Whibystiliatown:unnimous ot Jetters and documents submitted te Council 'on the issue, of whlch'only three were for the change, lnsisted that Councll take the aide of the public. "I urge the members f Counil to respond to the people who put us in office," 'he said. Councilor, Gerry Emm, who earIier ap- peared to be in favour of a change, also agreed with turnlng down the "Vie shouid let the issue rest," he said. Councillor Marcel, Bruneile spoke out strongly against the proposai. "The citizens of our town have an idea,"I he said. "If we- doni't listen to this idea, our necks are on the line. Counclior Ross Bat- ten said that Whitby has been a very 'positive town for the past few -years and should remain that way. Hie aaid he spent miany hours over the past few weeks lstenlng to arguments against the change. "The $3.50 per household increase in taxes (if city statua ac- cepted) couid be apend on somnething more useful or maybe not even spent at ail," waa the,' reaction he generated from many of these letters. Councilor Joe Drum belevesÈ,. "Webysoudb rnany things ln Whltby have to be cleaned up before a ^change to city status is feasible. He mentioned development of Port Whitby, Brooklin and various aanltary sewers as projects that heeded more importance lm- medlataly. He comfpared Whltby te a smail boy aticklng his thwnb in bis suspen- dera and aaying, ,"Iook how big I can get."I like that boy and say Iook how big we could get,"'he said. "1 don't give a tinker's damn if Oshawa's wrltten ln big bold letters ln French and English,"1 he added. Councilor Bugeli ad- ded the disadvantages for outweighed the ad- vantages. 1Mayor Bob Attersley, an earIy supporter of the change, cited Whit- by as second te no other communlty. 13 Ne. 29 Wednesday -July -20, 1983 20 PAGES f~m I. i i Junio r firefighters John Ladouceur (bift) le learnlng how to cut metal from Instructor Mark Wood, a summer employee with the Junior flreflghters program. Watchlng on le Darren Forbes (wflh hose). Other Instructors In the program are LainPrry, Susan Michieli and Anne Jordan. It le the only such flreflghter program n Canada. 20 PAGES - 1