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p4 tribune october mu f 992 st stouffville this deal is better than no deal at all t t is becoming more and more apparent that with out the current constitution al deal there will be no deal at all another chance will likely not come along at least not for a very longtime and for that reason alone the char- lottetown accord is worth sayingyes both sides in this debate have convincing arguments and it was not encouraging to those supporting the deal that the no side was gaining by last weekend however it is the great mass of undecided voters who will carry this accord or see it defeated the undecided must be shown that this will be the only deal we get and this deal is far better than the myriad alternatives which are being forecast for the future left hand doesnt know what right is doing r he right hand doesnt know a what the left hand is doing the province or at least sev- eral of its ministries made that clear during a meeting friday regarding future growth in the greater toronto area gta the gist of the fourhour yawner was that taxpayers will have to eventually fork over another 1 billion a year to keep up with infrastructure upgrades between regions in the gta what else is new what really irked me how ever was hearing the noncha lant dismissals to our great mounting garbage crisis cur rently stinking up york region liz maclaren sales pro for the office of the greater toronto area while hurling statistics at york politicians and community interest groups announced i dont do waste excuse me who does how can one government ministry talk about future planning future growth the need for future infrastructure technology and future plan ning coordination without dis cussing the solid waste crisis theyre talking about 2 mil lion more people moving to the gta during the next 30 years but they dont do waste how can they justify the mil lions of dollars already spent on data collection during the kibbles bits rac y k i bb f e ast few years without one mention of a future 600acre monster dump its not like the environment ministry and the ogta are worlds apart they have the same minister ruthgrier not only did maclaren tell 300 intelligent community leaders that she doesnt do waste but griers new parlia mentary assistant didnt catch his name begged off the subject also by telling the audience he wasnt willing to discuss garbage the ogta hopes to build a strong bond between regions by improving planning and building better link roads for the future wouldnt the fact that 60000 garbagegenerat ing people who are expected to move into the gta every year warrant some discussion isnt there a link here the provinces apartments in houses legislation also was not taken into consideration in the ogtas umpteen reports here again the right hand doesnt know what the left hand is doing they are talking aboutquali- ty of life and the rights of resi- dents to live in freedom and at the same time they want to create a health crisis by allow ing basement apartments in your neighborhood wouldnt their school population projec tions be off just a hair wouldnt the water and sewage systems be strained just a bit wouldnt the park ing crisis increase oh just a tad the province needs to get it together before using more of our tax money to produce new reports could they join hands on that stouffville tribune publisher editorinchief patricia pappas jo ann stevenson always read the manual first editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager andrew mair debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pam nichols sta reporters tracy kibble- jute caspersen roger belgrave photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somervilla real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridge distribu tion artena maddock canadian publications mail salesproduct agreement 439010 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 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what they call logic life cannot be conducted with out a survey these days and besides i was eager to share the blame for the problems wed been having with our printer which has been in our possession for close to two years and malfunc tioning merrily most of that time the old man did glance at the instructions in a cursory manner during setup but no one has taken any notice of them since it was my sons decision to print out 18 pages of science homework at six oclock one morning that forced me to consult the expert we plunked half a dozen sheets in the paper feeder the first one went through the next one slith ered about at an angle and got kates corners stuck lights flashed the screen told me the paper was jammed any fool can see that i muttered darkly i turned off the printer re adjusted the paper and tried again the next page came out in type so minute that it could have been used to reproduce the full text of the constitution on a postage stamp another helpful message appeared pointing out that the printer was not responding cor rectly and suggesting i check the cables at this stage any attempts to show fortitude in the face of adversity had long since been abandoned by 725 when einstein left to catch his bus we had managed to print just six pages in the inter im i hurled invectives at my hus band and verbally abused the cat whose chief contribution to the chaos was to jump on the printer periodically inadvertently switch- ingitpff as dawn came up i sat alone surrounded by mounds of screwed up paper idly perusing the manu al in an attempt to soothe my shattered nerves to my astonish ment i discovered a clear and concise chapter entitled loading paper into the sheet feeder three simple steps and about 15 seconds later i had the thing setup correctly and printing with gay abandon now im searching feverishly for the vcr booklet in the hope that i can learn how to record televi sion programs