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Former police chief seeks Waterloo council seat ‘If you don‘t like the system, change it:" Syd Brown Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff To heck with controversy. Former Waterâ€" loo region police chief Syd Brown is running for city council. In 1979, Brown was fired by the regional police commission after a tactical squad which he established was charged with police brutality. A lengthy court battle ensued between Brown and the police commission, and Brown was subsequently Brown announced his intentions Monday to run as a councillorâ€"atâ€"large in Waterâ€" loo‘s November municipal election. A successful campaign would also give him a seat on regional council. â€" â€" Chronicle After close to six years of petitioning city council for a bus route which would take students to the steps of their school, Bluevale students, their concerned parents and teachers, and school board staff are satisfied with the adoption of two ‘"school special" buses. Students, parents happy with bus compromise Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff It may not be the busing solution that Bluevale Collegiate Institute students were hoping for, but it sure will help. No. 2G That Black i\ magic Page EZ1 Nedn esday, July 17, 1991 exonerated of all charges in 1981 Though declared police chief by the courts, the police commission withheld any responsibilities from Brown, and he left the department. He received a cash settleâ€" ment in 1986 and became a real estate agent. â€" e Brown said he expects that his controverâ€" sial past will inevitably be revived throughout his campaign, but added he has nothing to hide . _ _ "I have no qualms with that at all," Brown said. "Anybody can ask me any questions (about his actions as chief of police). I came here (from the Scarborogh police department), I did a job, I did what I Waterloo city council has approved a recommendation for the addition of two school specials to Bluevale (two in the morning and two in the afternoon) at a cost of approximately $17,000 annually â€" considerably lower than it would have cost the city to initiate a new bus route or reroute an existing bus route. | The school specials (city buses which also service students attending University heights and Waterloo Collegiate institute) will begin servicing Bluevale students in September. Inline skates are on a roll, but for how long? Page A14 erloo. Onts WATERLOO PVBLEC LOMAY | Crossword Brown acknowledged that his backâ€" ground maya deter some voters, but said he has confidence that most will see past the controversy. _ was asked to do, and I followed directions The courts exonerated me, and the soâ€" called public inquiry report that scandal ized me, the court ripped up and threw away. I was exonerated at all levels, so that doesn‘t bother me. They can ask anything they want." + "There‘s going to be people who believed what they read or heard without having any firstâ€"hand knowledge, and in some areas you‘re going to have a loveâ€"hate relationship. Well, so be it. I can‘t help SDOTS ..::+..s:ssssssrsmscs0s.. AT4 Classifieds ................... A17 Community Waterloo county board of education trustee Diane Stickney, who has worked with students, parents and teachers to find a solution to the bus situation, estimates that each bus will carry 75 students per trip. At that rate, she said, the bus will pay for itself before long. One of the school specials will serve the newlyâ€"developed of Lexington Road area, and the other will follow a portion of Kitchener Transit‘s route 9, both providing direct access to Bluevale. ‘‘We‘re very pleased with this solution, nersserastisrisse EBATHM . A6 . A9 A13 A14 Brown said he made the decision to run on the heels of two vears of doorâ€"knocking (as a real estate agent. listening to the concerns of citizens that. That‘s true for all politicians "There‘s concerns about a lot of ques tions that weren‘t being asked by the so called representatives. and everytime I got into a discussion with somebody (about the concerns) they‘d tell me 1 should run for council. I‘ve been hearing that sort of thing continuously for the past two vears. and ] thought I better put my money where my mouth is. If you don‘t like the system change it." _ Advertising supplements delivered with tonight‘s Waterloo Chronicle: Zehrs *Selected areas only Stickney said. "We are seeing it as an interim solution â€" when hope when fur ther transit issues are dealt with (regard ing service for the city‘s developing north end) a more permanent solution can be found. But this is a very reasonable solution." With the addition of the school specials. Bluevale students will no longer have to walk the 800 metres from the school to the nearest city bus stop at Lincoln Road and Mayfield Avenue SalRANFNbam 40â€" c roarerv is2 Thursday‘s weather > Mostly sunny. High, 32 C. a Chance of afternoon shower Hey! Quit clowning around with my nose. Natalie Gascho knows a fake nose when she sees one. The eight year old was clowning around herself at a community carnival sponsored by the Waterioo Mennonite Brethren Church. Saturday. CLOWNING AROUND (Continued on page A3 Pete Cudhea photc