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\x tn " Police and Fire: Perhaps Wa- terloo can use more police, al- though the 32-man force at the University to handle M,000 peo- ple or so was not counted. How many motorcycle patrolmen has Waterloo, or what about marked cars with dual flashing lights, or a nice new police station in- stead of an old re-built library? Much of our industry is new and well fire protected. Come to think of it, Kitchener has sev- eral fire halls. We wonder how long it takes Waterloo firemen to reach their furtherest point? ANTI-FACT SHEET Taxes: A study carried out by Prof. Jack Longstock, found that in many areas of Waterloo, local improvement taxes were paid up in the past year and in- deed taxes went down for many home owners. As Kitchener has many older homes, the local improvement taxes were off some years ago and in other areas built up in the past eight years the local improvement taxes for larger sewer pipes and wider roads with sidewalks will not come off for a few years yet. Then the drop will occur. The proud motto of this action committee was, as an informer relayed to us, developed as a re- action to the silent minority of people who 'came back' to a popular cigarette We thought twice! A silver collection was called for to finance the group's ef- forts, but an alert official from the Provincial Government seized all receipts as the group did not have a provincial char- ter, vendor's permit or retail sales tax licence. In fact, it was pointed out that several members of the executive had not had chest X-rays in the past 12 months; and there was some doubt that all were up-to-date on their comprehension of OHSIP. With no budget or resources at their disposal, the THOUGHT TWICE COMMITTEE distrib- uted their contentuous findings to a hastily gathered group of cur- ious onlookers about 3:30 a.m. on the corner of King and Erb streets in Waterloo. group, calling themselves the THOUGHT TWICE COMMIT- TEE have prepared questions aboutthefact sheet. Good grief! After reading the THINK TWICE FACT SHEET that arrived in Waterloo homes last week, a new, dynamic OFFICIAL OPENING /'i')'ii)'_'1--1i,i:,, Julianne's Lower Mall 'N'tpl l py\\\\\\ * 8556855 h" N ' Julianne's DRESSMAKING AND READY TO WEAR " Mall 745-8951 Open Tuars, - Sat 9-6 Chronicle' readers' letters to the editor * personal dressmaking A: bridal gowns Snow removal: We really thought twice about that one. Seems it takes sun instead of snowplows to get the snow off Waterloo streets come winter. Keeps our taxes down though. Commercial: The Thought Twice Committee introduced a few categories such as TV and radio stations, major newspapers, Eaton's and Simpsons, drive-in movies, theatres, art galleries, libraries. Waterloo doesn't even show up on the charts. But wait. There is a rumour that Waterloo has more dirty and noisy drive- in eating spots per capita that Kitchener. Garbage collection: Well now here's a dandy FACT! Waterloo drives to Kitchener to dump garbage which is only collected once a week. Big deal. No won- der Waterloo costs are lower, we get less service. to get to use our hard-earned garbage. And it's not always what ratio of park land to people you have but rather where the park land is located and who uses it. Kitchener’s man-made lake past Bridgeport beats any- thing Waterloo has. In fact where can you rent a canoe or boat to paddle around city-held water courses? Only in Kitchener, we're afraid. Parks: OK. Waterloo Lion's Park is the best around and so is our ZOO. But we don't have a ski hill at Chickopee and a new hill under construction near the Ottawa street West land fill site. In fact, Waterloo garbage is helping to build the hill. We should join with Kitchener just Arenas: Neato! Waterloo has one ancient ruin that oan't even hold a decent sized crowd while Kitchener has three new ones with a couple on the drawing boards. Again both cities are be- hind as the standard is one arena per 10,000 population. Do the chiefs of both tire and police feel they need more men? No doubt Waterloo has many more RCMP officers than Kitch- ener. Were they counted in? Public swimming: Now here's a dandy. The Ontario Govern- ment Standards Book suggests one swimming pool per 5,000 population. Both cities are way behind on this one. Since we like to swim all year, Kitchener is the place with two public indoor pools. Waterloo has none. Also, what about water area per cap- ita? Kitchener wins again! * alterations Thur. - Fri. till 9 Waterloo Square * costumes ready-to-wear * asscessories EXTRAS: Ever compare Kitchener Christmas decorations with Waterloo? Ever driven past our historic City Hall? Ever noticed the Pavillion, club rooms and offices of our Com- munity Services Board? How about Waterloo's plans for a theatre-art gallery-auditorium- convention center? No? are Waterloo traffic signals com- puter controlled? Are our road signs as effective as those in Kit- chener? Water: Right. It only costs a little to flouride water and Kitch- ener can do this any time it wants. But how about filtered drinking water? Or the pressure out of the taps? Or the fantas- tic hardness from certain wells in Waterloo? Or the built-in cost of sewage on our water bill. Conestoga parkway: