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Classified The Sun-Tfibune welcomes your let- ters. All submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number. name and address The Sun-Tribune reserves the ri t to publish or not publi‘ and to edit for clar- ity and space. is comprised of 100 community publications acmss Ontario. The York Regan Newspapet Group also includes The liberal, sewing Richmond Hill and Thomhiu, Vaughan Citizen.1he Era-Banner (Newmanet/Aumta). Markham Economist York Region Media Group community newspapers The Sun-Tiibune, published every Thursday and Saturday. is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd, a wholly-ovumed subsidiary of bistar Corporation. Metroland Sun, Georgna Admcateflodt Region Business Times. Nomi of the City. yomregionmm and York Region Printing. Classified Manage: DISTRIBUTION Circulation Supervisor Carrie MacFarlane cmacfarlaneéyrmg com jmasonOynqum dandrews®ymlgcom Mike Ban Ville mbanuilleévyrmgrom brondaau®yrmgwm Carolyn Norman (nor-manan com Dawna Andrews Lutmtothofidltov. The Sun-mum 8290M$L ,0" LM IG‘I Bonnie Rondeah lETTERS POLICY jmason®ynngmm Pnonucnou DISTRIBUTION 905-640-2612 ADVERTISING 905â€"640-261 2 ied: 1-800-743-3353 u: 905-640-8778 mun m 905-640-8778 EDITORIAL lim Mason EDITORIAL O ' NION @Mfi-Tribun 6290 Main St. Stouflvme, ON. MA 167 PUBLISHER Ian Prou That same health care system that sees the top bureaucrats of each of the govemment-created LHINs (Local Health Integration Networks) eaming quaner-of-a-million-dollar salaries, plus financial oflicers, planning directors, community engagement oflioeis and systems experts eaming up to $200,000. Something stinks here and no amount sunshine will make these fig- ures look or smell any better. "Ball your MPP our government shouldn’t allow thegaptowidenbetweentherichand poorifmwantacaringsociety. But for the Ontario residents living belowthepovertyline,thesaltintheir woundscameinthefonnoflastweek's provincial budget. telling them despite higher food costs and rising costs of heating fuel, electricity and transit, they will endure unspecified cuts to their spe- cial food allowance and only a l-per- cent hike in their basic needs allowance York Region activists lobbying for fair- nessforthepoorest ofthepoorargueif the government cuts the dietary food allowance by 10 or 20 per cent while rais- ing overall low-income assistance rates 1 per cent, that translates into a real cut to the income of thousands of Ontarians to the tuneof9 to 19 per cent The Do the Math Working Group, which took its case for a higher food allowance to York Region's MPPs in the past year. say the majority agreed that living on current disability or assistance payments each month would be tough or next to impossible. Advocates for the poor charge that needy Ontarians will become more susceptible to debilitating illness and disease if they have less money to buy healthy food. They will turn up at our hospitals for treatments for their illâ€" nesses and medical problems, no doubt representing more of a burden to our overstretched health care system. Add inflation into the equation and the least fortunate members of society are falling further behind each year, even as the Sunshine List recipients grow more numerous and more wealthy. So, are you on the $100,000-plus soâ€" called Sunshine List? Or are you an “aver- age” Ontarian earning $45,000 a year? Forthoseofuseamingamodestliv- ing. Ieaming 10,000 more Ontarians are earningsbr-figuresalariesinZOOQâ€"a recessionyearâ€"thantheyearbeforeis rubbing salt in the economic wound. Sincethemid19905whentheMike Harris government decide to shine a light onhigh salaries and showwheletax dollars are going. average income eam- ershavehadto 'ttheirteethoverrising numbers of chiefs, hospital (3803, school board and municipal bureaucrats earning stageringsalaries. Editorial Ain’t no Sunshine for rest of us That kind of vision will. iliterally, get our town and our region nowhere. I encourage readers to write our MPB Helena Iaczek. and ask her and her party to reconsider that decision and return to their earlier GTA-wide Re: The smooth way to fly out of Stoujfville, column by Iim Mason, April 1. The future of public transportation for Stoufl'ville residents includes good east/West routes, like the Hwy. 7 route to and from our hospital. It was there- fore