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n stouffville suntribune m thursday march 2 2006 13 serving public different than serving bottom line professor from page 1 id l while political scientist alan middleton doesnt doubt the com mitment of career politicians he is suspicious about the lack of real world perspective they bring to the job im not a fan of professional politicians said the york university professor he believes politicians should be active members of the community they represent not set apart in a political ivory tower thats what often creates the craziness of some of the decision making i think that narrowness matters sponging off the public purse is not the reason people choose pub lic life mr middleton said they dont make a huge amount of ness of some of the deci sionmaking i think that narrow ness matters sponging off the public purse is not the reason people choose pub lic life mr middleton said they dont make a huge amount of money thats not the motivation its the power he said they really do think theyre at the centre of the world and that scares me however its that kind of mis placed cynicism that has led to peri odic calls across north america to limit the niunber of terms politicians can serve university of toronto political science professor nelson wiseman said he doesnt know why politicians who commit to the career early in life should face any more scrutiny than someone who decides at a young age to enter business medicine or any other profession i have a lot of respect for people who commit themselves to public life serving the public is very differ ent than serving the bottom line mr wiseman said but saying that we have scoundrels and saints there are both noble and ignoble motives while mr wiseman respects people dedicated to public office he agrees they should not have tun nel vision but it doesnt follow you have to distrust people because they have had the job for more than one or two terms it depends on the per son im not as cynical or critical of the political class political scientists and critics can analyze them all they want just dont tellyork politicians they arent living in the real world this is the real world said mr scarpitti who gave up a cable tv career to enter politics at age 25 im sure a lot of people think what do they politicians do they go to openings community events these things we fit in when we can but its the overall commitment to the issues and the general running of the town the public is more aware today than ever of the demands of public life mr scarpitti said and unlike in the private sector voters have the chance at the end of every term to decide if their repre sentatives have earned the right to keep their jobs ive never let the fact i didnt have another career let me stop me from getting involved and rolling up my sleeves he said but mr di iorio thinks too many politicians end up playing it safe once they are elected rather than lobbying for constituents parents stabbed from page 1 the elderly man was obvi ously wounded and bleeding as he attempted to fight off his son trying to stab him siu investigators say the father cried out for help one of the officers drew his pepper spray but decided not to use it because they were in a confined space the officers ordered the man to drop the knife but he did not acknowledge them police hit him twice with a baton but it had no effect finally while continuing to demand he drop the weapon one of the officers shot the man twice in the back the siu determined he was taken to hospital and pronounced dead both parents were also treated for stab wounds i do not believe that the subject officer could reason ably have done anything else than what he did the subject officer had exhausted all nonlethal options available to him and unfortunately a man died but it is quite like ly that two lives were saved mr gornish said 6425111 duxihazn x3anihg loose rugs br0adl00m upholstery 3m scotchquard silentauction march 1 15 o care share 7t thrift shop mennonite central committee 6240 main st stouffville 9056401410 hours mon sat 930am500pm fri till 800pm no dropoff sunday monday for more information about the work of mcc visit wwwmccorq efile tax returns from zero to refund in 10 days lynn broughton ldb business services 86 ring wood drive unit 25 stouffville call 9066401 146 or fax 9056401 156 income tax service its how much you get to keep that counts not how much you make diirwiirily fliiiebit these deals wont 2006 eclipse 5 speed manual 1 7 alloy wheels y power group keyless entry finance llilltillilii sw0mmm l jt lease payments on outlandcr and lancer are based on 60 months 295 air residuals after 60 months are s851043 qutlandorand 5525018 lancer based oh onnmt e and outfandcr only oacsec mmmmiskim first free tease payment only on lancer for 60 month term 0 financing for 60 mlhs on lancer 4 putlander all other modclo are 48 mths markham 86683353 raitci idiclji 4611 hwy 7 mark iv 1 i 3ui 912f1i west of kennedy in unio