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stouffville suntribune thursday april 14 2005 tstollflvilk mmrnm suntribune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurlco director production interactive media john futhey advertising director distribution director marketingpartnerships retail flyer sales nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management cord paolucci circulation barry black director circulation systems lynn pashko director debra weller york region printing general manager bob dean editorial facts first then election its always tempting to want a little revenge when youve been wronged the quicker the better and theres no doubt canadians regardless of their political ilk are feeling wronged these days who wouldnt want a chance to get back at those responsible for what wit nesses at the gomery commission have painted as a classic case of political cor ruption the testimony given by adver tising executives alleging favoritism and kickbacks to the liberal party are noth ing less than earth shattering and the opposition parties as well as many taxpayers want political blood now but as veteran richmond hill liberal bryon wilfert said lets wait until we hear all the facts in the adscam case before rushing to judgment and the ultimate judgment in this case means another national election less than one year after voters chose a minority liberal government even mr wilferts conservative coun terpart yorksimcoes peter van loan wants to hear all the gomery commis sion testimony before another election granted his motive may be to get more ammunition but he too realizes the whole sordid story should be told before canadians return to the polls for his part prime minister paul martin sent an open letter to cardcarry ing liberals in which he suggests both sides of the story still need to be heard like all liberals and all canadians im offended by what ive heard in recent testimony if even part of it turns out to be true it is abhorrent to us all he wrote some liberals have argued mr martin should be commended for creat ing the gomery commission to get to the bottom of the adscam controversy its unlikely former prime minister jean chretien would have done the same mr martin should get some credit for starting an inquiry that had inevitable fallout for his party but even if mr martin sought out the truth that doesnt mean he should be immune to its ramifications he was after all finance minister at the time of the alleged skullduggery those ramifications will undoubtedly come in one form or another but for the time being mr martin and his party faltering as they are should be allowed to carry on the everyday busi ness of government until the gomery commission has concluded then with all the facts in hand he should throw himself and his party at the mercy of the canadian people you got a new outfit for both the pope funeraland the royal wedding im impressed suntrlbune letters to the editor councillors did right thing by rejecting town hall theatre re town hall theatre rejected april 14 that was an emotional meeting last week at whitchurchstouffville council they were all there dancers singers artists actors and our towns volunteers the line of residents pleading for the pro posed cultural centre at 19 civic ave was long the voices bringing forth concerns and differ ent options were few still our councillors voted no to the disappointment of most of the crowd i want to congratulate them on their wis dom and conscientiousness i do not believe this is not about money but about spirit this has to be about functionality and sus- tainability this is not about weak politicians and the voice of the public not being heard do political decisions have to be based on those voices that make themselves heard in that case the fine line between democracy and the dictatorship of interest groups will get crossed to the disadvantage of all i am happy and proud to be a resident of whitchurch stouffville happy because there will be a cultural centre in the foreseeable future and proud of our coun cillors who are guided not by any lust for votes but by their sense of duty and responsibility friederike rental stouffville the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 34 civic ave po box 1 54 stouffville l4a 7z5 email jmasonyrngcom small town status safe re tattoo parlour scares residents march 31 no matter what the encroaching subdivi sions encircling stouffville bring our small town status is safe for now two recent examples one silly one serious are ample proof nothing more can be added to the tattoo par lor debate that already has not been said in these pages its the 21st century folks time to move on the second example is one that speaks to the quality of character in this community it has existed here long before we needed a taxpayer funded program to tell us what we already knew theres a particular family in town in a real jam they havent said much they didnt have to friends neighbours people who care are pitching to help with household repairs provid ing moral support and quietly collecting funds to help them out no one asked for help you dont have to in small towns like stouffville dave deeley stouffville editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrngcom administration office manager vivian oneil voneilymgcom production manager pam nichols pniclwkyrngcom advertising classified manager ann campbell acampbcllyrngcom retail manager slaceyallen sallcnymgcom managing director new business flyer sales dawna andrews landrcwsymgcom new business manager steve kane skancyrngcom managing director real estate mikerogersdn mrogersonyrngcom editorial 9056402612 fax9056408778 advertising 9056402612 classified 18007433353 9058531765 distribution 9052948244 cvudlai onurto csruuuaaqhl p aakbontl member ca suntnbune a york region newspaper group community newspaper the sun tnbune published every thursday and saturday is a member of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of torstar corporation metroland is comprised of 70 community publications across ontario the york region newspaper group includes the liberal serving richmond hill and thomhillvaughan owen the economist sun markham the erabanner newmarketaurora stouffville suntribune georgina advocate york region business times north of the city yorkregioncom and york region printing off the top with jim mason give theatre project to tv show renovation experts forget going through 10 years of municipal hoops and coming up with bupkiss the folks attempting to transform stouffvilles old town hall into a the atre for the performing arts should have gone right to the top the peo ple at town haul on the learning channel if you dont know the show think of the this old house or trading spaces home renovation series but on a far grander scale the designers and tradespeople take on an entire community as they renovate small town america one municipality at a time most recently it was laurens sc where the crew created an outside amphitheatre that sounds close to home worked on a park and its river see current stouffville memorial park planning process rebuilt and renamed the firewater cafe for teenagers see renewed calls for youth programming here and worked on a farmers market in the town square see recent efforts to replace the closing stouffville country market with a downtown alternative sounds like town haul would be a perfect fit for whitchurchstouffville ont and while the shows here well get the crew to spruce up a few busi nesses on main street you know who you are and leave some design ideas for a new high school and arena the next major publicmoney projects this towns likely to see if the show would even venture north to the shadows of canadas largest city forget awkward bush- martin relations the difficulty would be local politics the fourhour hornets nest that was last weeks meeting of town coun cil on the latest town hall theatre plan is the stuff of reallife tv but on pbs ortvo nottlc the meeting and its theatrics was all the buzz at tim hortons jugheads and country style the next morning no caffeine required same for calls to this editors office complaining about the loud and unprofessional antics of the crowd the lack of support for the project by council and the presentation by the towns consultants town haul maybe the jerry springer show would be more appropriate jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune