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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Nov 1979, p. 6

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Letters to the editor Since taking over the job as chief. Harold Basse has already taken some positive steps. such as re- evaluating and publicizing the police force's media policy. Though he hasn't yet proven himself over the long term. all indications are that Basso is a good chief who will do the battered police force justice. And surely Harold Basso deserves better than to be told by the none-too-bright police commission that he was made chief prematurely. and must step down in favor of the illustrious warrior Brown. te- cently returned from his victorious crusade in court. address correspondence to Waterloo ottice: w 92 King St, South. Waterloo. Ont. telephone “2330 Wmdoo Chlomch on.“ a toe-tad onsz at the o w. Spam mum opposite Wat-r100 Squaw Porting on than Strut or m Wanton Squat. Open Monday to End-VSOOIm toSOOpm _ , " has become obvious since the court ruling of several weeks ago that the regional police eommis- sion was inefficient, unfair and sloppy in its original dismissal of the police chief. Now that the fact has been agreed upon by a court and the public, surely Mr. Brown can live in peace and let our community and police force do the same? Why then. must Mr. Brown and his Iawyet conti- nue to force this issue. Surely the average police officer is sick and tired of hearing and debating the Brown question. and would like to return to a sta- ble situation. So what happens now? Will the police commis- sion re-open the hearing into the Brown case? Will we be subjected to weeks of political defen- siveness on the part of police commission members who originally fired the chief? Wouidoh it be much easier. Mr. Brown, to take a generous settlement from the police commission and a public admission as to that body's mistake. and say goodbye? Do you really want to be police chief badly 'm- ough to draw out this fiasco any longer? Will we - the people of Waterloo Region --- never hear the last of Syd Brown? How long will this circus surrounding the police force continue? Aw c'mon Syd Woman complains of corruption . P390 6 -)htttruto Chronido, wmy, Notmmttt?t), 1979 As you know. In the early summer of l976 I Informed your government through you and the Attorney-General that an Ontario lawyer had listened In 1954 to my parents' last bequesttsr of their assets, held Jointly. to be assigned to me after both were dead but that lawyer made no move to re- cord the bequest for my father's signature for 18‘: years. until after my father was senile and could no longer respon- snbly Sign a will When my father died. this lawyer brought out of his files for Probate my father‘s second last bequest which left everything to his wife who was then already dead, The delin- quent attorney dld not inform the court In any form that my father had made a later bequest The net effect made my father appear mtestate so his assets were shvered into quarters. three of those quarters being dispersed by govern- ment statute to three people my father had never named as heirs, one of them being a son he despised Along with the tttree-quarters of my father's estate distributed against his wvshes went three-quarters of what I had worked for during the greater part of my lifetime Everything I had earned beyond mnmmal Iwmg expenses had been vested m my parents' property and welfare Mr. Davis: Instead of charging the lawyer m question and returning those of my assets thus criminally deployed the Attorney- General r'urtly washed his hands of the chore With a Single brief note Your department first referred me to the Law Society of l'pper Canada and when I later wrote you that the Soelety dodged the matter. you stopped answering my let- ters Your department knew, when It referred me to the So new. that the Law Society of Upper C.anada IS a private. professional association of Ontario lawyers existmg solely to enhance Its own corporate ambitions as well as the wel- Wished every Wetland” try Fairway Press. a division ot Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd.. one! 225 Fairway Rd. s.. Kitchener. Ont Fabian-r Not Wink!“ Edna: Howard Elliott Advertising Manager John locum subscriptions: '" a year in Canada. :16 a year in United States and Foreign Countries. established 1854 i!l,t -r, "rth'brrt-iirterii._t fare of Its members and that It does not facilitate justice or must on an honourable standard of law practice Its almost. sole sop to the public seems to be the maintenance of a small fund tor allocation to lawyers' clients robbed by their attorneys In the manner referred to as “embezzlement” and one wonders how that fund IS rationed Despite your attempt to Ignore me. I persnst m my July 13 76 statement to you “I refuse to allow my life to be ruined so the attorney of my father can be spared embar- rassment _. It cannot possibly be legal for any person to disperse the assets of another against that other person's wishes Since it IS Illegal. the lawyer I complained about must be charged With his manoeuver to have my father con- s1dered Intestate and my funds must be returned to me You have not answered my letters of Nov 16 77. Feb 16. May 16, Aug 16 and Nov 16 78. Feb 16. May 16 and Aug 16 of 1979 telling you I will not tolerate this theft from us My father and Idid not ask the state to give away what we spent our lives earning The monies that must be given back to me now consist of 820.184 42 as of August 16. 1979 and $218 68 quarterly Interest calculated at 8", which I must now pay on $10,000 of the sum I borrowed to meet the state's demands. and on your arrears of $934 42 $20.403 10 IS the total' The last two elections have allowed your government to remain but In a minority posmon Those of us whose lives have been. or are being, ruined by the machinations of go- vernmenC lawyers must consider expediting justice During the several years I have been struggling against the corrupt Ontario set-up in the legal field. I have spoken with others disadvantaged by this moral rot Resentment and anger is increasmg. As an mdmdual I have a strong curiosity as to how you personally would react to having your life shred- ded. financially and otherwise Yet this Society has been granted extraordinary prmlege by the Ontario government and enjoys an extraordinarily high profile m Ontario's business, detrimental to the public The majority of adults In this provmce never intended that any one organization and tts members be allowed to sabo tage Justice SrALEtiArE me to a degree ymi will new-f be able to compensate, - 1Miss) Emillic Weimer Recently. Pope John Paul called a special meeting of his Cardinals to inform them of the financial difficulties of the church, How the church came into the red they do not say and with all their assets such as investments in real estate. banks. Insurance companies. holdings in just about every- thing, even several thousand shares in the Fiat Motor Co, the biggest manufacturer in Italy, irs hard to believe the church is in such dire financial difficulties. On Aug 5. 1967. a Roman Catholic priest. Rev. Rich Griden, wrote in a widely-quoted Wall Street Journal. tlele "the Catholic church must be the biggest corpora m the United States Our assets and real estate holdings must exceed those of Standard Oil. American Telephone and Telegraph and US Steel combined .. Dear Editor: suim wealth of'the churches Indicates to me that the churches are spiritually poor and miteria.lly rich After this m'eeting tite' people will no doubt be asked to give more from their meagre earnings regardless of their own Situation The tiathoIic church IS not the only church that has irm mense holdings In 1967 the "visible Wealth" of the churches m the US was estimated to be $44.000.000.000. and tax free Nowhere in my reading have I read where Jesus. who these churches claim to follow, had any Investment holdings In the Roman Empire - A A .. . .. Catholic church has immense holdings I want that money, Your hypocrisy has already victim' Waterloo Toronto

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