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The article was Mfentrive, in most cases untrue. and an insult to our neighborhood and certainly to the chairperson Joan McKmnon who ensued this town meeting and did an excellent job. Mrs McKinnon squelched this type of conduact at the outset and on the whole evcfyone conducted themselves quite well considering the highly emotional Issue being discussed. f ain m favor of the chimes but can certamly appreciate the concerns of those opposed which are primarily ones of conve- ttlence. Ours on the other hand are ones of protectmg our fragile uptown core neigh- borhood which mart of us as long time residents have grown very fond of. We have seen over the last several years continual pressure and stru- put on our uptown area through development and :ncreased tram: thereby slowly destroying our umque uptown core neighbourhood. Editorial insulting In the Waterloo Chronicle dated Wed- nesday. October IT, under the heading Opmxon. an article was written captioned Non Situation. The opening line in this article was "Booms. hunting, poring. meaning - xt's hard not to think of squabbling ehil. dren" Lytters "AlANrtuxttMRtMttxE.mrtt-.-t.t-t Opinion We wire dying to point this fact out to meet resident needs. After that comes buying a computer system, and hiring 13 additional mm work the thing, and paymg hundreds of thousand: of dollars in consulting fees, to bulld a better bureaucracy. Yes. it'sa question dprioritieo. artdemutcilalready hulfull slate of major projects to be paid for. The top priority for city council angst be to .prttrife thee sunbeam which directly Waterloo city council in maid-in buying e $14atiliion computer system. Comments mile the dated-them tnaeltirterywi1lurt-uBei-ateitruii,thusi-irt. stryirtormidsnta,prtdermtmerirtthe1oetgrttn. Noble purposee indeed. But city council isn't quite prepared to tektthepuThae.Thert8tumisafamiiiaroite-aitheeit, aftoedtotrtuemtehsoignifkantin-ntnow,eveniftuei, are long-term gains. _. Without even taking into account the feet that the city’s current system is capable of doing an adequate job, that technology is changing so rapidly that todar's stated-them in tomorrow's bargain-priced sell off, how can city hall even consider such a project when: there's a bubble masquerading as Waterloo's arena; when, to save money, council decides to build a cut-off 25unetre pool in the city's new recreation complex, although local swim cluhe say such a pool is jun e gltm'fUd hole in the ground which will not meet the community" needs; when Uptown merchants and shoppers continue to wait for a long. promised parking garage; when an exploding population creates new demands for the whole range of eervioee which must be met? Priorities Your final statement, “Whatever the Gal decision is, the entire neighborhood is tltelaterhere", 'orsdwilluinfaa,wun all is " and done, prove to be just the opposite. We " a neighborhood will all be drawn closer together, in my opinion, u a Milt of this experience. Certainly each opposing side has already grown closer together within their groups. Also,rnotrtofusonbothitdotuiaiue are caring and understanding individuals andarenll concerned eboutpreeervingthie lovely uptown area, including city council. Because if this I'm sure we will eventual- ly, other a cooling off period, come to a solution agreeable to most residents, them. by, drawing the neighborhood closer together than ever before, and making us all winners. The Chronicle would do well to be more factual in their coverage of this issue and istthepemeasthey will fmd the majority of the people involved, certainly on our side, our newly arrived neighbors at Waterwk Place. who are leading the fight for the roman] of the closures, hopefully to thaw them the inconvenience caused by the elarureswillbetnorethanotraethrthe preservation of this beautiful old uptown areatherarenowluekrenoughtobepart The bylaw in Hudson, Quebec has been passed at the municipal level, but because it advocates complete banning of pesticide sprayingbwithin the municipality, the Quebec iuistry of the Environment is in the process of working out exceptions for We feel that the letter from Kent Groves, President of Green Cars, Ontario Horticul- ture Association, needs comment. He is certainly correct in imying that "heattt-rt-itsorbenifituthe environment.” However, he is not correct when he infers that in order to have theee green spaces, they must be spayed or have chemicals applied to them. The bylaw in Semville, Quebec, re evicting spraying has certainly not been thrown out as being unconstitutional. In conversation with Senneville bylaw ofrteer Mceeieur Vieu. we were assured of that fact. It. its. currently being enforced. - Chemicals not necessary for a green environment are ofgoodwill and mm this situation resolved unimblyl John Potter Waterloo Mr. Groves, as Canadian Technical Di. _rxretfrofphemlamt,marbe'uttaresudina landmark agreement in the Supreme Court of New York, in which Chomlawn 'i1r1llt2',tg,'litrat"tiggtrtiitt ing . . in pesticide applications, which, New York charged are “fake and misleading". cide applieations", Chemlewn is 1',N.p.h.it,1t,1, from tnah. ing such claims in .Y. and must make it clear that my characterization of safety are the eompany'a and no-one else’s opin- ion. The June 29, 1990 consent judgement of New York versus Chemlawn Services Corp. (index 40688188) concludes the suit 1r,tsugi,tt in “W 19.98:sz Chtaawn to pay fied iiiCiitxiit0T ii people with swimming pools, golf courses. and extermination companies. Former: arrstmmtptal.Thetmrrxiftrrourinfonna. tion was Diane Tommi. councillor tor Hudson. _ According to N.Y. Attorney General élmum “The claimfglpeiy iyRlr.thttt Chomlawn use: petieilir,rjriiii" GG keen f_ully _toned and evaluoted, that Federal astration of . . _ ""F ""-___ that they at: safe, and Jrl the min“ u.'," no J.tmlytrtt.eamirturrtss in in Mi- Pesticido Action Group Vita-loo