distressing to hear funding for the planned construction of “bus-only” lanes along HWy. 7 was withdrawn in last month's provincial budget. The spacious Vlva Purple bus had room for our luggage and tookus direct- ly to the Markham Stoufl'ville Hospital, where we transferred to the Stoufi'ville Bus (No. 9). This bus dropped us off 200 feet from our home near Millard Street and Ninth Line. After a flight home from Europe last summer, our family took the Airport Express GO bus from Terminal 1 to the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal ($5.35/ adult). The driver courteously took our luggage out of the luggage compart- ment and we stepped onto the next platform where we bought a ticket for York Region Transit ($3.25). Most are surprised to hear public transportation from Stouflville to Pear- son and beyond is not only possible, but cheap and convenient as well. Take public transportation to Pearson airport, too You informed Stoufi'ville readers how convenient and cheap it is to use public transportation to travel from Stoufiville to the Toronto island airport. Readers may be interested to know the same holds true for Pearson Inter- national Airport. mrm D.\.;O :52 45.0 , W ‘.__.â€".... ' MOST ACCIDENTS [7 ~61"; HAPPEN IN 1H5 4493?” KITCHEN-- Letters to the Editor My family and I will be watching when the show premiers in April. The only question 1 have is: when can we do it again? During filming, the cast and crew were warm and welcoming and gave our eight-year-old son a seat to watch no less then right beside the director. And as residents, it should make us all proud of our town's charm and beauty. (What better proof is there when film companies deem our town as one that should be photographed?) When the location manager for GEP Production Inc. asked if they could shoot a 'scene at our house. my family and l were delighted â€" and compen- sated, thank you. It was great fun to see the making of a real Hollywood gunfight right on Church Street. Re: Supernatural TVshow takes over Main Street, April 1. I wanted to say what a pleasure it was for Stouflville to host the cast and crew of the TV show Warehouse 13 last week as they filmed in and around the downtown area TV, movie shoots should make residents proud of Stouffville transit plan, which included the “bus- onl)” lane for Hwy. 7. PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot b What do you think of these issues or othefs? Eâ€"mail letters to the editor to jmason@ynnqcom HAVE YOUR SAY i'li'ibune ARNOLD NEUFELDT-FAST STOUFFVILLE D. DELHUARRY STOUFFVILLE Elmo- m Cum Debora Kelly Same rules apply for all varietâ€" ies of elections. 80. let the debate continue. Fol- low the rules and fill The Sunâ€"Tri- bune’s mailbag every week, please, readers. Tell us, and the candi- dates, what the biggest issues in this Whitchurch-Stouffville elec- tion are. If we did print letters from candidates and their friends. we could fill full editions with free campaign ads between now and October. (There are some letters from candidates and their family on file that will not be printed.) Rules? We don't print letters from candidates nor their family members and campaign workers. (If you don’t identify yourself as one of the above, we'll ask.) We want to hear from Joe and Josephine Citizen. Iim Mason is editor of The Sunâ€" D'ibune. There are more than six months until about half of us will vote in the municipal election. But the campaigning is clearly underway. It's the person next to you at the doughnut shop or soccer pitch spouting off about civil servants making more than $100,000 or the pros and cons of the new arena. Except they sign their name to it and allow us to publish it. But, there are limits, especially at election time. There are three candidates fer mayor and four for council seats. Readers want to know what their neighbours are thinking. Some like to debate with others. Letters can also give editors story ideas. Busmass MANAGER Robert Lazurko Surveys tell us letters to the editor are one of the best read features of a newspaper, this one included. They’re also used as a gauge of readership. Columnists, reporters and edi- torialists may not like the news, but it’s true. Mailbag closed to candidates, supporters with Jim Mason Off The Top DIIBCIDI, Anvurnsmc, DISTIIBUTION Nicole Fletcher Dlnwmn. Omens Barry Black