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i economist sun stouffville tribune saturday may 22 1999 7 3 3 vote 99 taking a lighter look at issues during the provincial election if you were thinking of using the clothestmakethfrman method of determining who gets your vote on june 3 think again the candidates are proving as tough to pin down to a definitive predictable electable dress code as they are when it comes to determining where they stand on the issues greatjb i had this great idea to rate the party leaders and the york region candidates based on the waytheydressed sure its shallow but someone has to do it id planned on rating the tory candidates- for instance on the cut of their pin stripe suits coil- servatiye blue ties florsheirri shoes and short haircuts tory women candidates would be evaluated on the same basis except of course for the shoes in each riding here markham oak ridges thornhill vaugharikirigaurora and york north i could advise you if the tories measured upor if you should support a liberal ndp family coalition or green party candidate whoever proved to jbe sartbrially superior liberal hopefuls would get theno d if they wore their italian roy greeiu suits red ties sandals and fash ionably long hair with panache making them the most attractive voteseekers in their ridings i was even prepared to rec ommend you vote for one of howard hamptons ndp candi dates as long as their work boots were polished and their blue collars cleanly id fie checking that green candidates were wearing clothes that had been recycled at least three times and that family coalition contenders were suit- ably garbed in gingham dresses for the ladies and maybe overalls and nerdy bow ties for the men simple right well that was the plan any- way except that the candidates in york region are defying tradi tion look at markhams dave tsubouchi a tory cabinet minister for heavens sake hes wearing jogging clothes and runners and when we sent a photog rapher to capture the five ndp candidates in york ridings he came back with a photo of four guys nathan rotman michael seaward steve sayseu and chris moise and one gal janice hagan all dressed to the nines and look ing suspiciously like liberals maybe even tories the candidates are proving as tough to pin down to a definitive predictable electable dress code as they are when it comesto determining r where they stand on the issues ok if the area candidates wont play ball what about the party leaders- when i tuned in to tuesdays tv debate 1 discovered that the three leaders were all wearing the same suit a sort- of blueish greyish boring thing r point is im unable to recom mend any candidates anywhere based purely on wardrobe whicfymeans im afraid that were back to the issues thing wa r h o use the mikasa warehouse sale dont miss it featuririg selected discontinued and surplus lines of mikasa dinnerware crystal giftware and flatware choose from hundreds of items all at fantastic savings no dealers please cash visa mastercard iriterac no cheques all sales rnal no refunds or exchanges save 80 off suggested retail prices 5daysoneyi wed may 26 thurs fri sat may 29 suh llamr830pm 11 anv830 pm 11 anv830 pm 10 anir500 pm liam430pm shis one location only 161 mcpherson st markham on turack kusatz ass lizikirj ufewe pleasd fyrak kusatz associate vllifl west bf the town clock 5 w and financial v sss variousother i services to meet youp needs v v t l- if any further information hisvrequired fax905 40 1998 email turackistarca vi it vf i k- iii iii p f- cs sc fsirftiillti vtv i