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Young Chronicle carriers did a great job [luvs the t hrmm Ir figure mm should deliver al hours so as In (mnpmr agmnxl the. other Im a] Waterloo paw-1 Ihvrt-hv requiring the rwed for older hm nut nm‘vssar ilv' more matttre I arrrersl I)” these (arm-rs HUI provtti" the new vssan "rughtrourhood mm h that " lm al pup” requires? I)” the lmal huxlm-sxpx who n-qmn- 0m pmrunngc' and adver "w for our dollars nm .lpprm imp the feel of neighbourhood bays and girls hand delivering w-ur paper? omght I inuntl on! that your I busmess has trrmtrtated the rhllgt-m how and girls whom thI' 1 arried wyur pap” tor so long Why I ask? Is It hemuw thvre Ps Nome effi, l 19an to hr gums-d rit the ”pt-nu- of their vuung hurw-nning work "thirsr' You said it Unfortunately on Marshall Street. from #12 on one side and Itil across the slrek't (inclusive) are all inhabit- ed by students, from king Street. to Regina Street. mere are no overseen in any of these residences. Forty years ago when my children were small, this sit- limit)” might not have created the pmhletns ot' today -- but ldnuhi it, At that time, our neighbourhood housed growing Families and a few older penple. liven Persons In a rehab home on King Street and Many students have selfish attitudes Ihe Waterloo Chronicle welcomes individuals to submit columns on issues that would be of interest to out readership All columns should be signed with name. address and phone number and will be verified for acme racy Suhmissions may be edited for length, M? please keep the column length to 500 words, Authors will not receive payment for their submissions Copyright in columns and other materials submitted to the Puttlisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the publisher and its licensees may freely reporrr duce them in print, electronic or other forms, Our mailing address is 75 King St s, Suite 201 ' Waterloo, ON, N2l 1P2 Our e-mail address is editoriaWmvaterioorhronirieca, and our fax number is 386-93511 Hut-s delivering thd'Waterloo WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PROVINCIAL RESULTS MEAN FOR ONTARIO? e: Susan Fish's letter to the editor published in the Sept. 17 edition of' lhe Chronicle, QUESTION Columnists welcomed Chronicle in their nwn nelghhour- hoods put thew buys and girls itt some risk as nppowd to hanging out elsewhere doing who knows what? ls this a l hanw to learh these mung peopl" early on in life that working hard for vnur employer and (tttr cttstomers means noth, mg? U! n n lust a misguided attempt to make um- the one or two homes "Theyoung man who delivers your paper to us is wonderful, and I look forward to com- pensating him for an excellent job done." " think that it was to be expected. I'm not really sure what it means for Ontario but hopefully something good." "l dun'l rule. I never have and I dont know anything about it." Adrianne Johnson John Winowski lawns on both side/ ol the street are decorated with homes and paper garbage, . lf Mrs. Fish lived in our area. she would notice a tremendous difference than where she lives, We'd like In keep Waterloo clean. it seems the only persons who enjoy our block on weekends are har-flies and party animals. Marshall Street are suffering sleepless nights because of weekend noise and littering including used glasses and bottles in the shrubbery. l 'if,irTrir)Ta7imTiii l if] Shame on you for (illullng the, fine paper by taking away the Int al carriers of our neighbourhood which may get missed each wvek on each mute are rammed by an old" perhaps more efririeru mm- er? He Is never tate and alwavs has something mce to say to In lhe purpnw of the, Waterloo Ihromcle Is In provide local news. sports and Huron! moms ro the people of Waterloo. by the people of Waterloo and supported by the businesses of Walcrlnn I will answer thew que'm0rvy lor you Waterloo Cltromclc, Ihe vuung man who delivers, vnur paper to us p, wnnderful and I look forward to mmponsallng him for an mu ('llx-m 10h drme "l think it means an end lo many years of negativity and cyni- cism in government. So, the beginning of some hope." "I'm very pleased with the result. I hope that it will mean a real 'common sense reru- lution.'" Sean Stockholm Stephen Kramer Waterloo Mind Christie Norma Sangoi Waterloo 1 Veering off the high road llw appearance of the photocopied "we! is deOeratelv I rude and amateurish. suggesting that it may have been (lashed nil try sumo interested min working out of his or her basement. ' )nly In the most microscopic font available does the Mr indicate that it was anually produced and paid " by the