Now the cards are on the table. The park- way runs around Kitchener and will provide fast entry to North Waterloo, Elmira etc. In fact, Kitchener has been most ben- evlolent by""' paying for a road that is going to certainly take cars away from the core area and reduce business from the travelling public. The people who don't want to go to Kitch- ener are the ones to benefit from the Parkway. Its a won- der Waterloo hasn't been charged for fraud for paying so little for something that it will gain so much from. Bus system: It seems buses are needed to get Waterloonitics to work in Kitchener or Kitch- enerites into Waterloo to get a little learning. Since we don't own any buses or bus stations or bus repair depots or any- thing of real value in public trans- portation, it seems a dirt cheap way of getting service to pay the $48,000 subsidy. r,' Its a good thing many of us work in Kitchener or we would never gettoworkinasnowstorm. Parking: Where there is no ac- tion like big stores, movie houses, night spots and good eating places, who needs parking? Might as well make it free in Waterloo. It's a crime to charge for services you don't have, so Waterloo is really on the ball this time. RQADS AGAIN: By the way, Kitchener "Throughout the Years Quality and Service" 745-4746 FUEL & SUPPLY LTD. Dr. Drum also made an al- ternative recommendation for a two tier regional government in which he made the following statement. “I've always been terrified of heights so your case is weakened; IT IS THERE- FORE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY STOP ALL THIS NON- SENSE AND GET ON WITH THEJOB...." vote, of course. So Waterloo beats Kitchener 33.5 percent to 27.1 percent at the last civic election. One should worry about, not praise, such statistics. The drum report: Dr. Butler V. Drum (V stands for Valet) studied the problem of regional government in Waterloo County for three minutes and made the following comments about amal- gamation. "The politicians in Kitchener and Waterloo are in- secure and need the ego-satis- factions of imaginary power or they go to bed crying each night. Hespeler, Preston and Gait can amalgamate much more easily because they are smarter and their department heads work in- stead of talk. We've found that people answering questionnaires at fall fairs and stuff like that there are people who go to fall fairs. The people who really make the municipality work will survive. Thunder Bay quickly removed 25 percent of civic employees after amalgamation and it's still there rolling right along at last report...." "The improvement in the quality of services for the people of Water- loo will be good, and about 75 percent of the City staff are effective employees. . . . ' ' How- ever, in making his recommen- dations for an extension of the present system ie NOT regional government, he said. "On equivo- cation the desirability of amar gamation to simplify the local government organization is more important and to simplify is to cut out duplication and in- efficiency. . , ' Voter turnout at last eiec- tion: Now we get down to the nitty-gritty. What happens when people are dissatisfied or stirred up before an election? They turn out in greater numbers to Well THOUGHT TWICE haven't either! Wow Chronicle. Truancy, Sertrrrtttarr to, 1970 GENERAL 67 COULD BE YOUR ANSWER Some provinces without big corporations and high incomes within their boundaries must rely on sales taxes on the little man, but not prosperous. industrial. wealthy Ontario. No one enjoys paying taxes, but if taxes are to be levied, they should be fair and equitable, but the Ontario retail sales tax isn't. Sales tax is awkward to collect. Thousands of harrassed store- keepers are forced to be under- paid revenuers and collection costs run about 3 percent. Mean- while, federal machinery for collecting income tax collected, Ontario can raise the extra re- venue needed at no extra collection cost. Quebec, Manitoba and Sask- atchewan now do this. . and must spend a higher pro- portion of his income just to sur- vive. Income tax is at least pro- gressive and ranges from nothing on incomes under $1,100 with high- er percentages on higher in- comes. This is fairer than sales In 1968-60, sales tax produced about wri,587,552.53. Provincial income tax collected by Ottawa was $620375,685.33. Ontario col- lected about $90.00 per head from income tax and $70.00 per head from sales tax. At 1969 rates, a married man with a wife and two children earning $90 weekly, paid about $62.40 per year in Provincial income tax, or about 1%% of his income. He paid 5% sales tax on what he bought, sut> ject to exemptions; a higher per- centage in sales tax than in in- come tax. The little man pays the same 5 percent as the millionaire The Ontario retail sale tax should be abolished. It is unfair, awkward to collect, and presses most severely on those who can least afford it. If Ontario imposes income tax, it should end sales VOTE YES FOR WATERIDO (That's the name for K-W after amalgamation.) ---Thought Twice Committee It should be abolished. O A Gonuol " is the Aristocrat of Drum- Type Power Humidifiers q Install on any forced " furnace. 0 Order today. Install this week. pay Oct. 1st. Humidifier JOHN C. MEDCOF Waterloo