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Amiaolnd Com,..ty Newepmpe Vol. 137 No. 18 WEDNESDAYIANJARY 10. M9 Ont: Comsnunity Newspaper Box 451 UVILLE, O)N L6J 5A8 Broken mirror means bad luck .for Milton driver The superstitlous belief that a broken mârror is Iýad luck held true for a Milton mar Wedresday. The 57-year-old Prince Street man fpces se~ ra charges, fricluding impaie dnv4 ,efe pick-up truck cfo ed the centre lire of a. rural Mittor road as a Helton Regianai îolice cruiser *appfoached f ro mfhe opposite direction. % The mnirrors of thelvehictes col- lided and broke o t, said.Sgt. Frank Phitlipi, Halt4i Regiohal Police spokesman. 'The driver of the pick-up did flot stop efft the cottision and corlînued.southbourd,* he sald. "The offic[lr ws %b4t [o îurn around c~-d catch up I ojthe vehi- cle apprbimately 2 km front where thie notmp 7curreO.* No one w._ inwa and dam- ne Iotol Vhde-vas mirer. Lire. juat south of No. 15 Sideroad, shorily before mmdnigmE. « The mer ao faces one cocbq of dnivirg with 'aver the tegat timit of alcohoi in has btood aa weit as H*fway Trefc Act cliargal ot faitig te stop hir police Mid fading la share hall the ioad. Letters; ...... .. . 7 Dateline .,....*... 10 PÔM ice ...........Il Sports ..... ...19-17- Classified ...... 18.19 Real Estate ...REI.RE8 Miit iltn 1sinc 19 Txaers object Council nixes pricey phase-in seheme. PX R.DEAUME The Chai4ion- Thie phase-inisesoui A plan lo plase in sonne of tha exireme affects of Market Value Assessmeni (MVAI was over- tumed liy town counicit Memafay niglit in front of a fll house of concensed taxpayers. SeveraLtaxpayers told counicit thay were apset with liaving to defer filie property tax relief MVA i% designed te prnvide, and as thea sanie tim e pay $200.090J carmared for phase-in progiam cous. Resickrnt Michael West sunsgarzed tha view of ilhoie a4ainst [lic phas-mn t halieve mn [lie princi- pIe *Love Mly Neigliliur* hut LoÀve Thy Neigh- lieue cjocs net extend to çubsidif ng his pussperty fli1ewiliascin progarrlost 74,wi[licouncllors Mayor Gord ICranz backing tie plan. The fiuit affects of MVA wfl ha faIt lis tana- ers when property taxes art duc in tlie spring Under the phÀse-in plan. thoec gettinfi large decrases [han would have helped offset cests for Showe gettung large increass for a perird of qhrce ycars. The fuît effect of MVA would font have heen (eh Iuit [lie fouuil ycu. Ward 1 Ceuncîillor kick Day said lie changed his position on thie ptlasc-iý program heause it wouid have had à negligibk affect on mous prop-_ erties. and hecamia manv of [ha increasas wew6ua to roc assessments whsch shlud ha appealed Othar coanicilot reprcsening rural apayers were aIse cîmcmred wîth lc unknown clffcts [le phase-in programn couisk hase on soue tai pruçi- Therc werc several cimed in.stancN in which a (ares pmrepry was entillad to a dccrca.c in taxe, under-MVA. but weuld lictuatly gel an incae Ibis. s due Io provincially fundad fares ma% credit»< reductions, which coutd offset gains wîth MVA. Depite sorne reassssrances fmom pros pucaI offi- ciais. rural counicitiers wr floi convinced admin- itrativechangcs would correct [ha protslem Counwiller Challinor defeiided [die phaw-e.ind6aý saying ph)pauiy taxes have long heeais eÇ<éd on an unequal basis. He referrom I th le diffefenc hetwaen tha urhanjd1iýAl mîl raies, saying the urbi pan oio<n subiadzes tha rural one. Rural resident Richari Hall saîd lie was conî caieod [lia councit wouV autionze the expendi- - "PHARRE.It M imiii. 2