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stouffnoe suntribune thursday sept 112003 15 election sign removal frustrates provincial candidates bymikeadler staff writer locally its been the first big battle of election 2003 liberal and tory candidates versus york regions sign bylaw we have been picking up a lot of signs regional roads director brian harrison said tuesday he said the bylaw ought to be clear enough to campaign ers a lot of them seem to know about it but disregard it he said the region controls yorks major roads and pro hibits election signs along them unless they are at intersections if theyre positioned midblock well take those down mr harrison said marked intersections but the region has also marked some intersections such as woodbine avenue at hwy 7 and 16th avenue at hwy 48 as restricted making signs on those corners illegal towns have sign bylaws of their own campaigners for both parties say they wish the region and the towns had done a better job of spelling out the rules they even took down the signs in front of our campaign headquarters they said they were too close said rose gilmore campaign manager for markham liberal tony wong mr harrisons depart ment told her each candi date can place only one sign on each corner but you know how they get winged no wings she said referring to a practice of doubling up signs so that they are visible from two directions darcy pigott chairper son for markham tory dave tsubouchi said the cam paign was not told winged signs are unac ceptable abtof the candidates seem to know about it but disregard it campaign organizers were also not told he said they needed a sign permit from the town of markham had any request been made we would have paid for that permit he said town employees have taken down some signs for oak ridges liberal helena jaczek along bethesda road in whitchurch- stouffville according to her campaign manager teri seymour were just trying to stay within the rules jackie cousins a spokesperson for the rid ings tory incumbent frank klees said campaign work ers have noticed the odd one taken down but she added it is normal to lose some signs safety reasons the restricted intersec tions including several on yonge street 14th avenue and hwy 7 in markham were chosen by the region for safety reasons they were also chosen because meeting a require ment to keep signs 10 metres back from pave ment may leave them no room on the public road allowance mr harrison said 5111 stajaa loose rugs rijl br0adl00m t nip uph0jstery 3m scotchouard 8526711 w carl of wtfa m tib 6204 main street stouffville 9056408300 fax 9056409960 this weeks enterminment friday september 12th paul james band 1000pm cdrei party saturday september 13th start it up band 930 pm mztsrtem suriday september 14th open jam with pierre230 730 pn f vv 1 do you remember wis ad from last year when the response was sohugethatwe were embarrassed by running out until more could be obtained this year we have a larger supply and promise you we will not be short if you get here promptly this is premium quality fruit packed in 550 ml boxes and flash frozen cases of h boxes jw approximately lolbs of berries which would have sold 4 in the huntsvllle blueberry area during harvest time for 45oo55oo so a real bargain also 5 lb boxes same blueberries 1495 the hom ipf flash frozen fruit and vegetables pies cookie and muffin batters and meats hwy 2 between ajax whitby open 7 days a week 9am6pm clocks arent ngs changing t h i mmm we made some changes to our go bus service effective august 30tk thereisnow a new early morning southbound trip on our stouffville express go bus service the bus departsthe stouffville go station at 500 a in- then serves dicksons hill wideman mount joy go station markham- go station- centennial go station markville mall- unionvilie go station and arrives at the union station go bus terminal at 551a there areialso time adjustments to some go bus trips that operate southbound between stpuffville ahdtorohtdandh nev schedule for more details visit wwvgotransitgoivl off just give us a cmy wl 416 869 3200 1 888 get on go tty only 1 800 387 3652