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Classified published every Thursday and Saturday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group 11¢, a may-owned subsidiary of ibrstar Corporation. Meuoland is comprised of 100 community publications across Ontario. The York Region Newspaper Group also includes The Liberal. serving Richmond Hill and Thomhill, Vaughan CifizonJhe Era-Banner (Humanist/Aurora), Markham Economist The Sun-Nbune welcomes your ieb ters. All submheions must be let: than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number. me and address The. Sunâ€"Tribune reserves the right to publish or nm publish and to edit for clar- ity and space. Letters to the Ed”. me Sun-Tribune 6290 Main St StoufMlle, GM LM I67 @‘fi-Tribune . Sun, Geayna Advocate,York Region Business Times, North of the City, Mum and York Repon Printing. Mike Banuille mbanuille®yrmg.wm jmasonOyrmg.com dandrews®ynng. com cnonnanermgLOM Fax DISTRIBUTION Circulation Supervisor Carolyn Norman Manager Dawna Andrews ADVERTISING Retail Manager EDI’IORIAL Editor lim Mason jmason@yrmg.com lETTERS POLICY Pnonucnon Manager Sherry Day DISTRIBUTION 905-640-2612 The Sun-Tribune, MEDIA Marketing 8: Advertising INTERACTIVE 905~640~2612 nu 905640-8778 ADVERTISINC 905-640-2612 sday@yrmg.com EDITORIAL I: l-800~743-3353 905-640-8778 0' NION @Fm 6290 N Stouflviue, O www.yorm PUBLISHER 1¢ Pundits say a lot is at stake in the Vaughan byelection in which Con- servative law-and-order candidate Julian Fantino is pitted against Liberal businessman and community lead- er Tony Genco for the seat vacated by Maurizio Bevilacqua, Vaughan’s mayor-elect. The riding has been red for more than 20 years, handily won time and time again by Mr. Bevilaoqua. Yet his piece of the voter pie had been drop- ping, while the Conservatives’ fortunes were improving. While other parties are represented in the campaign, the stage is set for an epic battle between the two strong can- didates in a race too close to call. Mr. Fantino came out swing- ing, showing the Conservatives aren’t wavering in a campaign strategy that favours aggressive partisan politicking. distortion and exaggeration. orbesquareforatasteofthe upcoming showdown between Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. l Vaughan, Nov. 29, be there One thing is certain. the loss of this seat would be seen as a blow to Mr. Ignatietf's leadership. Terry would have been proud, Stouffville An incredible showing of community spirit and a day that would make Terry Fox very proud. Stouffville came out in record numbers Sept. 19 for the 30th anniversary of Terry’s Marathon of Hope. Our local schools also par- ticipated in their own Terry Fox events in September tak- ing our total to $120,000 for our community this year. On behalf of our dedicated volunteer team, many thanks to our wonderful communiâ€" ty for keeping Terry’s dream alive. Some 40 lawn signs that r r 7 help us remind our commu- You canreadletters, columns nity of the event went miss- and stories from The Sun-Di- ing this year. As the Terry Fox bune on yorkregionoom The 1,300 participants raised in excess of $101,000 for cancer research. Re: Stouffilillle breaks Fox records, Sept. 21. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR t’s a test run, in many respects Let’s hear party plans, not byelection slagging Foundation spends its money wisely on cancer research, we will not replace these signs. If you happen upon any, please contact me at 905-640- 4705 and I will be happy ’to pick up, no questions asked. Or, alternatively, drop them at 268 Cam Fella Blvd. in Stouffville. b What do you think of these issues or others? E-mail lettets to the editor to jmason@yrmg.com SANDY SCHELL KENNEDY STOUFFVILLE TERRY FOX RUN HAVE YOUR SAY, WHITCHUHCH- STOUFFVILLE The former top cop in York and 'Ibmnto was quick to stake community safety as ‘an issue: “Conservatives are on the right side of this issue: the side of law-abiding citizens and on the side of Ms who want justice," he trum- peted. Usually, the Liberals respond in kind. fighting dirty with dirty. He didn’t mention his government has cut by 41 per cent the grants budget for the Victims of Crime Initiative and another 34 per cent â€"â€" $2.7 million â€"â€" in program contributions. His news release went on: “In Debora Kelly PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot contrast, the Ignatieff-led ‘Coalition believes that rather than keeping real criminals in jail, they should be let out without paying their debts to society in full and before victims receive the justice they are owed for the crimes committed against them and their families.” (‘Columnist’s Note: Coalition? We’re so over that. Hello? The 2008 prorogued parliamentary session called and it wants its coalition back, Mr. Fantino.) Are there actually voters out there who would fall for that? Statistics rank Vaughan/ Markham among the safest communities in the country, so he wondered why “He’s try- ing to create a perception that’s not reality”. I’m not condoning Mr. Genco’s response or dismissing a party scandal that occuned in Quebec after the 1995 referendum, but I’m more ooncemed about the present when it comes to accountability on spending. Mr. Genco called the claim “superfiâ€" cial” and “stupid frankly”. Mr. Fantino next issued a release over a comment made to a local newspaper by Mr. Genco. It stated the “Ignatieffâ€" handpicked candidate" had “cavalierly shrugged off" “the notorious sponsor- ship scandal 6290 Main St. Stouflviue, 0N. L4A 1G7 www.monmm -'li'ibune A Canadian Medical Association poll shows 71 per cent of us want the government equally focused on health care and the economy and nine in 10 Canadians don’t see any real solutions being put forward by the government. Here are real issues: household debt is at record levels, the unemployment rate is 1.9 per cent higher today than it was during the last election and Con- servative spending has pushed the deficit to $54 billion, the highest in our country’s history. Mr. Fantino stated, “There is only one party that values the people of Vaughan’s tax dollars." Vétfiers can, indeed,’ make the Vaughan byelection a taste of things to come. It’s not too much to ask candidates to focus on meal issues â€"â€" let’s hear the plans for the economy and health care â€" and put aside partisan slagging. dis- tortion and misinfonnation. It all just gets in the way of voters trying to make informed, intelligent decisions about who they want leading their community and their country. Valuingmymoneymustmean blow- ing $1.2 billion on a GB/GZO photo-op, $130 million on partisan advertising and $13 billion on super-prisons when crimes rates are dropping. Emma m Cm Debora Kelly Busmnss MANAGER Robert Lazurlco Duuacmn, Omnumous Barry Black MW‘EMSG 0m“. com Dnncmn. REGIONAL PIODUCIS, Cussmm, Tamar's How Debra Weller Duncan. Ammo, Dunn-anon Nicole Fletcher