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4 Waterloo Chronicie, Wednesday, February 21, 1973 Ald. Epp did say after the meeting the raises were considered necessary since the workload of aldermen would increase in 1973 because planâ€" ning and community services and are n o W council functions. Whether or not Ald. Bauman was displaying good politics Monday evening doesn‘t matter. He asked a question which certainly will be asked many times this week by residents of Waterloo, "How do you justify council‘s raise in pay. The issue isn‘t the fact that council did get a raise in pay. Afterall it‘s a common occurrence now with the municipal elections all safely over for a while. Whatever the case, Ald. Bauman was right. He was made a fool of by council for reasons unâ€" clear to outsiders. Or maybe he made a fool of council. _______ â€" . The point is, why wouldn‘t anyone answer Ald. Bauman‘s simple question? There must be an answer since the issue was discussed in caucus and the conclusion arrived at for some reason. . Now what was so wrong with just coming out and saying this when Ald. Bauman had asked? Why was it told when the press asked and not when the Alderman did? Surely the discussion would have ended a lot quicker and the doubts that now exist wouldn‘t be there. Either Alderman Bauman had someâ€" thing up his sleeve or council did. _ Afterall, what does the average person know about *good politics ‘? Shoplifting is no joking matter Shoplifting is no joke. If you find it funny then consider yourâ€" self a sick person. f People who shoplift or steal from their employees aren‘t from any particular class or race or age bracket. They are people who try to get something for nothing not realizing the consequences far outweigh meagre financial gain. Eventhofigh shoplifting and employee theft offences are frequently under $50, they still result in a criminal record â€" a black mark against the person‘s name that won‘t result in jail but will always crop up. especially at times when least wanted. A convicted shoplifter or employee thief will be looked at twice when trying for a job. Even his or her family and close friends will have doubts in the back of their minds as to the person‘s credibility. The topic is by no means funny. In 1971, Canadian businesses had lost some $400 million due to shoplifting emâ€" ployee theft, defective bookkeeping and record keeping. Such a total does not make it easy for retailers to keep prices down. Someone has to pay for the goods that are taken. » Don‘t think Waterloo may be ‘an exâ€" ception either. . Waterloo city police reâ€" port for the month of January in the last four years. these totals: 1969 â€" total offences 27 â€" 11 shoplifting 1970 â€" total offences 32 â€" 5 shoplifting 1971 â€" total offences 47 â€" 22 shoptifting 1972 â€" total offences 37 â€" 21 shoplifting If figures are any indication. then Waterloo is no exception to the problem â€" a problem that is not getting any betâ€" ter Mavybe with concentrated effort in the next vear we can make it better. What was the point? We all have to stand up and be counted sometime, even though we manage to duck out of it until the last trumpet â€" sounds. _ People who express their honest opinions are not always popular, but I never aimed for that, so here gaes. My opinions on some of the burning issues of the day. Open winters. I‘m in faâ€" vour of them. We‘ve had a beauty this winter, with only a few cold snaps, only a few feet of snow, a peaâ€" chy January thaw, and lots of sun. I‘d like to say my heart goes out to the skiers and snowmobilers, but it would be a lie. I don‘t care if their snowmobiles sit in the back yard and rust, or if their skis warp into pretzels. I have normally moved aâ€" bout 12 feet of snow from one place to another by this time of winter. This year I‘ve moved only about three feet, and Tll settle for that. Men‘s clothing. Modern trends nauseate _ me. There‘s nothing in the stores but yellow and purâ€" ple shirts, hideous ties that would go with nothing except a wino‘s eyes, and checkered pants with a flared bottom. What ever happened to the white shirt, the modest singleâ€"shade tie, and the wellâ€"cut gray flannels? Most of all, I hate those great fat ties. They‘re aâ€" bout four inches wide and made of stuff as thick as a greatcoat. Trying to tie one in an elegant knot is about as easy as trying to lace your shoes with halfâ€" inch rope. Nieces â€"and nephews. I‘m all for them. We had some of ours for the weekend and it was a delight to see their minds and talents deâ€" veloping. Jennie and Sue playved a ripping flute duet. as well as their piano pieces Little Steven spent the weekend chasing our cat. who was just