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PAGES-WAWWWVMW. 1H Opinion To grow or not to grow, that's the question" a" Jason put down the 'llrff,'2 and stopped feeding the ducks on ilver Lake when he saw his neighbor wrenching "Hi Martin," he said, sitting down on the grass. "would you like some pop corn? You know, these are probably not good for ducks, but it sure brings them right up to you." - _ - Tara and the kid-s?" Martin Gook his head and sat down next to Jason. "Waterloo Park sure is Ieautiful, in August isn't it? Where‘s "They went to Toronto, to Harborfront for the day. She really mines shopping on Sundays since we moved here, What “wary d? P? swam 14min” . "Oh, we oldtimers find things to do. There's cleaning the yard, or building an addition 1n the summer. There's always something to be done around the house m winter, And we visit friends. Some. umes we pop up to Arthur and visit Mary's family. "By the way, have you read about that growth committee report they Just re. leased at city hall? Seems it's full of questions; not too many answers yet. Just like I told you, Juan, no easy answers, The city grows because people want to live here. The more it grows, the more people want to live here because the more we have to offer. You're a perfect example - you and Tara moved here because you could afford to buy a house here. You couldn’t in Toronto, could you'? No, I thought not. And you have a nice living here, with the Sym- phony and the Humanities Theatre, and all the cute boutiques in St. Jacob's and stuff, don't you? Right. So, now you want to slow growth, or that's what you keep saying." Jason took a deep breath. He and Martin had been arguing about this for a long time. Neither one really liked what was happening to Waterloo. Since he and Tara had moved here in 1980, it seemed like the city was being taken over by big new houses. Developments were now threatening the beautiful rural lands to the west, including some environmentally sensitive areas. It seemed like the poor were being pushed out, more and more being forced to leave City Seen Ian Kirkby of houses. In 1971, the sversge new house was 1,500 square feet and had 3.6 people living in it. In 1988, the average it: house "1“ 12:2” 'del" “if and 2.8 e . . - . r houses dn','t, me. And ala; bi lots, too, which means we're 335.33 up even more land." Martin chuckled. He’d up in Waterloo, at the corner of Dupont and Peppler Steets. and had seen the town grow, a little too fast for his liking, that was true, But it had more to offer now. He was getting really tired of Jason‘s type - relatively new residents who came here for the fresh air, jobs and houses and now wanted to close the door to others doing the same. buy new mm. t "our, Martin, but the report did raise some interesting M. didn't it? For instance, the number'of jobs in Waterloo exceeds the number of people livinghere.That tellsmewe’re bringing in too much imply, witiehfutsls the town has again, and threw a few ernels to the ducks. Maybe ith, time to tell the city how much I want that west end saved, he thought. After all, that growth committee said they want to hear from citizens. Jason looked akin. Hg sriekiid up his