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p4 toibune january 27 1993 st stouffville s- i i sos has some homework to do to be a success cj os has got some homework to do p ratepayer advocacy groups have a place in the checks and balances of any government but it became obvious at last tuesdays meeting of sos that before the group can become legitimate it has to prove its point just as council has to back up its actions with facts it was apparent at the meeting in lemonville and at the school board meet ing on wednesday that general com plaints that boards and councils are spending too much money just dont wash with bureaucrats barrie clulow of the taxpayers coalition in uxbridge expressed the same view tuesday there is much homework to be done a claim that the proposed fire truck would cost half a million dollars to main tain went unsubstantiated at the board meeting sos demanded a 12month school year and strict punishment for tru ancy are these solutions to rising costs in education there is a place for sos in local affairs but the group must become focussed with realistic and attainable goals to simply rail against the government and school board is fruitless to rise up under a flag of misinformation and frus tration is anarchy to seek constructive change with hard evidence and social crit icism is the recipe for success economic advice limited by dirty v word t have mixed feelings about the necessity of the towns economic development adviso ry committee edac consider ing stouffvilles massive growth restrictions the group which has grown from nine to 14 members was formed in 1991 to recommend policies and ideas to whitchurchstouffville officials geared to enhance the towns economic stability growth and future planning initiatives so far edac has received approval to spend about 12500 to form a database of town busi nesses and to print up a tourist attraction town brochure whats 12500 the town should sell itself afterall attract new families new fran chises tourists and traffic every other municipality is doing it why shouldnt stouf fville do it sell sell sell edac wants a higher profile this year and insists council would be wise to pump even more funds into the groups ideas in 1993 we would ask council to con sider economic development funding as an investment with more potential for a turn on that investment short and long- term than possibly some other expenditures which may have less of an impact on all resi dents states edacs 1992 annual report the group is getting in its digs kibbles bits now before budget day in hopes to ensure a slice of the tiny money pie council has to work with but theres a word that keeps coming to mind when the term growth pops up its that dirty sixletter s word that whitchurchstouf fville can never seem to get enough of sewage sewage sewage without it the edac group is rather limited in the amount of economic strength it can bestow upon the town edac can help fill the increas ing number of empty stores that dot our business streets its true edac can recommend which types of business would best suit residents and other businesses needs when develop ments are in the works and it can work with the town to enhance gormleys scaleddown industrial park opa88 but without the s word stouffville wont be strutting any major economic stuff in the near future york region and queens park have placed numerous restrictions guide lines controls and limits on stouffvilles growth over the past several years that fact should be taken into consideration before taxpayers spend too much money on poten tial growth schemes until the town grasps onto the goldlined big pipe that markham richmond hill and newmarket so greedily cherish stouffville will always suffer from sewage envy fame comes at a princely cost stouffville tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager distribution manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pamela nichols staff 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but then kates corner william jefferson clinton chose fame poor old charles had it thrust upon him although lots of people find it difficult to feel sorry for a per son who earns a gazillion bucks annually for shooting grouse and condemning postmodernist architecture i wouldnt switch places with the imperiled prince for all the brits in victoria image consultants didnt exist when charles was born so he came as he was ears plummy accent and all his dad believed cold showers and five mile runs before breakfast were essential to princely character building so charles was sent to horribly rigorous schools where he learned to be manly at an early age sometimes you could tell his heart wasnt in it but it was his duty so naturally he did it what a sweet old fashioned notion while the president has been forgiven for his affair with ms flowers bonnie prince charlie will never live down his dal liance with mrs parker bowles who ironically would have been considered absolutely topdraw er bridal material by the royal family had mr parker bowles not pledged his troth first the prince alas will never be able to compete with the presi dent who is at least photogeni- cally if not politically correct and who will when he or his country has had enough be able to turn his back on the slings and arrows of outrageous jour nalism