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[0‘14 * ’ 4 8:30 AM - 5:00PM A968 6-13 x a; 23>Cheer Dance games 4 .4 TuMbme Cram 3‘ ‘ 4 :50 Per day 0 :220 Per week a SPECCS are mad can 9OS-852-CflEER (2433) +0 resis+er ' 4 The Hangar 9 40 Anderson BlVd a UXbridSC If the vote mum again mines in under a shatttwful 50 per cent. no one can honestly dimct a jam» diced eye tnwanis this mwspupor. Editor lint Mason and “to Sun- 'lfibunc‘s Community Links Panel have trumpeted the election mfrain fur several months in an effort to get primed. ‘ Stoujjvule sum 1 rm ‘- l '\,!:A_ hlrty-four weeks until Election Day. Mon- day. Oct. 27. more than 34.000 Whitchurch- Stouffvllle msidents will have the opportunity to chotw: a mayor. six untncillors and two school trustoox Barring acclamationx If history mpoats itself. IN than 110(1) will take the time to cast bal- lotx Of these. a mnain twmetttagc an: sun: to be some of the same who. in the next four years will criti- cifi‘ and cumplain should key deci- sions no! go their way. We got what “1‘ deserve. “Vil't‘s till of the York Region Media Group‘s Big 50 cyppgign: In the area of local legislation. no one has a fimler finger on the pulse of municipal management better than town clerk Michele Kennedy. Less growth, lower pay? 1’11 vote for that, With wh'al Slim? Only time MafChBlBElkChCCTCW MflVEHIBHS Whatever the question. she has the answer. We should know. having tested her expertise on many occa- sionx like last wvek. However. it was she who concluded the conver- sation with a request. “If you're doing an article on the election.” she said. “one piece of helpful information you could help disseminate involves voter identi. fication. All electors must bring a piece of identification with them to the voting place. 'Ihis includes their name and qualifying addresx Producing a piece of identification is easy if you drive. but not easy if Roaming Around with Iim Thomas by the number of people who had no identification whatsoever in their wallets or purs- ea She recommends an Ontario photo card from Ontario: ontario.ca/governmomlomario- photo-card. The cm! is $35. ~ I" This advice. while not ascociated with the intent of this column. is important. However. my question to you. the voter. is: "What wilI you be voting for?” My list follows: ‘ 0 That town growth continue but be scaled back from what we‘ve recently experienced. 0 That future subdivisions con- tain fewer huge homes and more sensible bungalm 7W0 That a ibtmggan slide be an integral pan of every residential development: 0 “mt tighter approval restric- tions be placed on strip malls and greater emphasis exercised on fill- ing downtown vacancies 4 0 'Ihat a tom-year cap be imposed on department heads cam- ing more than $100,000 per year. h “0‘ V That a $2.000 an'nua'l incnease be appmved for our mayor and a $2.000 decrease ratified for all OPINION Sugarbush Maple Syrup Y'mlix'a! at Korh‘ighl and Hmch Mill March 1 to April 6, 2014 A councillorx councilors should publish quaneriy ward neWSletters but not as a budgeted expense. 0 111a}, the when! ward system be abolished. 0 That a zero tax increase be the town's decree in each of the next four years 01118! Mayor Wayne Emmerson be selected chainnan of the Region of York. a decision that would bring distinction to our town. 0 That all town council meetings be held during evening hows. 0 That a prayer. common to all religions. be determined by the Stouffvllle Ministerial Achiation and used at openings of all tuwn wuncil meetings» “:fial a neg! seniors' centre be added to the indoor pool/public library compkfx ,l, 0 That thé deteriorated cenotaph in Stouffville's Memorial Park. hon- oring town benefactor Arthur lat.- GET CONNECTED WHM'S ON $0139 {N Emaul you: (0mments and/0! SUQQQSNODS to masonéytmqmm candidates cham. be refurbished. ' 'l‘hat York Regional Poke uti» line the convenience of new town quarters as a convenient means of deterring Speeders on Hoover Park Drive and Millard Street. 0 11131 additional trafi‘lc lights be located where Main Stmex intersects 1mm. Church and Baker stru‘ts. 0 'lhat the town make the Millard Street reservoir more user friendly rather than a Cttmnt runulmut fur uncontmlled canines. 0 That the consewation author- ity be requested to demolish the age-old Duffin (Zm‘k flood control dam and replace it with something attractive. 0 That in future. more consider- ation be given the spending of tax monies on electronic signhourds that can’t be fully appreciated unless observers drive three times around each block. Note: That these pre~e|octiun recommendations not (necessar- ily) be taken as planks in a personal pm-electinn platform. lam Thomas :33 StouMIe mam who haswnnenbtareanewsoapefibrmma"