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Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St.., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square Watâ€" erloo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. /4 Waterioo Chronicle, Thursday, May 4, 1972 But now it suits council to depend on the development agreement, and to go one step further and reconsider the bylaw. All this is in direct contravention to the solicitor‘s advice but is completely in live with council‘s habit of putting developer‘s woes and possible losses before the interests of the people in this city. If Waterloo citizens wish this habit changâ€" ed they must pay attention to the progress of various developments in the city and constantâ€" ly feed their opinions to the city aldermen. During discussion of the plazas in Lakeshore Village, the city solicitor was asked to give an opinion on the legality of forcing developers to adhere to council policy through development agreements. The solicitor‘s opinion at that time was that there was no legal precedent (in other words this had not been tested in a court). Council was advised to put policies into bylaws where they could be legally enforced. The developer has made such maximum use of the land that the number of apartment units (and the profit) would have to be reduced to meet the new regulation. Nearly one third of the open space in the project is on the roofs so, if this project is comparable to other apartâ€" ments, it is no wonder that the developer has never, as he told council, seen people using the grass areas outside an apartment. There isn‘t much to use. The second reversal was in council‘s accepâ€" tance of the chief planner‘s statement that the apartment builder will be forced to build the roofâ€"top areas properly through the developâ€" ment agreement. It seems the question on policy exemption is: Where do you draw the line? And it seems that council, as in the case of the Tollgate plaza, has decided in favor of the developer with no discussion of the conditions for the people who will be living in the apartments. Waterloo council showed an amazing penâ€" chant for reversing recentlyâ€"set or reaffirmed policies at its regular meeting Monday night. Council agreed that this developer shou%be allowed to go ahead and decided to reconsfder the bylaw until it decided if there would be more exemptions to the policy. The council had approved, only two weeks ago, the bylaw change which disallowed appointment developers from using roofâ€"top areas as open space to meet the required area of open space per unit. This was because the city felt developers weren‘t doing enough (or sometimes anything:; to make roof space into suitable recreation or garden areas. Then along comes a developer who says he‘s ready to start construction of two 20â€"suite aâ€" partment buildings and that the plans inâ€" clude use of roofs as open space. Council was told that the roof would be constructed as a sun deck and that if the builder was forced to adâ€" here to the bylaw change, the project would be stalled just as it was ready to begin. Waterioo Chronicle In Canada: one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 Reverse gear ESTABLISHED 1854 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Editor Frank Goldspink Seook k * o %o% ds My candidate was young, had gever run before, and was Auip against a man who belonged to the large govâ€" ernment majority. The latâ€" ter should have been a shooâ€" in. But we licked him. I should have known betâ€" ter. I got my baptism quite a few years ago when I took on the publicity chores for an election campaign. And I‘ve been involved in three elections since, each time emerging in the same condiâ€" tion: wringing wet and swearing ‘never again.‘‘ But the first one was the worst one. I was a lot youngâ€" er or I‘d probably not have come through it without cracking up. She pointed out that too Waterloo‘s oldest barber many people react to the hung up his shears and clipâ€" word communism with fear, pers for the last timereâ€" not realizing that the comâ€" cently. He is O.C. Boll who munists are human beings, operated a shop at 16 John too. Street West. He was a "tonâ€" Speaking â€" on _ ""demoâ€" sorial artist" for 59 years. cracy", Dr. Hockin asked: Mr. Boll was quite happy Well, I‘m sitting here in my underwear trying to write a column, because I‘ve just finished a twoâ€"week stint of ‘"handling"" the pubâ€" licity and I‘m soaking wet from the waist up. Why? Because I‘m just home after galloping up and down the main street begâ€" ging merchants to put postâ€" ers in their windows. * Next time somebody in the club or other organizaâ€" tion you belong to asks if you‘d handle the publicity for â€" some â€" event _ that‘s coming up, take my advice and respond with a ringing (‘NO." That‘s the way they alâ€" ways put it: ‘"Handle the publicity."