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achybreaky grazy see page 3 econo airport service 6405466 lhe inbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 45 a metroland community newspaper wednesday november 101993 20 pages exclusive battling batching plants may cost 1m tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouflville taxpay ers have dished out nearly 500000 in studies and consul tant fees in support of the towns decision to ban readymix plants on aggregate pit sites the tri bune has learned and the costs to restrict the use of batching plants could swell to jjjmore than 1 million if angered aggregate miners continue to challenge the interim control bylaw which restricts the use last week was likely the start of more legal wrangling to come after the town lost a court deci sion and a fouryear scuffle with an existing ready mix operation in the communitys outskirts it is estimated the town owes its solicitors borden elliot about 30000 for the case alone the town may decide to appeal the decision through a higher court but officials have not dis cussed the matter yet charges dismissed last week judge j r mack innon of the ontario court of justice general division in new market ruled the towns attempts to stop a st marys cement operation on blooming- ton sideroad be dismissed on grounds the plant was a legal use when it began in 1990 and mp vows to be frugal in his new post bruce stapley correspondent markham whitchurch-stouf- fville mpelect jag bhaduria is determined to play down the pomp and ceremony associated with his new position im not interested in being known as the honorable jag bhaduria just call me jag the rookie liberal member told the tribune friday after returning home from his third trip to ottawa since defeating tory incumbent bill attewell in the oct 25 federal election im here to serve my riding and i want to be accessible my number is in the book and i want people to feel free to call me anytime bhaduria hopes to prove his sincerity to his constituents and his fellow government members by way of his person- please see page 3 that the owners did not require a building permit to begin the oper ation judge mackinnons nov 2 rul ing also ordered the town pay all legal costs to st marys and its affiliates which are expected to run as high as 50000 sources say the town has spent in excess of 400000 on consultant fees and about 75000 in legal costs and staff time documents show pending appeals sources say the town could also be looking at an additional 200000 to 300000 to defend its batching plant ban and subse quent interim control bylaw at pending ontario municipal board appeals from angered local aggregate miners the towns experts say batching plants are harmful to surround ing environment and could affect water quality and quantity but miners say thats not true the st marys group say the town has grossly overestimated the amount of water its plant uses and insists the towns water problems are due to its own inad equate outdated wells the groups experts also say a readymix plant uses far less water than both nearby fish- related waterpumping business es that currently draw from the aquifer the towns battle began in june 1989 when a local group of investors richard sandiford ken sandiford don anderson and harold scott bought a 2- million property for the purpose of constructing a business office a permitted use at the time of please see page 3 post office postal saviors hope liberals will listen a band of citizens fighting to keep full ser vices at the downtown post office have moved quickly to correspond with canadas new liberal government friends of the lemon stouffville citi zens committee for saving- our community post office sent a letter last week to minis ter responsible for the post office david dingwall at the house of commons in ottawa expressing their concerns and anger over canada posts decision to end retail service at the main street office the community of stouffville is now threatened with the elimination of retail service and probable loss of its busy com munity post office the letter signed by the eightmember group the letter also slammed the post office for wasting money in frivolous ways such as its 90million headquarters and more than half a million dollars on sports box seats for staff instead of offering better ser vice to the public it is completely inappro priate to misuse or even squander success- ful service facilities like our downtown post office the letter states the group has a letter from then opposition leader jean chretien supporting rural dignity efforts to keep post offices open the liberal party believes canada post should remain a crown corporation and should not be pri vatized canada post should focus on restoring what has been lost