeks to stand against the bill. The leader of the officiai opposi- tion, Stephen Harper, will welcomne your support. We the votmng public, on thc other hand, would ratlier sec you support what your party stands for. Lori Callan and Gerry Bennink Milton '1~ %r TTANflT-~TWoman says thanks to ail who helped during recient tire TH J FC,.e/1/1ALV CH N Dear ditor: Thaasks to my son-in-law Mike Stokes for hshl Boa 248, 191 Main St. E., Milton, Ont. 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Brigitte Saliba Milton Pud by Steve Nease