Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 31 Aug 1994, p. 1

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1 90 AMereenerennrvemrermmrperepmmmemnzname The Mexican election may not have been fair, but the high turnout and enthusiasm of voters there should be an inspiration to Canadiâ€" ans, said Waterloo MP Andrew Telegdi. ... "A 77 per cent turnout is pretty awesome," be said. "We in Canada, particularly in municipal elections, could take a lesson from that." Telegdi was part of a nineâ€"member delégation from Canada‘s International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Developâ€" ment sent to the Mexican state of Chiapas to monitor the election process. The Mexican government did not consider them (or anyone) to be official election observers. Nevertheless, Telegdi said his deleâ€" gation witnessed or learned of many irregularities in the Aug. 21 "You don‘t know how beautiful they really are â€"â€" until you drive them!" BMW:318is and 325is. To drive one is to understand. _ _\ Myou !‘a:ht:dd synfllbulylmmmm‘ve t:veflr!dnvcn alz‘M_Wispr SBsc‘mud! “ Apmpmnsinat in riepniey * M Cld Telegdi said the town be was in had three polling stations in the ho es molne s wde en oo people in the special poll lineup. _ â€" _ â€" "The problem was, they limited the number of people who could vote at special polling stations to 300. When you look at Mexico as a whole, they probably ended up disenfranchising about a million peoâ€" Telegdi tice for all Mexicans), there were about 3,000 refugees eligible to vote in that area, as well as 2,000 army personnel. _ At.one time, he said, there were about 1,000 town square: two regular stations and one speâ€" cial polling station where people who did not normailly live in that town could cast a ballot. "What happened in our polling station was that because of the clash between the army and the Zapatistas (a rebel movement of mostly (Continued on page 3) Bâ€"K MOTORS 485 King St. North Waterioo, Ont. 885â€"5090 VOLVO going to be in there by the end of (Continued on page 5) "We can‘t find out a damn thing. The whole thing seems to be on hold for one reason or another. We don‘t know what‘s going on. There‘s all kinds of stories, and you don‘t know what to believe. "The last I heard was we were in August, 1993, but delays in the construction of Waterioo Place forced him to sign on for another year. Hamilton said his employees have been looking forward to the move to Waterloo Place since it was first announced last year, but the delays are beginning to try King Street and Willis Way began this February. Work stopped in April, and the site has remained unchanged since, with only the steel girder structure and some concrete work completed. Hamilton said he was originally told that construction would begin last summer, and that the 30 employees of the Investors Group could move into their new home by the end of 1993. UMqup” € John Hamilton wondering Â¥f he‘ll ever be able to move his office into Torgan‘s unfinished Waterloo Place building. Investors Group‘s lease was up ver a year of delays has HiKe! U"’ P i Im_ â€"Lh-un.“L Pupaiger, THE ULTIMATE TRrAin Nq At TY

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