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mrtwwii whwtf f 1i c l i oss5 r j- s s oi w ml rp 1 ri w stouffvillernbune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rdmarkhamonl publishen ian proudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editor in chief bfenda larson director of advertising debra welter 4 deputy editor debora kelly production director cherikay distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager brian kirhk classified manager ann campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager stacy allen business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian oneil editorial antispeeding projects will make streets safer growing pains continue to plague our road ways f as both commercial and residential devel- opment booms our highways and residential streets are experiencing an increase in traffic and with that increase in traffic comes an increased chaos frustrated drivers who resort to speeding running red lights failing to yield the list goes on despite the best efforts of our law enforce ment officials they cannot be everywhere at once programs such as last weekends tough love project are effective in showing a police presence on our roadways and temporarily slowing down aggressive drivers while it is ideal on a holiday weekend to keep some sem blance of coritrblori traffic its not the kind of initiative weshoiildexpectto see daily but there is still reason to be optimistic and mat kernel of optimism sprouts from the com- mitment arid dedication of people new citizendriven or citizenendorsed ini- datives are cropping uplhroughout the region arid they rriiglit just help calrii traffic chaos itwkirimarkharrijspeedmgwasvirtur allyabsent fromthe carlton park area where york regipnalpblice vehicles parked on grass uniformed officersstpod in the area and televi- sion cameras were pointed at drivers in addition a bright yellow sign warned dri vers that the stretch of carlton rbactin unioriyille wasthqw a speed watch area where licence plate numbers ospeetiers are scrib- bled down by residents and reported meanwhile thetowhof whitchurch- stouffville has developed a road watch corri- mittee residents have been deputized in an effort to reduce speeding and other dangerous driving offences k y road watcfrcbmmittee volunteers stand on r streets vvatch for driver infractions which are then reported to police who then notifydri- vers oftheirinfractions via mail after twborj more reports drivers could end up in court k both marknarn rand stouffvilles programs demonstrate communities are willing to deal with the issue father mwjusf complain about j it and residents are concerned enough to join- forces with law enforcement officials to iriiprove the problem v vr they are fine examples v grassroots letters policy k stouffviuetkbune i welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number i name and address the newspaper reserves the right to publish or not publish and to editfor clarity and space c- y fax 965 294i8z email newstoomeconsuncbm letters to the editor 600000 lawsuit jaunched against york police js disgusting i read with disgust arid dismay that dang khoa lieu has filed a 600000 lawsuit against me york regional police his lawyer claims he suffered from severe headaches insorrinia and psychological dainage as a result of his arrest following a pursuit on hwy 404 v 7 1 wonder how the otker victims are doing are the two people vho had knifes puued onthem arid the person whose car was stolen and used in the highspeed chase suffering frbrri headaches insomnia and psy chological damage f what about the many lives that were endangered when the stolenvehicle went out of control arid slid across six laries brihwy 404 u i corrimend thepolice for stopping a sus pect before damage was dorie i hope this lawsuit is thrown out of court before it wastes taxpayers money too bad the other victims havent filed a lawsuit carrie perruzza unionville road needs calming measures v the other day on highglen avenue just east of noble street in markhamrriy heigh- hours small yorkshire terrier was killed by a speeding car this unfortunate incident could have happened to a child or a pedestrian for this is a residential area and the posted speed limit is 40 kmh i was on the neighbourhood transporta tion commitee for ward 8 which recom- mended speed humps on this road local councillor alex chiu unfortunately did not uphold our wishes arid no traffic calming measures have been installed speed humps have been installed in councillor khalid usmans ward on highglen aridthjs has slowed traffic corisiderably vftie neighbourhood badlyneeds some speed humps 01 highglen as speeding is get ting worse vj phoned york regional police and filed a complaint ah officer acknowledged this stretch of road is bad for speeding- as for the dead dbg noone was able to get- a licence plate number or car description but we believe thatif this person had obeyed the speed tlimit this death would have been avoided it seems that 40 is the minimum speed that people travel on this road riot the maxt ask you what will it take to get some action frorh our council the death of a child or senior or some other hor- rifle car accident to mrusman i congratulate you for your- dedicated representation of the people in your ward to mr chiu shame shame on you for your lack of representation mikevtscontr unionville yy writeuttefs tojhe editor f v 9heritagrd t markhaih ont l3p 1m3 f vf z wt v- emill htteneconsaneoni stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 canadian circulations audit board member stouffville tribune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distnbuting lid group of newspapers which includes the ajajrpicteiing news advertiser allrston heraldcouner barrie advance barrys bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post crty parent collmgwoodwasaga connection east vbrk mirror erin advocatecountry routes etobicohe guardian flamborough post georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week midlandpenetanguishene mirror milton canadian champion milton shopping news mississauga news newmarket- aurora georgina erabanner northumberland news north york mirror oakville beaver oakville shopping news ronllia today oshawawhitbyclaringtonport perry this week peterborough this week richmond hillthornhidvaughan liberal scarborough mirror stouffville tnbune todays seniors uxbridge tnbune and city of ontario press council york guardian it 1 v canadian pumcatlons mad prodwt sates ajreefnenlf 1403419 subscription rates by im 1 year- 6955 fluesdays only atl i j jv tj5 s v- v phone k5 2942200 fax905 2941538 cjassifieck i8v7433353 distribution siosyiim r mvv- s iit w a ih e owhh bra bffll wtsse r 9e 8 mt aabsli sf v rs- afijgjmpijr jwtblll ral david teetzel york region should wade into trash failhaul debate lets just say for a minute that the fight against the keele valley landfill was more than a not-in- mybackyard battle lets give vaughan and york region officials credit that they are concerned about the environment that they want a system of waste disposal that has as little effect on the surrounding community and environment as possible 1 really want to believejhat so i hope before york region starts merrily tossing garbage bags on to torontos trash train to kirkland lake our representatives will ask some ques- tions and not just how much does it cost and where can we sign on you have to believe people in vaughan as well as people in georgina and markham whose com munities were earmarked for a megad- umpby the ndps illfated interim waste authority would sympathize jwith the people in the kirkland lake area who are fighting the railhaul plan only a fewweeks ago we were the ones marchingin the streets to protest against the- extension of keele valley and had the provincial government not intervened we could still befighting while were all relieved to see keele valley close we owe the northern dump opponents a little triore than a casual the trash has to go somewhere york region should be the con science of the gtas waste strategy before we sign on to the railhaul scheme we should be making sure con- cems about groundwater in northern ontario are addressed beyond the nar row confines of the environmental process spelled out by the province we should be taking seriously the s people on the train route who wonder about the contents of those boxcars arid what happens if they spill the trash train willstart at the fail yards in vaughari arid head north through york region we should be offeringto participate in gtarwide waste jeductiqristrategies perhaps sharing thecbst of pilot pro- jects testing wastereduction technolo gies and obviously york regions partici- pation must be conditional on having the flexibility to reduce waste as much as possible through local recycling arid composting initiatives so if we want to push the point we can make toronto and rail cycle north answer our questions and meet our conditions 1 the only thingwe may not haveis timer york regions waste management committee is to make a recorrimerida- tion on our waste management by sept 6 and regional council is to ratify it by csepl 14that doesrit allow a lot of time for research and review