. . . 2 . “A! Htl UHLNRONICU: -Wedriesd¢y, Ianuary H, .5003 ‘ Munic1pal reform group urges city LASHBROOK’S to begin talking about pr0posals Q . . . . .. , . r . , BYBOBVIBANM. countrl should at least 1 ,_ w, , , r J \ . . ‘ tlll.l\.\l;\tltll trim, t...r1r \_t ll “wrackedâ€, } “may!â€memand see where ll takes them He . . 0 local citizens group thought it would be a failure ‘ .. Q . said that Waterloo t‘lf)‘ . of politital leadership if local ‘ " ~ouncil should at least council didn't even discuss it . , - . engage In the discussron 1 “Stay at the table," said . . ,.about municipal reform. lirb. "See what you come up . . ‘ 1' ' _ . + even if it doesn't end wrth wrth. Maybe rr doesn‘t end - . A ., \ *. ' , their desired outcome 7 ,2“ ‘ 2:32 up with structural or bound l l .‘V ' ' amalgamation. j ‘* it; any changes, but are there I v S ‘ (I i / local councils were given other ways we can toroperr ‘ _ v} . I / 7} until the end of January to 4 ate given what the future of * I / *- 2,22; ‘ decide whether to pursue L the economy looks like, i - - :7; ‘ "' -. discussions with other local u r “If they're not even going ‘ ". ' ,3315‘571,‘ municipalities after a meet~ â€they re "at even to get together and continue \ ‘ f, ' “9‘ ing in December to discuss 8'0an [0 get the discussion, that's a pow» / ‘ if; {a} the ï¬ndings of a report put . erful statement about the J“ . 9* “ out by Citizens for Better togetherand system" . _ _ _ _ . . ‘g s V - ‘ . ’ Government. The citizens €071â€an the He also cited numerous group engaged in a year-long - - : recent examples of where the 5 process to discuss municipal diSCUSSlOII, [hats community would have l ‘ ‘ :3 reform and held community a powerful been better served if it spoke , ' it _ 7"" ,. forums while meeting with statement about and acted with one voice. For j X - 1,. ‘ service and volunteer groups H instance. in the debate over ; ' ' \‘j to discuss ï¬nding efï¬ciencies the system. the potential closure of Wil- f * , . ' - ' ' ‘ . in a governance system that frid laurier University's pool, : :32;- a 4 x _ . features eight local munici- ‘ "h“ Em , , the only Olympic-sized pool 3 $3: 1 ‘f ‘ ‘ palitits. bpokespersortfar 0'12â€â€ in the region. he said pool is†13â€,," ' Citizens for Better Gov- fl" gem†WWW†supporters would have been â€23>. 2" r:f_' - ,_ ._ ernment’s final report. at that table had been given better served dealing with . 1W3 . if: ,- released in the fall. recomâ€" the mandate to start those one council instead of going We†. 3k .927: mended a one-tier munici» types of discussions He said to individual city councils for ~ , g .m’ pality made up of 26 wards. that the politicians gathered support. . .. _ ‘ï¬giggi *3. Local municipal politicians should instead go back to “This is about the big pic- . -' j: met in December in Kitchen- their respective councils and ture and ensuring our quality .3"- if"; g; er to gauge if there was any ask: “Do you see any poten- of life for future generations." . "" 1 ‘ political will to start those tial to effect change that is said Erbt . t» . . a" “ 7 typesofdiscussions meaningful and does not “And is our current struc~ ‘ a . When that meeting stan- hurtour working together?" ture going to be able to m m A" â€I" W ‘ ‘ . ‘» ed to veer towards setting out Jim Erb. the spokesperson accommodate that over the a process. Regional Chair for Citizens for Better Gov- next mm 12 years. .. ‘t\l xi w. n \r r'r_\;r \\ or M I m ~ , l w.“ o in m. mu m \r H Ken Seiling said that nobody emment. said that Waterloo Continuedonpage4 SI‘DSRHJTJH 31‘! Ni! 355‘s LaLls 5 22.: 2 a THE PclP5t,ll0F ~3‘:RCEC'JON ’2‘ UNTILTHEYBUILDALUXURY SNOW PLOW, i, LEXUS HAS YOU COVERED, I 5 31 ES: ‘ at: 2: rt ‘3 ‘5 E5 5&3; .\ ,, saggy - 2H" ‘ “in; ‘ , 12’ )’ ‘ 5 , W p m .. -3 We». \2- 9 , § T». 4' â€a“. gag ,_ â€\‘E L “a \ â€â€™i\ ‘K 3†~~ ' his 5» .Jï¬â€˜ ". = N . . ,- ‘t _ . e35? U ï¬gs ‘ t ,5 . _ _ . We“ 2‘“ q-.,2x§. a 9.. \g _. 2 \ ‘ .. V -‘_ ' 9â€. ~‘ , ' ' mum .3 i \ ‘3: _ y I a g ‘ ‘ ‘ . 2 mam ESL LE 1 ‘ ‘ ' I r w‘nlx-umwum §§§§§g ~ ‘ .. f . . - mus-cowl» " . 3m ‘ = 9- 9 . ,. , . baa-mm """“""“"“°“‘ .- “£23 â€EMA†‘ ' . 5 t I , 2 a. U , ‘ .' “£2 a; - - ck: , 382 5 t .. ' M i 1‘ I 2 . -* mambo-mamaamamummsuwumu 3‘â€? 9 . .9. ‘ _ mummswmmmwmwwomtsmtuaxm W5 $51} l . ' . MMMMMMMWMMmdeh-um W 23 5‘13 " ' alloy-33.9X',M'Inw0rmhhqm.NotMm'nwhdthDr-On . <3 51 “ “um-Mumwmmuusox'mwmwum £§§§EE . . a . . . . ‘ . “ ' ‘1 9 “*W it 5.! HEFFNER LEXUS 1533355 hollnorJoquCI mMKMWE‘chh-nuï¬m7wm lg§igx Fix"? 3