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stouffville saturday may 1 5 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages1 including gst yfx dvers jfj leaf nation for another year letters 6 sports 10 total home 13 classified 25 on your get set gmpaign federal candidates ready for election by roy green staff writer bob callows campaign phones are being hooked up susan kadis has been ready since last week and belinda stronach has been campaigning it seems forever bryon wilfert is keeping his cards close to the vest and if there is a june election bridget haworth will probably not ruh7 for area candidates the state of readiness for a federal election which could come as early as next month varies from already up and running champing at the bit patiently waiting and in one case hoping the call doesnt come too soon riding changes with redistribution york region has seven ridings com pared to five in the 2000 election markhamunionville new marketaurora oak ridges- markham thprnhill richmond hill vaughan and yorksimcoe while there is much specula tion the announcement of a june 28 election will come just after victoria day- bob callow the conservative party flagbearer in oak ridgesmarkham is prepar ing for an earlier date im getting ready as if its coming june 14 with a fiveweek campaign mr callow said tuesday weve just rented a see stage page 8 hot tubs 27hhutaqibd markham tm8030 rbeochcomba ott0i1 rodeo riders staff photobill roberts jordan brillinger front and sheldon dobney both 7 tackle the bike rodeo route at the ballantrae gommunity centre last saturday the event was hosted by the stouffville community policing centre taxpayers pay more for less ervice york region tax burden second highest in ontario by usa queen staff writer york region families spend 23000 more a year in taxes than they receive back in govern ment services a new report from the fraser institute says york is second only to halton on a list of 49 ontario communities that measures the tax burden on households compared to the serv ices they get in return york taxpayers are outraged thats a lot of money im not surprised because its echoed in peoples feelings they feel like they are paying a lot in taxes and we dont have the services said sue walmer chairperson of ratepayers of aurora yonge streetsouth i think what people are feeling and what im hearing is we love where we live we love living in the gta but we pay very high taxes and the area is growing quickly the infra structure that should go along with that isnt there york families spend 23056 more in taxes per year compared to the average halton household which shells out 25928 more in taxes peels thirdplace finish is significantly behind with each household spending 13918 more in taxes than services received meanwhile durham is fifth at 10861 and toronto is seventh at 9497 at the other end of the scale manitoulin is last with each household receiving 6233 more in services than in taxes spent see neediest page 7 honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 90547 7 24 51 wwwmarkhamhondacom 88 springsummer performance package honda genuine st for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to hona for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and tiller change bring it home to honda 1 available for most homli mwtciv lio nt included prmroi town and country realty ltd 6400888