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t w in i jaw economist sunmibune vmitchurchstouffviijjb election sattird nov 2600 council mayoral candidates at final preelection session from page j- promised to ask the provincial government to relinquish its hold on gravel pits allowing the town to monitor what goes into pits a public meeting will be held in january said emmerson in the meantime the incumbent mayor pleaded with the resi dents to contact oak ridges mpp frank klees and outline their concerns the municipality should take them over said emmerson we should have the ultimate authority as it stands the province looks after it i cant tell the province what to do if amalgamation is going to become a reality major stressed the need for whitchurch- stouffville to have astrong- communitysuppbrted vision in place before it happens the 47 -year-old- candidate said she envisions a strong healthy com- munity complete with a trail system a green space system proper planning the preserved town heritage and a community where the environment takes top priority theres an urgent need to start amalgamation readiness now major suggested whitchurchstouffville is run- wayne emmerson mayor says town should take over control of gravel pits from the province ning out of time she said ward 1 challenger ivanka bradley focused on the state of wells in the area especially those in vandorf last summer eight wells in an upscale subdi vision in vandorf went dry forc ing residents to get their drink ing washing and cooking water from tanks supplied by york region the bradley family homewas without water for months wells are still threatened at least 80 homes are living with critical water levels said bradley these are in an estate residen tial development the planning failed us bradley promised to work with the municipality and york region to correct the water problem ward 1 incumbent steve pliakes reminded the audience that during the vandorf water crisis he helped bring in region al officials who are the keepers of the water as well pliakes said he organized a public meeting to iron out a strategy plan and is now part- of the correction process giving people new wells or deeper wells during pitch pliakes reminded the residents that he was the only member of whitchurchstouffville council nor to support building the multimillion dollar- pool library and fitness complex downtown- in the past three years- pliakes said hes gotten roads paved helped bring anart gallery to the ward worked to improve the vandorf community centre and- even rolled up his sleeves and washed dishes at a community social night ward 3 including vandorf is isolated from the rest of jeanne major challenger for mayor says town must have a vision before amalgamation takes place whitchurchstouffville said ward 3 challenger sophie angelis we feel left out said angelis angelis pointed out that a 7- million pool library and fitness complex is being build down town an art gallery has been established downtown and a fire hall recently opened in ballantrae but we didnt get any facilities in this area said angelis growth and prosperity should not come at the expense of others angelis stresses with strong representation on coun cil support ajidrinput by resi- dents we can all benefit without compromising our standards and quality of life she said dobrich said he comes to this election with an impressive record of service he was part of designing the new secondary plan a critical planning dogu ment he said as well- the retired ontario hydro manager told the audi ence that hes more than just a pencil pusher pushes a pericil- i carried outthe electrical work and did the plumbing in the local gallery said dobrich if elected dobrich promised to address the ongoing prob lems at north road to emphasize his fiscal abili- ties dobrich pointed out that he was at the negotiating table- when whitchurch-stouffville- hydro was sold to hydro one for- more than 6 million a figure far higher than anyone antici pated he also stressed that ther towns 125 million reserve has- increased to 145 million thisr year and- as a bonus theres been no tax increase since dobrich joined council i see no reason for their to be an increase next year he said whitchurchstouffville is the most 1have a dream that it will be just as desirable a place to live in the future ihave the commitment to turn the dream into a reality i have the hope that you will take part in shaping this future on november 1 3 i jeanne in whitchurchstouffville 7 iwiww7i v v i v f y 14 v 1