as anxious to avord his caresses as he was to give them. Finally. in perplexity. he said. ~Hey. Uncle Bill. do vyou know SUPERMARKET _ Bill Smiley what kind of cat this is?" I muttered something vague. ‘‘She‘s a scaredyâ€"cat" he stated triumphantly. Toilets and tires. It never fails, but they do, nearly always when you‘re expectâ€" ing guests and need both. Saturday morning, armed with huge shopping list, went out and found a flat tire. The garageman raised his eyes when he had to clamber over two loaded golf carts to get at my spare, in February. Sunâ€" day morning, with seven people on deck, the toilet blocked. _ No _ plumbers available. Now that we‘ve dealt with major issues, let‘s take a look at the minor ones. A great deal of ink and hot air is being squandered these days on two of them: the Montreal â€" Olympics _ and capital punishment. I‘m against them both. First, the Olympics. Isâ€" n‘t it rather significant that the last two Olympics have been held in the countries with the most booming economies in the world, Japan and Germany? Maybe they could afford them. Canada, in my opinâ€" ion, cannot. Our population is too small. and our national debt too big, to take on an inâ€" ternational _ extravaganza noted chiefly for its bickâ€" ering and backâ€"biting. Not to mention murder in Mexico and Munich. Who needs the Olympics, anyway? It‘s a great specâ€" tacle, but so were the Roâ€" man games, ~with their chariot _ races, _ throwing lions to the Christians, and such thrilling events. Canada needs the Olymâ€" pics about as much as it needs another set of Rockâ€" ies And they d cost about the same. and be of as much use. The chief differâ€" ence is that the Rockies reâ€" main. and we can look at them. The Olympics will be here today. gone toâ€" morrow. with nothing to show for it but a big. fat bill We had our day. with Expo We showed _ the L THANK 6GOD THE KIDS LIKE A_ DiLuTEeD PEANUT BUTTER! LETTER TO THE EDITOR You don‘t see Britain or France or even the U.S. scrambling to get the sumâ€" mer games. They can‘t afâ€" ford ‘em. Nor can we. If you will remember Mr. Coffin claimed innocence right up to the time of his death â€" that the web of cirâ€" cumstantial evidence surâ€" rounding him was so strong that the jury was swayed to a "guilty‘" verdict. However, the case of Valent Lesso alias Steve Suchan along with that of Leonard Jackson was also a really big show. And we‘re still paying interest on the money Mayor Drapâ€" eau didled out of the federâ€" al government for that one. world that we could put on Prime Minister Trudeau has said that Montreal will not get more than a token support from the federal government. That is so much youâ€"knowâ€"what. There are ways and means and the wily M. Drapeau knows all of them, and some that haven‘t been thunk up yet. Many of us believe that it was the Wilbert Coffin case which occurred someâ€" where on the Gaspe Penâ€" insula long before the adâ€" vent of the Boyd gang. And the whole concept of amateurism is an internaâ€" According to a letter published in your last isâ€" sue and submitted by Richâ€" ard Hobson, the turning point on Canada‘s Capital Punishment issue was the Steve Suchan case. Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square Watâ€" erloo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. _ Dear Editor, Bill tells it like it is More information Waterloo Chronicle ESTABLISHBD 1854 In Canada: one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Wendy Herman, editor Maybe the gas chamber would be more humane. Norma Sangoi tional laugh, what with toâ€" talitarian _ countries . emâ€" ploying their best athletes in the armed forces, where they can train all year round. _ It is true that féw would wish to be hangmen. _ If the citizens of greater Montreal were told that they, personally, had to foot the bitis for the games, M. Drapeau would probabâ€" ly wind up at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, with all the other sewage dumped in it. We who ask that capi! punishment be returned so stipulate that the case tried be proven in fact as opposed to circumstantial â€" that no exception be made for position (policemanâ€" guard). It‘s probably too late to stop the juggernaut, but it‘s not too late to throw some sand in the wheels. Oh, yep. I‘m against capital punishment, too, but I‘ve run out of space. Mayâ€" be next week. a determining factor in that both men were hanged for the murder of Edmund Tong, a Toronto detective. Eventhough I am an advocate of capital punishâ€" ment and its return, I beâ€" lieve that no two persons should forfeit their lives for the murder of one perâ€" son unless that crime was premeditated or unnecesâ€" sarily cruel and gory. _ _