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Chronicle Staft Waterloo‘s 1986 budget estimates are sadly lacking in a day and age when the city has outgrown its ‘"small town image", says rookie alderman Andrew Telegdi. The outspoken politican told the Chronâ€" icle Tuesday night that city politicians are concentrating too much on keeping the tax bill low, and by doing so, are not providing what Waterloo citizens want. 131st Year No. 11 â€"â€"â€"â€"__'â€"__â€"__â€"'* Telegdi blasts budget process, cp"eagues L Chronicle Staft The latest stunt to raise awareness about the financial crisis facing Ontario‘s universities achieved the two goals it was trying to reach, says the event organâ€" Ian Mitchell, the University of Waterloo student who lead more than 1,000 marchers from the campus to Waterioo City Hall last Wednesday, claimed the event was an "unqualified success." "Our goal was to promote community awareness and unify student, faculty and administration. We accomplished both of these goals,"" said Mitchell, who also lead student marchers outside the office of UW president Doug Wright last November to protest computer service fees. + Wednesday, March 19, "We‘ve got parking problems, no swimâ€" ming pool (indoor), a serious lack of parks and a fire chief who doesn‘t have a car. It‘s just ridiculous,"‘ he said. _ ""At one point in time it was great to have low taxes, but one can go overboard on these things.". o â€" W.Hâ€";“l;elâ€"i-;:g' that Waterloo residents would be happy to pay ‘"a moderate tax increase‘" to fill some of the city deficienâ€" cies. "::Cenainly (taxpayers would support his statement). With municipal budgets, Waterloo alderman Andrew Telegdi, a former student federation president at UW, congratulated the students on the manner in which they conducted themselves and heaped a fair share of praise in Wright‘s direction. This time round, Wright joined the students in their march and was greeted with chants of ‘"Doug, Doug, Doug..."‘, by the large gathering. _____ _ di. Wright has been a driving force in past weeks as the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) and the Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) have launched an all â€" :‘iogé;e;ifiéfi_éfli I‘d see the day when the president of the University of Waterloo would be joining a march. My hat‘s off to you sir, for that," said Telegâ€" Waterioo, Ontario it‘s a quality of life thing. You‘re not sending the money off to Ottawa for distribution across the country, you‘re addressing the needs and rights of every Waterloo citizen," he said. Telegdi‘s statements came on the heels of a marathon budget cutting session Tuesday, in which politicians and city staff hacked away at the 1986 budget estimates, hoping for a seven per cent tax rate increase. If accomplished, it would have meant an additional $16.87 on a residential $1,000 tax bill. 25 cents out publicity blitz for th_e upiygrgity concern. He told chanting students that for Ontario to care about it‘s future, university students must play a major role in convincing the population that adequate funding works to everyone‘s advantage. According to the COU, Ontario universities needs an extra $170 million to be equal to other Canadian provâ€" Mitchell says the march was the last major media event of the campaign, but he is now urging students to contact their MPP both at home, and in Waterloo, to gain support for the cause. There are also plans for an underfunding conference this summer on the UW campus, says Mitchell. However, as a result of an independant library study released last week, the city‘s finance committee was forced to send an additional $120,334 towards the city‘s severely overcrowded and underâ€" stocked facility. This forced the commitâ€" tee to go into today‘s session hoping to keep the tax increase to 8.25 per cent, which would add approximately $20 to the average bill. S _ Although happy with the funding, Telegâ€" di says it should have been done years ago. (Continued on page 3)