‘ Casual. Nothing to it. You just ‘"handle"" it. 10 years ago Dr. Catherine Hockin told a Yâ€"Teen conference held in Waterloo that, "We need to look critically and honestly at both the communist sysâ€" tem and our own demoâ€" cracyâ€"not just the veils of their system compared with our idealsâ€"and we must concern â€" ourselves â€" with facts and realities." She pointed out that too many people react to the word communism with fear, not realizing that the comâ€" munists are human beings, We formed a triumvirate <CIÂ¥ Then there are the adverâ€" tisements. We had ten weekâ€" lies and a daily paper involâ€" ved, plus two radio stations. And we never had enough money. So, every add had to be small but packed with power. Try this sometime. Try getting across a vital message in a thirtyâ€"second commercial. You say your guy has more children than their guy and that the former is active in church work. The opposition _ counters _ by pointing out their guy‘s exâ€" perience and claiming he is vitally interested in crippled children. And so on. Hardly anybody pays any attention to the platforms of the various parties, so you have to sell the man. And there are only so many ways of saying, ‘"Our guy is betâ€" ter than their guy."‘ You challenge your opponâ€" ent, in an ad, to a public debate. He gets free pubâ€" licity by refusing on the grounds that there is no eviâ€" dence your guy has anyâ€" thing worth listening to in public. And so on. Ross beat the back roads and wore out three pairs of shoes. Geordie beat every bush in the county raising money. And I beat my brains to the bone writing speeches and news releases and advertisements. Ross Whicher, the candiâ€" date, Geordie Hough, camâ€" paign manager, and myself, publicity manager. *‘We must face the fact that in today‘s world not only the Communists are impeding justice and equaâ€" lity." 20 years ago ‘"Are we really free and equal? How can we make sure that our basic human rights are being maintained? What rights have minority groups in our country? Files of Yesteryear However, I‘ve managed to totter through once again. The only thing that bothers me is that I enlisted one of my young assistants in the Next thing I know, I‘m writing ads, churning out thousands of words of copy, trying to con radio and teleâ€" vision stations into believing that the "news item"" I am phoning in is not paid adverâ€" tising, composing a letter for 1300 kids to take home to their parents, writing letâ€" ters of invitation to various dignitaries, arranging printâ€" ing of posters, and finally distributing these in person . It was such a little thing, really. Just the publicity for an Open House at our school. to mark the completion of a new wing, built to the tune of three million. Nothing to it. A noâ€"profit event. Just let the papers know . . . etc. As I said, I should have known better, at my age, than to "handle the publiciâ€" ty"" again. But when I was asked, I responded like an old war horse who has been through the reek and blood of battle, but can‘t resist it. In the City of Waterloo 1,300 voted against and only 2,233 in favor. With the town‘s compresâ€" sor operating as high as 22 hours daily, the public utiliâ€" ties commission .decided to engage a consulting engiâ€" More than one third of those who voted in the plebeâ€" scite to free the Canadian government and the prime minister from the antiâ€"conâ€" scription pledge, voted No. Voters in Waterloo North followed the national trend as 7,088 voted against and 13,194 in favor. Oh well, it was sort of fun at the time, and I learned that a man can work 18 hours a day and emerge., if not unscathed, at least alive. As I recall, the only material reward was a crock of Crown Royal. Not because the candidate was a cheapâ€"skate, but because he was up to his ears in bills, after the election. at his profession. 30 years ago Bill Smiley Fortunately, Kim is blith ly unconcerned about t:‘ whole thing. She constantly remarks, ‘"Stop worrying. Mom. There‘s nothing to it . which has the effect of turnâ€" ing the Old Battleaxe a deep shade of violet, while her head whirls with thoughts of invitations and announceâ€" ments to be printed, the house to get#eady, the flowâ€" ers to be organized, and the casual kid‘s wedding dress not even thought of, with ten days to go. Not to menâ€" tion, ‘"When is the yard goâ€" ing to be cleaned up?"‘ and "TI‘ll never get that chair back from the upholsterer‘s in time,‘ Like Kim, I believe the wedding will take place, and it will scarcely rate in the history books with the crossâ€" ing of the Red Sea. There‘s one other unforâ€" tunate side effect. My wife and daughter have a wedâ€" ding coming up. The former is flying in everâ€"decreasing circles of panic and accuses me of having deserted her during the crisis, because I‘ve spent so much timeâ€" you guessed itâ€"Thandling the publicity." English department into writing radio commercials, and I‘m afraid he‘s hooked. He‘s been batting out thirtyâ€" second commercials with not only elan but gusto. I wouldn‘t be surprised if he quit teaching English and went into advertising, a fate worse than death. Leading manufactures and business and insurance men in the Twin Cities favor adopting daylight saving time in order to be in line with the larger centers. Last year much inconvenâ€" ience was occasioned by not being on the new time. Since larger centers have adopted daylight â€" saving time, Kitchener, Waterloo and other municipalities are also considering the advisiâ€" bility of setting the clock one hour ahead. neer to investigate the adeâ€" quacy and pumpage of Waâ€" terloo‘s water supplly. ‘ 40 years ago