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,._ Regarding Sandy Baird‘s article in the Waterloo , Chronicle November 6, 1996, it would be interâ€" esting to know how he came to his conclusions ,, on how I voted. 1 1 voted against Region taking over garbage colâ€" lection from January 1, 1997 because the iRegion‘s contracts do not come up for reâ€"negotiâ€" ation until the year 2002. So why transfer now? _ If we did, we would either have to transfer our workers to Region or lay them off and allow , Region to contract out our garbage collection, , neither of which would save taxpayers one cent , but would hurt the workers. However, Waterloo is prepared to contract to the Region at the same Aender price that is presently in force with Kitchener/Cambridge for the period 1997â€"2002. We also fully agree to go to an open tender under nTVC0 Nce s en in L. 7c UTIOY Mn T9 Enown mUund a . dent Bill Clinton was reâ€"clected | . q _)________‘ [ if it was the worst kind of insult _ bast week. The reâ€"clection of a | : Gord Haugh, a veteran Tory strate _ Republican ‘majority in both C gio and Mike Harris "wagonmas houses of Congress was a bit 1et" during the 1995 dlection, told more surprising, but neither 33 e 53 me this summer that "if 1 lived in result will do much to halt the agem . 6 the Stares, 1d have to vore for disturbing decline of democracy . | â€" Clinion". (For the record, if 1 lived !nllnmnuylhd*hh x i in the States, 1‘d have vored for invented the idea. f :tw-*p-pfly WWMM y not even heard was running). turnout 2s course, most progressive peoâ€" lh-iulfisfd:ollufinou). ple préler Clinton and the Just under half of the eligible votâ€"_ J wl | Democrats o Dole and the ers cast their ballots in last L pommmmammel : Republicans.: With his endorseâ€" Tuesday‘s election Midterm dlec: [E . ment of deep welfare cuts, his (about 30 per cent in 1994, when Newt and his support of the Heimsâ€"Burion law, it‘s difâ€" Gingrichs Contract With America supposedly ficult to understand why some Americans are so a;ujc-)'d&hthfid?w e Te 'hm"; continue to to vote economy (albeit with its share of and the right of free speech, yet most Americans mhdflkmw-hdsbckm can‘t be bothered to mark an X to choose "the to have been Clinton‘s main selling points leader of the Free World". Ideally, elections should be about more than just mmwmmw a choice between bad and worse (although, themselves to vote screens out large numbers of unless the federal NDP can regain its traditional people, it is the feeling that their vote won‘t make strength, that‘s where Canadian politics are headâ€" 1@ difference that keeps. most nonâ€"voting â€" ing). ,, that pleasing industry groups and wealthy people there are two positive lessons that can be drawn , is the primary preâ€"occupation of their elected from last week‘s elections (both of which have | officials, it‘s easy to come to the conclusion that immediate relevance for Canadians). their voice and vote are meaningless. The first is that, largely because we‘ve seen Another factor in limiting participation is the their sideâ€"eflects, promises of huge tax cuts are quantity and content of advertising, Attack ads losing their lustre â€" to the point that Dole had ; are more effective at convincing people not to stopped talking about his promised tax cut by the vote than in changing the way that they vote. end of the campaign (Canadian polls show the Add to that the lack of spending restrictions and support for tax cuts to be about nine per cent). the laughably weak controls on fundraising, and Secondly, the results denonstrate the folly of preâ€" you have a perfect recipe for voter cynicism. suming that an electoral victory gives a right In American politics, what is known as right _ wing government an unrestricted mandate to do and leftâ€"wing in the rest of the world is comâ€" whatever it wants. pletely meaningless. David Frum is considered to _ Newt Gingrich has learned that lesson. be a moderate conservative in the US and the Perhaps Mike Harris can as well. egion in 2002. So what is the problem? As to water and sewage, 1 have said in open LET1TERS Baird should get the full story Anoee Ew council, there was no way 1 would agree to a proâ€" posal of a further cost of $500,000 for a twoâ€"year study and by the way, this proposal was made by Ken Seiling and the Regional CEO, NOT counâ€" cill Indeed the cost for the water and sewage study should be more like $25,000 and be ready by June 1, 1997. If one can save up to $3â€"5 milâ€" lion each year, $25,000 is not a lot to prove a point! Strange how Sandy can report on a meeting he did not attend and speculate as to the way a councillor votes. He should find out the full story before he takes us to task. At least a call to me would have given him my reasons for the way 1 voted Hey, we are all only a phone call away and the status quo is not an option of mine! term "liberal" is thrown around as i it was the worst kind of insult. Gord Haugh, a veteran Tory straieâ€" gia and Mike Harris "wagonmasâ€" ter" during the 1995 election, told me this summer that "if 1 lived in the Stares, 1d have to vore for Clinon". (For the record, if 1 lived in the States, 1‘d have vored for Raiph Nader â€" who you probably had not even heard was running). Of course, most progressive peoâ€" 570â€"2722 OPEN SUNDAYS | 50 Victoria St. N. KITCHENER [oaaaaaaariirrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn, a ph aa a 96 Stain Master Berber *9" » y Gorgeous Priats ’,'l# fuhdln '.i Fits 4 ft. to 9 ft. Closet Reg. 64.95 w o0 hree Rugs ’Lshh Ox11 Aree Rugs H_h- 140 â€" 39 STORE YOLUME _ Fits 5 ft. to 10 ft. Closet 1 Reg. 74.95 1 249 44 , to Wex Yiny )Â¥ | h Sl 'N