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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Jul 1980, p. 2

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VOLYO. AT TODAY‘S PRICES, Page 2 â€" Waterioo Chronmicle, Wednesday , July 23, 1980 (Continued from page 1} showed the ‘route would serve 206 families and 36 students â€" who .elthtl:id Kitchener Collegia = tute«(KCI), including the mayor‘s daughter Trudy. BE PREPARED FOR THE YEARS TO COME. GET MORE VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY TODAYX _ _ But Kitchener council Morley happy if Waterloo goes own way voted â€" unanimously last week not to provide the serâ€" vice after some*~of that city‘s residents complained the change would result in a longer ride downtéwn when the bus looped through Maple Heights. â€" : Rosenberg said at the council meeting "our duty is toâ€" own~residents first. I‘m not prepared to sacrifice service to Kitchener resiâ€" dents to satisfy a few people in Waterloo." * f **I don‘t appreciate the mayor‘s comment,""‘ she told the Chronicle. "It‘s not very palatable ... to get this kind of treatment." That got Mayor Carroll "It‘s quiteâ€" an irritation, 15 University Avenue, Waterloo 885â€"5090 Bâ€"K Service Center â€" rate of S04h Aine tor a rate of $2.54 a mile for transit service, which, talâ€" lied up, should come to a litâ€" tle over threeâ€"quarters of a million dollars this year. ~Carroll also charged that Kitchener transit staff misrepresented the situaâ€" tion to their council in un derestimating the potential number of tiders and neighâ€" bourhoods that would be she added, saying **we pay a good buck for service. We‘re not riding on their coat ‘*Surely you can depend on their staff to make a fair presentation and that cerâ€" tainly was not done,"‘ the mayor_ said: Instead, he said about 175~ riders a day would be ‘‘*inâ€" convenienced" by having a He â€"said nobody in Kitchener would lose serâ€" vice. However, . Rosenberg‘s own transit official Ross Stâ€" oner «disagreed with the mayor when contacted by the Chronicle. He simply feels Kitchener residents must come first and said "many ... would be affected and some would have their service out off." : But Rosenberg refuted the claim of misrepresentation and said that, in any event, ‘*it doesn‘t make any difâ€" ference‘‘ how many Waâ€" terloo people would use the‘ service. > ©1979 VOLVO CANADA LTD. OVERSEAS DELIVERY AVALABLE She said she or her husâ€" band ~usually drive. her daughter Trudy to KCI, but explained her situation as an example of what some stuâ€" dents sometimes do to get to If she doésn‘t get a drive, the mayor said she walks a half mile to Erb St. from their home in Maple Hill, catches the bus to King St. and then transfers to the fiveâ€"minute longr due to the extension of route. Mayor Carroll echeoed Stâ€" oner‘s assessment, saying ‘"‘there will be some inconâ€" venience (to Kitchener riders), but I don‘t think it‘s that difficull. We‘re not talking about taking away any service." She said there are serveal hundred residents from the four subdivisions who also want the route extension, adding she couldn‘t underâ€" stand why Kitchener council would think Waterloo would ask for the route for only a small number of students. **What kind of decisions do they think we make," she asked. "Do they think we‘re going to spend thousands of dollars for 32 peoble?" > She said the impression that only the students would use the service was one of the misrepresentations conâ€" veyed to Kitchener council. In any event, rather than resort to drastic measures at this point, Waterloo counâ€" cil is hoping arequest to Kitchener to reconsider its position will do the trick. SIZE SALE _ 24 MONTHLY CU. FT. PRICE®" PAYMENTS OF mainline King St. bus to get to school: The trip usually takes her an hour, she said. But the mayor isn‘t only battling for the estimated 32 students who would use the service. If it doesn‘t, city officials might start asking how much buses cost these days and another Twin Cities reâ€" lationship could end up on the rocks. 7.5 $259 12 $279 15 $329 18 $349 23 $369 the amount you save should more than pay for the monthly payâ€" Deluxe Features 2%" Foam Insulation 5 Year Warranty 5 Year Food Spoilage all the convenience. TAWCO LIMITED PHONE 578â€"3770 FBEEZEI/R Tw WHERE YOU Pay LESs Free Delivery Mon. to Thurs. ©:30 to 6 p.m. Wed. till 0 p.m. 4 8" 67: e

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