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16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 25, 1990 Name will be changed to Simcoe Street from Oshawa to Seagrave Two regional roads in Scugog Township have faced an identi- ty crisis for years, but not for much longer. Durham Region council re- cently approved name changes for both Regional Road 2 and Regional Road 8. In Scugog, Regional Road 2 has been known as Oshawa Road, Simcoe Street, Ontario Street, Lilla Street and Sea- grave Road. Since the regional road is called Simcoe Street in Oshawa, council agreed to ex- tend the name along the entire 985-0111 Windy APPLE ORCHARD highway. The present Simcoe Street which runs from the ridges through Prince Albert and eventually back onto Regional Road 2, will become Old Simcoe Street. Regional Road 8, which runs between Regional Road 2 in Scugog Township to Regional Road 30 on the western boun- dary of Uxbridge Township, will be known as Reach Street. 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You'll still pay too much in tax- es, a gallon of gas will still cost more than twice what Americans pay, and the country with more room and fewer pepe than any other lace in the world will still have a problem inding somewhere to put its garbage. This is definitely not the end of the world. We aren't the first province to elect a New Dem- ocratic Party as our government. Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been cranking out socialist governments for decades. In fact, they're prob- ably bored - and more than a bit frustrated - at this stage, because nothing much changed, and none of the world's ongoing societal issues have been resolved. Perhaps that explains the mid-west origi- nation of attempts in Focery years to 'modern- ize' attitudes in the United Church of Canada. After years and years of futility, they of philo- sophical 'Do-Gooder' intent may have aban- doned attempts to 'change the world' via con- trol of the State, and are now attacking the problem from the Church angle instead. Interesting concept, if nothing else. Does it seem a bit weird that a move to allow gay min isters in the pulpit should come from the barren mid-west plains, where men are men, and women are expected to wash their socks? (Learn from this column, boys and girls; socks were worn on feet back in the olde days before Reeboks.) British Columbia was 'Green' back in the seventies. There are many similarities between B.C.'s one-shot affair with Dave Barrett and the NDP, and what just happened in Ontario. Bar- rett gained power because the voters decided enough was enough, and drop-kicked Premier Bennett's F-Troopers through the goal posts of Heaven. Four years later they brought back Bennett, on the rather optimistic assumption he'd learned a darned good lesson. The latter is de- batable, but it's worth noting that despite nearly half a decade of NDP rule, the province was still in existence and functioning as well as it ever had. During its reign, the NDP managed to squeeze through some worthwhile environ- mental legislation (also badly needed here), and installed a provincial auto insurance program which proved beyond doubt that government should stick to governing. One last note on B.C.; proving either that (a) the God of Politics has a wicked sense of hu- mour, or (b) Bill Bennett is a terribly vindictive guy. In either case, after realizing that politics was a dirty job, and that somebody else was welcome to it, Billy-boy got his revenge on the voters for the earlier humiliation. He took a hike in mid-term, and dumped Adolph Vander Zalm in their laps. Good citizens of Ontario should find much solace in what happened when the Lotus-land rovince went from one extreme to the other. he "Slam's" solution for everything was to drive an M-1 Adams tank right through the middle of the graben, (Could we use him in Oka, or what?) But five years later, the province was still there... looking like a pre ecent al- ternative to what has been going on here. The point we're trying to make here is sim- ple, Democratic government is an amazing thing to behold. It really works... sometimes even in spite of itself (refer to our upcoming book:..... "The Peterson Years - Ontario In The Forget every excuse you've heard or seen about what happened to the Liberals. Their downfall had nothing to do with Super Dave's support for Meech e, or the timing of the election (although that certainly helped Spied up the process), or even the Patti Star scandal. The Liberals buried themselves by handing out too much candy. After a while it e so obvious everybody except the government par ty knew what was going on. Bottom line: there's a helluva a price on "nice", and Past- Premiet Pete didn't think we'd figure it out. We did! Onward and upward. The glass is half full, not half empty, right? Bob Rae's NDP govern- ment might surprise us by being the best you've see in some time. Come to think of it, they might win that honour be default, because pre- Peterson Ontario suffered through Bill Davis (ak.a. the Pillsbury Dough Boy), and his nearly two decades of "give 'em what they want and damn the consequences." No matter, we'll all be fine... as long as you don't need a hospital bed in a hurry. This complicated, often frustrating system may have its faults, but remains better than any alternative on the planet. The key is 'the little guys' who stand in front of the ballot box, and say to themselves: "The buck stops here." Wouldn't it be nice if politicians under- stood that? Obviously, most of them don't. Again, no problem. Sooner or later, some- body will run for office with g faiom that romises to: (a) establish a SINGLE public- unded education system that we can afford; (b) re-create an efficient and effective health care system; (c) eliminate the Young Offenders Act and revamp the justice system, including re- instatement of the death penalty for capital crimes; (d) eliminate i TL outs such as 'child welfare' funding which allows any young teenager to leave home and set up housekee ing on their own, simply because they don't like the way their parents are running the house; and (e) freeze teacher salary increases... at least until the rest of us have a chance to catch up. (We should live that long!) It might be asking too much of the NDP to implement that sort of stuff, but... there's al- ways a next time. JJ. Your Choice Satellite Systems Equipment life service warranty. * Free 3 yr. extended warranty on all electronics * Free site survey. Ten years experience. * Year round installation. 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