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st stouffville may join new region from page 1 cussion about the proposal across ontario york region will no doubt dis cuss the plan at a meeting slated for aug 31 said emmerson the report does not impress the local mayor or the regional chair man a spinoff scenario could be the municipalities including whitchurchstouffville left out of the gta could form a new region said emmerson maybe wed start something new said emmerson the metro report stresses that the regional assessment boondog gle where taxes are disproportion ately wgher in some areas of the gta than in others is key to the success of any plan to rewrite the government map however nei ther king nor emmerson go along with the plan the report does not respond properly to prob lems that exist in metro said king theres a tax inequity problem within metro but this does not solve it king calls the proposal a metro- centred and domi nated jurisdiction no quick appropriation for the gtas suburban wealth could solve metros financial woes said king metros problems werie created not by the suburban regions but by metro itself and its financial relationship with the province i would be the first to admit that metro has not had adequate provincial funding for the services it offers when you add in the assessment and taxation problems that have festered for the last few years its not hard to understand why metro feels strapped said king york region is not prepared to bail out metro emmerson stat ed the fix needs to come from the top down and not from the bot torn up stressed king the finger of blame linked to tax inequities should be pointed at the provincial government and away from municipal government level said the chairman i dont believe municipal gov ernments have been extravagant municipal governments have been efficient inequities exist because of provincial legislation he said toronto council is expected to endorse the plan within a few days its neighbors however are balking i am absolutely opposed to anything on the north side of king steeles avenue king said the new gta stretching from burlington to claringtoh would have a population of four million the area would have 26 politi cians down from the present 134 and 15 municipalities instead of 30 the scheme would would mean five regional governments would be rolled into one separating whitchurchstouf fyille from markham oij a regional basis would not be beneficial to either municipality while it would especially hurt whitchurch-stouf- fvitle stressed king while whitchurchstouffville does not have the industrial and commercial assessment of other municipalities in york the munic ipality gets the benefits by being tied to markham stressed king the report suggests changes to economic development arid plan ning as well as the delivery of such services as police ambulance transit and even welfare under the plan regions outside metro would enjoy an increased level of service in such- areas as transit the report suggested while this proposal doesnt impress king he was quick to point out that in the wake of the newly elected provincial govern- ment change is at the door step he also suggested that measures need to be taken to improve on the problem of duplicationof services r king also questioned the need for so many administrations and boards weve got too many administrations said king also he pointed out that weve got school boards library boards police boards and public utility boards were got this and that board said king reducing the number of politi cians is an option maybe we do have too many politicians said king but drawing down the financial resources for the sur rounding areas will not make metro stronger he said rather he suggested that the metro pro posal could cripple the surround ing regions by plundering their assessment base and leaving them with a rural tax base to support suburbanlevel services king questions the whole ratio nal of governments making such proposals in the first place govr ernments exit to provide effective and efficient services said king our mandate does not include creating new levels of government if the solution to intermunicipal problems can be found in bringing people together to coordinate larg erscale services let that simple approach be the starting point said king jyecegfvjtpj5g3 illill hm hhhi summer fun all osborne 6 uses elaine dickens knees as a springboard at the stouffville memorial park pool recently photasjoerd witteveen tourism now all funding for the york durham i heritage railway has been frozen local mp julia munro has confirmed the local project is one of a number bit by the provincial governments decision to review the jobsontario community action grants a total of 270000 was earmarked for the local tourist project the money was to be paid in three instalments the local association received the first instalment of 70000 last month while another 70000 was expected to arrive in the fall the province will reexamine the project at budget time in april said munro simply its been indefinitely frozen until after budget time she said the province did not officially noti fy york durham heritage railway association of the recent decision rather association officials learned the news when contacted by the 2w- bune v this is disappointing said ken harding association secretary harding said that at this stage he doesnt know how a freeze would affect the overall plans to run a tourist railway line between uxbridge and stouffville the issue will however be dis cussed at a railway association meet ing scheduled for next week said harding munro said the government is aware of tourist needs in the province we do recognize the needs for tourism said the newly elected mpp joan ransberry local transit funding slashed under tory budget elawbacks from page 1 the total operating budget for whitchurchstouffville mobility transit this year is 35000 a few months ago the municipality approved 11000 to help offset the cost mobility transit has a con 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