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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 18, 1997 -9 ANB. ---------------------- ---- I... ....-_~--_' IL ETTERS Transfer sites working well To the Editor: The recent discussion about township wide gar- bage collection in Scugog Township greatly con- cerns me. I feel that Dur- ham Region does owe the rural population some ser- vice for the tax dollars it receives. The establish- ment of township wide garbage collection, which 1s a local municipal re- sponsibility, will enable the region to reduce its role in the Scugog Town- ship by closing the local transfer stations. The present system in use at the transfer station works great as far as I am concerned since rural resi- dents are responsible for carting and sorting their own garbage. Only one level of government is in- volved rather than two. Charging a fee at the transfer station is another bad idea, since it will dam- age the goodwill which makes the system a suc- cess. Since this is a rural community, we are ex- tremely vulnerable to roadside dumping, and the true cost of this has not been considered. I have recently visited several communities with very restrictive waste management programs, and found that the vacant lots and ditches were just covered with garbage, some of which appeared to be sitting there for years. Once a fee is estab- lished, either by some tax levy for roadside collection or a fee for accessing a transfer station, you can be sure that your cost will go up, and the real estate taxes going to Durham Re- gion will not go down. As a Cartwright resi- dent, I can still remember the turmoil created in our area by the Durham Re- gion landfill selection pro- cess seven years ago when the sites in Blackstock and Nestleton were an- nounced. I find it ironic that now they want to pull out. This may be an example of the need to reduce mu- nicipal government to a single tier, since I'm sure we could run those trans- fer stations in a successful and cost effective manner locally. David Dietlein, Nestleton To the Editor: a.m. to 4 p.m. is a joke. from work, it's closed. When the $2 transfer station fee was announced, I called Mayor Hall at home, as it was close to 6 p.m. when I read of this upcoming charge. I informed him that I had no problem with the change, but advised him that hours of operation were useless to anyone who worked; 8 I've spoken to a few people in the Blackstock area who are having the same problem. by the time you get home A lot of us including myself, work Sat- urday, so that day's out too. It used to be open on Tuesday nights but not any- Fee's fine, but hours aren't more. With no pickup available I have to wait until I happen to get a Saturday off and you can imagine the load; and sum- mer's coming (hold your nose). Surely Durham Region can open them up one night until 8 p.m. and shorten one other dayifthey have to. I work on average 58 to 60 hours a week. I start at 5:45 a.m. and finish any- where from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Ajax. It's a 45 min. trip home and you're too late for them. If they are going to charge for the service then make the service available. Peter Barber, Blackstock We need to voice concerns From Page 6 protect our downtown, but to provide what we need ,we must introduce malls. "Stores like Home Hard- ware and 1.G.A." sell the type of goods that are bought on a regular basis but are more likely to eventually want to relo- cate to a mall because of traffic, space and parking. Is this protecting our downtown? The example we used to show the effects of progress was Big V. We all enjoy the convenience a major store provides but do miss Jim Lawrence, who was "the store" for as many years as many of us can remember. Becoming self sufficient does create jobs and keeps dollars locally, and stores such as Big V have proven that it doesn't have to be- come impersonal. I would - like to apologize to Doug Brown and his staff as | honestly believe that more businesses would benefit from a staff that is as per- sonable, helpful and com- munity minded. We agreed to retain our Victorian heritage, but not that all new businesses should go west. We dis- cussed encouraging pro- fessional style business to renovate our old buildings instead of building mod- ern complexes. We dis- cussed "highest and best use" of our in town proper- ty and, yes, the new gro- cery store. We tried to take into consideration the township's point of view, the right to sell, the right to buy and build your choice and the effects the traffic congestion and competition had on the smaller local businesses in the town we wanted to pro- tect. We also admitted the convenience of the mall was great. West seems to be the di- rection to expand based on availability of land and ac- cessibility due to the fact that this was part of most people's usual traveling patterns. I can't take cred- it for suggesting we put parking behind malls, but agree that when the front can be landscaped, it pro- vides the kind of outward appearance that we want toretain. We discussed growth not only in the core area but in the township in gen- eral because we felt we needed to point out that Scugog isn't just Port Perry, but a lot of other vil- lages and hamlets as well. Issues included home oc- cupation, retail stores in hamlets and our overall need for a hotel. We all have our opinions on how we think Scugog should grow and no resi- dent should need to be afraid to attend a public discussion for fear of being misinterpreted. We need to stand up and voice our concerns because com- plaining after the fact ac- complishes nothing. Brenda L. 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