Ontario liberal Nrty If Sean Strickland feels that he ran an "honourable campaign." he clearly has a different definition of the word "honowahle" than I do, 'tternaimrtohesmmiehtkhtxthekimiorvemmenttheyruns much different thanthat run hytheTories Six polls had been releawd since that date. all showing the Impr- als with a healthy lead and projecting a liberal majority ft also qunlvs the "KitrhenerrWatlerlmt (sit) Record" as noting that the Tones first won Humn riding in I995 "after an unusually strung New lk-mtwrdur Party candidate Mrtrivety split the centrv-k4t wnh the liberals" (hrwenientty ahwnt is the fact that the liberals at’mally firtishtxl l T I [RI ' in that race Mom the liberals txportmtlyhadtheirovmqeriesofattad aisrmdyt-ndsirmAydtrikirtottousethem-ttutontyafter focus groups turned thumbs down on the strategy Their claims of virtueartdtheirfeieiNtrmratTorymmmigntartiisaresimrty not credible. Despite claims to the contrary, the ljhetal's m-ralled "high mad" campaign really wasn't that much different than the Tories' "road ahead“ otmpaign. Strickland indicated on election nitdrt that he was proud of nut- mng an "honourable campaign-" Maybe he was hoping that no one wading that comment had seen the flyer that his campaign distnlr mod thrzrugttout the riding on the day before Hutton Day. The front and bark of the flyer reads "Who wants you to vote NIH?" Inside. appears the name and smiling face of none other than Emie kies. "Don't he fooled. it's all pan of Ernie FMS' elation strategy." wants the fiver, "It" pmumahly Mon to the NI ll' campaign (and to think I had no idea that l was pan of such a nefarious plot ). N, atrsurd as this kind of mindless fear tank may seem. its qirru- ness IN funher magnifmi by the distortions employed in lrwng to make the (use: MI example. it quotes a nmmhnld pull run]! for 'wpt, , -- the only poll resmit of Its iind during thecamdaign lo sup; gest that the Tories were actually close ttr tht. liberals m terrtvs of popular support. Calling them "deadbeats" - a term SN n l normally reserved for people who don't pay their child support - the release SCOTT details a series of instances in which imi- HATKOWSKI unions were turned down. or accepted initially and then reneged upon. While I agree that this is a concern, and raised it myself in a previous ml umn. the liberal pot should not he calling the Tory kettle black, In KitchenerWaterloo riding for example, incumbent Flimbeth Wit- mer was critiewxl for her lack of availability, Yet, the fact that liberal candidate Swan Strickland had already missed three debates himsell means that the Liberals were hardly well-placed to criticize her (in the twine. Speaking, on CBC Radio the day after the election, liberal smite- gist Warren Kinsella (who proudly wears the label "Prince of Dark ness") bragged about how the Liberals kept their leader's hands clean, while running a negative campaign) behind the scenes Toron- to MPP George Smithemian wax trotted out before the cameras an every opportunity to attack the Conservative and NDP platforms in the most scathing [ems possible, earning him the nickname "Attick lkig." The press releases aimed at the Tories contained catchphmses such as "Fmie Eves: You just cant trust him." which were just as neg- ative as anything employed in the Tories' messaging. The press releases that were aimed at the NDP routinely distorted the party's platform and frequently took out of con- text previous comments made by leader Howard Hampton They even Sent a l R " "brown envelope" to lhe National l’oxt. AN Coll HER lzdsely mumng llmnpton ol plagjarizing VIEW lushooL m. ' One Liberal news release that received significant media attention (including a front page story in The Record and a major article in the Globe and Mail) unis unt- criticizing 50 Conservative candir dates for failing to attend all-candidates meetings in their respective tidings. Meanwhile, the party released a steady Mod of news releases condemning the other parties (go to www.newswire.ca and do a search for " Mtario Ubeml Party" to read the aver 300 press releases distributed by the party during the campaign), mainline, l0 Premier-elect Dalian Mdiuimy. his pany won Fast veers t haario Election by "taking the high mad." Unlike those mean-spirited rories, who kept telling people that he was "still no! up In the job" mm in mention calling him "a reptilian kitten-eater from another planet"). he axsuretl mien that his party was running a positive, iviue-focuuxf campaign. ll would beware accurate to say that his party carefully maintained the apmwance of mnning a positive, issue-focused campaign.