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§ m'vanhq Aioval unds Mfim‘ P 4 #t Scott.Piatkowski has become the second person to announce he is seeking the New Democratic Party nomâ€" ination for Waterloo riding. No date has yet been set for a nomination meeting, or for the federal election, which must be called this year. Piatkowsi‘s announcement follows that of Ted Martin, who declared his candidacy two weeks ago. Piatkowsi was the NDP candidate for Waterloo riding in â€"1988. He received over 10,500 votes in the 1988 elecâ€" tion, good for third in the local race. Piatkowski is the coordinator of the Beaver Creek Housing Coâ€"operative in Waterloo. His also serves on the board of directors of the North Waterloo Housing Authority and was president of the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area from 1991 until this year. . _ . P At present, Piatkowski serves as secretary for the Waterloo federal NDP riding association, after having served as its president from 1990 to 1992. He is also a forâ€" mer president of the Ontario New Democratic Youth September 1992 and April 1993, which dealt, mostly with development of westâ€"side lands owned by Trilâ€" lium Estates, cost $960,400, city staff estimate. The City‘s portion of the cost is $303,600, including $242,700 for legal costs and $44,400 for staff time. The hearings ran for 47 days last summer and then reconvened for another 10 days in April. The OMB Conservation Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources reached a compromise on the disposition of a wetland area owned by Trillium. Staff have estimated Trilliim‘s OMB costs.to be in the range of $500,000. Trillium officials could not be reached for comment on this figure. While he knew OMB hearings have always been expensive, the high price of this one took Mayor Brian Turnbull by surprise. "The whole OMB thing has gotten out of control," Turnbull said Monday. "At its worst, I feel it‘s as bad as the court system is On the bright side, Turnbull said, the OMB seems to be looking at ways to reduce hearing costs. For example, it was the two OMB representatives who OMB hearing cost $1 million Piatkowski seeks NDP nod City pays one third 26 (Continued on page 10) supported by Lawn Aliternatives Inc., Canada Trust‘s "Friends of the Environment" Foundation, B&B Kieswetter Excavating and Aâ€"Z Serena Markus (ieft) and Jennifer Evans, raked and shoveled Saturâ€" wmmmmmmm Restoration Project. The project, which will develop a porâ€" tion of the school‘s property to reâ€"establish a natural landscape, is and a member of the provincial Election Planning Comâ€" mittee that mapped out Premier Bob Rae‘s successful 1990 election strategy. Piatkowski lists lob creation at the top of his prioriâ€" ties, but he also plans to emphasize the environment, housing, global development women‘s equality and opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreeâ€" ment in his campaign. On the local front, Piatkowski said "it is apparent to me that (Waterloo PC MP) Walter McLean has lost interâ€" est in doing the sort of riding work an MP is required to As for the local Liberal party, Piatkowski said has been "surprised" by some of the decisions which Liberal candidate Andrew Telegdi has made as a councilior, "Frankly, I see him at the federal level wandering around the country looking for wetlands to develop." Piatkowski, who is 28, is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, where he served on both the university senâ€" ate and the student union‘s board of directors. ‘Piatkowskiâ€"and his wife, Marg Johnston, live in Deborah Crangiall photo there‘s been a noticeable decrease in turnâ€"type Const. Randy Brooks of Waterloo regional police service‘s traffic division. "Just about any driving infractions that involve an improper turn of some sort are the ones that are causing acciâ€" dents. With lane changes, so many people out there are in a rush â€" which is the speeding end of it â€" and then they‘re changing in and out of lanes because that‘s the only way to get where they‘re going in a hurry." Brooks said such offences may have been overâ€" looked in the past, or offenders may have been issued a warning. But during the month of June, those offences will not be tolerated, and motorists will be ticketed, he said. some good driving habits after a month of driâ€" ving under close scrutiny, and added traffic acciâ€" dent statistics will be monitored throughout the month to see if the crackâ€"down has had any accidents. If people know that we‘re out there, and we‘re actually showing a lot of presence at intersections where there are a lot of collision, then maybe we can make a difference." We‘re hoping to make some sort of assessmer when we look at the number of collisions we‘ve had over the month," Brooks said. "We‘ll see if In targeting "aggressive driving offences", police will direct their enforcement activities at aggressive drivers. Offences they will be on the changes and turns, especially those not signaled disobedience of traffic signals and signs; and "Those are the offences that cause accidents, and so those are the ones we‘re looking for," said Bame goes for beating the light that‘s split secâ€" onds away from turning red, or for changing lanes without signaling, because nobody‘s behind Waterloo regional police have joined forces with police services across the province to crack down on driving offences they might have otherâ€" wise let go with warnings. Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff Police set sights on aggressive motorists f you find yourself in a hurry this month, and think no one will notice if you drive just a few kilometres over the speed limit,