Page 2, Wednesday, October 20th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS Editonal Comment SNOBBISM - OR HOW TO BEAT THE STATUS QUO If ever a letter written to Town engineer'sproposed landscaping for of Whitby. of Whitby Council should be doomed both sides of Brock from Dundas to Before we I o se ail perspective, to the sterile ranks of council's trec- Elm Streets is incorporated, that no t h e s e b enches were donated in ail eiveandfile', the missive penned by more benches be added. g oo d faith to Whitby for the public themanagerofthe Canadian Imperial T h e bank m a n ager's request is useofWhitbycitizenryby the Whitby Bank of Commerce, corner of Brock p o m p o u s, assuming and downright Garden Club - and the Garden Club and Dundas is one. n ig g a r dl1 y. In fact, the only thing did not label them "for the prestig and *Dunda is oe. bus only"f. Dripping of snobbism, his letter admirable about his letter at ail, is Ius ot requests that since the 'individuals the fact he signed his name. It is hoped th at the Deputy who occupy the two benches on the These benches a r e occupied for Public Works, who will report back south s id e of the Imperial Bank of the most part, by a few lonely, old totheoperation'scommitteefor their Commerce building, 'and the litter me n who live in depressing flats in final disposition of the matter, wili they create, detract considerably the downtown area. keepthis in mind, so that public ben- f r o m the appearance o f the area', They might not wear pin striped ches will nlot be lost to the utter t h a t t h e benches be removed, and sui ts, or smoke brandy-dipped cig- pretentiousness of 'status quo'. further requests that when the town ars, but they are, afterall, citizens $1 FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW ...Telling It Like It Is ution when I asked him. That candi- all s< . . .. . Many people are wonder ing. A great many more are surprised. But there it is on my front lawn, an N.D.P. sign. And of course the question is, why has a dyed-in-the-wool Liberal like me got an N.D. P. sign sticking out of his laww? I think the biggest influence was the interviewing of candidates in my area. Running a close second were those sickening commercial s for Bill Davis. One of my assignments this week was to find out just what the candid- ate thought about pollution. If you havenotalready seen the interview, it is further on in the reaper. The truth of it is, only one can- didate really knew a lot about polil- ciate was BDob Wing. As for Mr. Freeman and Mr. New- rn an they never really told me what they thought of pollution. It was aI- w ay s related tome in terms of the "par ty ". I'm not going to vote for the par ty, Itm going to vote for theman. In order to do that, I have to know what theman intends to do on his own eff- orts as opposed to the team effort. I don' t care if Bill Davis IS a nice guy (so they say), or if he is a good statesman, or if he wears clean sweaters. What I am i n t e r ested in is what will he DO. Weil candidates, the days of wordy promises are over! Itruly believe the public is sick of false promises and glorious speeches. After a while they JIM OUAIl ound the same. Of course, itts laretty difficult to know what any candidate willI do after he is elected, but in my book, the man who looks Ilike he is going to offer real s o l utions to real problems is going to get my vote. As for pollution, I believe it is a real problem and it sure as heck isntt getting any better. Theupsetting thing about it ail is nobody had asked BolWing how he fel t about pollution before I interviewed him. Why ? Bob W ing said he was beg- i n n i n g to think nobody gave a darn anymore! I g i ve a darn and it looks to me like Bob Wing cares as well. And that 's why there's an Ã'.D. P. sign sticking out of my lawn. UNSIGNED LETTERS The " W h i t b y Free Press " has received two letters to the editor in this week's mail wi th no signatures. Although these letters are of int- erest and worthy of the public, it is "Free Press" p ol1 icy not to publish letters subm itted without signatures. If y o u would like a letter t o the edi tor publ i shed with your name witheld, you may do so, but the let- ter must be signed for record pur- poses. THE WHITBY FREE PRESS (Voice ot the County Town) Hometown paper of Whitby, Brooklin, Myrtle & Ashburn Published every Wedriesday in and for the people of Whitby .Offices- 301 Byron St. S. Whitby. Mail- Box 206, Whitby. 668-6111 Publisher - W. Bill' Durkee Editor- Judy Durkee Editorial Staff: J. Ouail Display- Tony Oomen Circulation- Barry Schroeder WHITBY FREE PRESS NOW WEEKLY As of Thursday, October 28th, t h e "Whitby Free Press" will pub- I i s h on ce a week rather than once every two weeks. Management and staff of the "Free -The misa.dventures (the ~<~ Pre ss" w ould I ike to note at this time, their gratitude to advertisers, readers and paper boy carriers for making this move upward possible. of ANIk*<As- séory ýy A4rw 6iCea4-7,