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“moon-mm ' ‘ §1\4 L‘ J 1856 t a ' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 2010 0 WATBRLOO. ONTARIO * Si INCLUDING CST a. I LRT l . -~ -,_ " derailed? 9 a l u... » a l a 3 ‘ ' I .. , ’ » Local group . y ”A Lot. i fibeflsg opposed to rapid a} , -, l “memo '“ 1 transit plans says . , ' ‘ . l d" "1 . o g , ' ' A . the LRT 1s dead _ - ,, . , . in. a BvBoeVnmAc ‘t' ' "" ‘,.~ ./'~ .\ Q - Chmm'cle Stafl' 3 he; & it, ' - .. v ARTS Focus R we“ - , , . £4 . . - - A real Princess . . “ . ‘ m». a?“ " ' f . M Pa e24 Laststopformeughtmunamt it’s . , x, r 8 just not affordable anymore, says a . ' “‘ ' w ' ' I v~ 5 ‘ 7 -â€" omlgroupopposed the to Regan of 11], ‘l‘t A J v “ w, 1 s l .; 2:3 _: Watefloospuntobuiidaiightmntmmsys- a \ - / ' ~ . w tembetweenWateriooanletdiener. " V r- / ,,t 1 f} Taxpayers for Sensible Transit said it 71 . ‘ 1 ' , â€"» - t. i, would be a political hot potato in this fall's i v ' R l I [of municipal election campaign for anyone a .. ~ ~ . j l / ‘ 5; fâ€" to support the plan that could require . a» 7". ' | l f t,” f. it: local taxpayers to fork over up to $230 mil- \ A l «f a lion of the $790 million projected costs. , w _ ' . I g h Ruth Haworth. a spokesperson for S. ’ l « , ‘ T4ST, said with the federal government's . ~ l g commitment to supply only one-third of l _,_,,__.w. -. the costs of the region's proposed rapid \ g -' transit plan last week. and the provinces t ,_ . (h. N ’ l failing to cover the other two-thirds as , ,- I ‘ M Q i onoepromised,thewholeideaofanul’l‘ w“ . b ' ; through the uptown core oiWaterloo g; ff... 5“; l ' SPORTS should come to a dead stop. ;~. 7 «in ‘ L}: f" 2 . “I think it's probably dead," said I‘fir-Qfi; f‘xs f}, g- ' Waterloo Siskms Haworth, a member of the City of Water- <3.- ’ ‘ is ‘ g "‘~ .- . ' 5 season 0m loo's uptown vision committee and a con- a?" 5 t: if A’_ .: . j th . S stant blogger about her opposition to the j: 2135 {a > 4; 1“? -. W 15 um plan. “And ifit is. 1 think that Waterloo has ' Us»: ’ . m . Page 27 really dodged a bullet. We’re lucky that the a.) -, v3.3; 355: j g l , funding fell through.” ‘ ‘ is, ;‘5}‘,,;i§¥;-‘,',‘ , T4ST. a collection of local businesses 1 if“: 33“ 2g; _ . _ and concerned citizens, formed last fall to is. 3&5 "fig? ’ \ .'{~ 4 ‘ .t , express their support for improved bus lki’él’}?°%s~ f“ ,- r s,'_ _ 1 ‘ . “1 ; service that would foster better ridership at: f? ‘., “if if? g. A v ”If,“ 3 s 4. : i l " at a cheaper cost than the proposed LRT. l'ifaiéi,ti;é{flfl ' jfi‘v‘fifi-x‘ f." L: for. ‘ ' In addition to the financial ramificas 3.5L j“? “45???“ _‘ ~ 32544131? g“: ‘ , . v l tions' Haworth said the plan would have £34“ , a: “1 ," tutti ff: if Z - ~ " ‘ ‘ seriously damaged the character of «f‘jj‘ns _ ,' . ‘3 {22,3}- § _’â€"’ -, . . ' . uptown Waterloo, one of the healthiest "V‘s" ""“' v ' 5 ‘ "~‘s " ' ‘ LPN“ : ‘t r \. '. EM city cores in the Waterloo Region. ”Wm She thinks supporters of the LRT. like Old faShioned picnic Mayor Brenda Halloran. will face some The annual Labour Day Picnic was held in Waterloo Park west on Monday featuring fun and games for tough questlonlng ”ill"? run UP to the the whole family. Jim Mcclintock. with his horse team of Pat and Jim, offered free stagecoach rides to the 001 25 mumcrpal election. people who came out to celebrate the annual tribute to workers organized by the local labour council. ‘ .~ _ \ x < Continuedonpage7 519 5:3 Jan "085 '» l“ . ._ no is t I ' 5 ' fl ‘ A a I A . A ~ _ ~ t . , Waterloo lit:- 7 ';-1 ft “a? g t g d not. (at... m m ‘ 4 t _ 0 519.746.2777 "m » Q as «to .- 1 MM Drive at the Expressway . _ www.focboscuto.com j * «fl .. a liq ‘ s 1" . t mmnm-mmzoon-zooumv ' ' ' " l” ”‘ J/f __ mm. m m m m ’ A A A A A A A A 4. A A l