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. Cartoons offensive to reader published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a dmsnon ot Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd, owner 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener. Ont address coredqromteoce to Waterloo office: 92 King St, South. Waterloo. Ont . telephone sumo Wawloo Clucmclo amo- II lacuna oo2nottoo' of who 0 tht Sports balm moon. Waudoo Squaw Padang on Kano Strut or In Marlon Squat. Open My w FudnySOOlm to 500pm The City of Waterloo has once again proven that wet-.-' residents of this area-have the most Io- gical thinking municipal government in Waterloo Region. The City has done that by submitting a realistic but positive reply to the Region. supporting the recommendations of the Palmer Commission re- In a 33-page response. the first submitted by an area municipality, basically says we should direct our energies towards improving the present system rather than reverting to the former method of county government. “mm, ,---.---.__,._ Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll said "we" (the City) tealize regional government is here to stay. so we might as well learn to live with it. That single statement teflects a great deal of insight. Efficient or not, regional government has be- come an entrenched system that is bound to stay with our municipalities. There are numerous prob- lems with the Region. tfut they are mild in com- parison to the problems that would crop up should Waterloo revert to the county form of government. A number of recommendations made by the Palmer Commission and supported by Waterloo. make a great deal of sense. .......- - ,.__- -_"e-" - Waterloo favors a police commission totally controlled by the Region, as opposed to the present system where some commissioners are chosen by the province. Another recommendation suggested that the three area Hydro commissions should con- solidate their services to better serve the various municipalities. In ' a" itvateriooa recommendations support the Region while keeping the residents of this city ioremost in mind. Thoigtttu municipalities in this area could learn a lot by studying and emulating the attitude of We- tetloo officials. Gentlemen I wish to express disapproval of several of your editorial cartoons whtch have been run In the past few weeks They have all been done by Shaeffer and In general. have Hon. Keith Norton. Minister Community ' Social Services Hepburn Block, " Grosv not Street. TORONTO. Ontario WA If)! Letters to the editor Waterloo puts logic before . emotion __=K The Waterloo post office will be closed for the upcoming civic holiday, according to Manager Ray O'Brien. All wicket service will be curtailed on Aug. 6. along with letter carrieiUteiivetrv, However. one complete street letter box collection will be made on that day, The lock box lobby in the Waterloo and Kitchener offices will also be closed. he said, -Watorioo Chronich.ngM1lAM l, tith? Post office closed for holiday MPP goes, tp bat for arip,..i,ii:,f,iyi,po,i,'ly MW Pull Wankbv Edam Howard Elm: Manama Manna": John lilac-m subscriptions: $14 a year in Canada. as a year in United States and Foreign Countries. established 1854 This is grossly unfair to the workers of Woolwich. Kitchener. Waterloo and Cambridge. who are. I can assure you. not children Nor are they interested only in the money aspect of their current contract negotiations In the future. kindly refrain from referring to these honest, hard working and often unappreciated people as children Yours truly. Ralph Snyder Elmira depicted “Woolwich‘ Waterloo and Cambridge workers being children" _ Dear Mr Norton Mr and Mrs Allister Jenner of 68 Weaver Street. Cam- bridge. Ont , have a paraplegic daughter. Heather. who is 13 vears of age Due to the paralvsts, body functions cannot be controlled and -DrrPride Inrontinent Pads". fitted Into The latest one depicted the workers as small children being diverted by a handful of dollars while the Cambridge “child" sat firm with its sign of "solidarity" Since this cartoon. and other such of equally offensive ma- ternal are being printed on the editorial page, one can only assume that the incidences depleted have the editorial ap- proval of your paper r" -- _ I I In essence. you are editorially calling the workers of these areas children who are interested only In the instant reward of money Cijr1r1ri1rtzittt __,, sas pants. areused to meet the condition Gerber Products of Canada Ltd., is the supplier of this product Prior to July of this year, Gerber's sold five case lots to Jenners at the price of $12 33 per case In June. they were notified that. effective July 2nd, the price would be $3000 That's an Increase of 143'rr Attached is an invoice and price list confirming these figures These kinds of unconscionable cost increases to perso who are already carrying an extra heavy burden, must be tol§rated I urgeyou. directly. or through your collea the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations. to inn vestigate Gerber's massive price hike and use the clout of vour offices to have it rolled back The Jenners use about five cases a month Thus. their monthly costs for this Item alone. has increased by nearly Your government's inaction on retail price escalation; generally, cannot be excused But surely, you can't go on permitting families like the Jenners to be caught in the two- pronged squeeze of excessive price escalation for required health commodities and the inadequate handicapped chil- drens' maximum allowance of $150 00 monthly Yours truly. Mel Swan. MPP Welland-Thorold NOP Consumer Price Protection Critic