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st letters weekender may 2 1997 p 7 reporter brought up issues dear editor i believe you should either check the credentials of the reporter who covered the reform nomination meeting this past thursday or send her to have her hearing test ed the headlines and the article were absolutely wrong and mis represented most that happened at the meeting your reporter was the only one who brought up the topic of racism through her line of questioning she was very per sistent in her attempts to solicit racist comments from people in attendance she came armed with a verbal explosive ignited it and then con tinued to throw gasoline on it throughout the night the emo tional reaction that resulted from comments disputed dear editor i wish to deal primarily with the issue of the reform oak ridges riding association meet the can didate gathering which took place on thursday april 24 let me say from the outset that i am not in the habit of writing to newspa pers but the deceptive spin that was put on these articles is of great concern to me i have worked as a professional law enforcement officer for many years and pride myself in doing professional investigations which report truthfully all the facts of the incident when a case is pre pared for court there are no secrets all evidence which has been gathered must be disclosed to the lawyer for the accused this is not a requirement for the defence and after reading events as reported on by your correspon dent it is obvious to me that the disclosure of fact is not a concern for her in the past i have read many articles in the newspaper on investigations which i had person al knowledge of the facts were not always reported correctly but generally i attributed this to the correspondent not having been there when it happened or that they were lacking further infor mation which had come to light through continuing investigation this is not the case in relation to your article on the reform oak ridges candidate meeting your correspondent was there in fact she was sitting not far from myself my wife and my neighbour we had attended the meeting in an attempt to see what kind of candi date was being offered by a feder al parly who had become one of the major players in our riding in the last election i find the title of both reform articles extremely biased and deceptive reform fete turns ugly i can only assume that because the candidate mr sarafi- an was asked some tough ques tions that your reporter interprets that as ugly or maybe it was the tough questions that were direct ed to your correspondent on her please see page 23 residents of the oak ridges riding was towards your reporter and her libelous comments about reforms policies candidates and members the gentleman to whom she attributed a racist remark was referring to actual examples outlined in a story last week by a major toronto newspaper it reported how illegal immigrant brokers are taking advantage of canadian compassion and unjustly using social safely nets designed to assist our citizens who badly need them your reporter your newspaper and you had better be more properly informed about reform policies and the people who truly represent them prior to writing such inaccurate articles in the future joseph sherren stoufrville lennqx central air conditioning 4099 monthly lay 1597 from offer exp e mechanical mius wa biwis si8siffisssi 905 authorized dealer a consumers cas x3 i up to 500 rebate with the purchase of lennox home comfort system 416 4790208 7481988 no limit value financing 1 997 pontiac grand am se sedan 31 litre v6 15 wheels 4 spd auto transmission 4wheelabs air conditioning dual air bags amfm cassette rear spoiler 39 no limit financing 48 mths max 36 months 1500 down while supply lasts 36 month lease downpayment 1500 350 security deposit reqd annual kilometre limit 20000 08e per excess km freight 620 lie admin taxes are extra t plus rt 620 lie admin taxes extra sales hours mon thurs 900 900 fri 900 530 sat 900 530 service hours mon thurs 730 730 fri 730 530 sat 800 100 motors pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771666