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thursday aug 26 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32pages1 including gst canadian sport needs money exolympian tells jim mason briefly 3 calendar 8 sports 12 classified 16 photo radar about safety not money police board by martin derbyshire staff writer the head of the yorks police servic es board is looking forward to the day photo radar is used on the regions roads but a former york cop who fights traffic tickets says the devices are just a cash grab the region the police services board and a majority of york regions municipalities have long supported bringing back photo radar police serv ices board chairperson david barrow said people are hot driving the speed limit on regional roads or residential streets its one of the biggest calls we get both councillors and police the richmond hill regional councillor said so were very interested in any kind of device that will get people to pay attention to the rules and laws on local streets the fight for photo radar was joined this week by the association of municipalities of ontario which for mally asked the province for the right to use the devices in cities and towns across the province in response premier dalton mcguirity who gave the green light to red light cameras earlier this month reportedly said he was open to the idea as long it proved to improve safe ty and is not just used as a new form of revenue for municipalities david matheson founder and owner of xcopper legal services which helps drivers fight traffic tickets speeding tickets and drunk driving offences said photo radar is all about collecting money irs a cash grab and i dont think anybody seriously thinks its not he said it defies all common sense to see photo page 5 staff photosjoerd witteveen catching air connor miller 9 makes a jump at the over the edge skate park in stouffville memorial park last week tax hikes from growth feared by councillors parkview must pay fees for new home by hannelore volpe staff writer plans for the new 17 million parkview home for the aged suf fered a financial setback tuesday when whitchurchstouffville coun cil decided not to waive more than 324000 in municipal development charges organizers are hoping to open thel28bed longterm care facility on the ninth line next to the parkview village seniors apart ments in 2006 waiving the charges would have led york region to follow suit with its charges amounting to around 228000 the discussions preceded coun cil passing a new development charges bylaw break for ospca the ontario society for the prevention of cruelty to animals headquarters in northern whitchurchstouffville however did receive an exemption of around 25000 tuesday as councillors upheld a 1999 decision having to come up with more than a half million dollars is a real blow joanna reesor mcdowell said in an interview after the meeting she is the director of resource devel opment for parkview home relief from local development charges was factored into the fundraising process she noted parkview has raised 18 million toward its 3 million goal from more than 800 local individuals and groups originally the municipal charges see councillors page 8 l cmcc fev fctmtri 2iviiter winii rd re ihoustoni houston ford ltd 5786 main st scouffviile 9056404541 www billhoustonf ord com tf i the new d5 focus is here car s driver 10 best 5 years im a row various models and colours to choose from