The Huron Expositor, 1976-08-05, Page 11Lenart are apOracialaribv Sub Trotter, Eldale N382C7
Regional Government ? tread softly
job and I, for one, hated to see many of them go the way
of all flesh.
Regi6nal governments wherever they have been formed
have brOught with them another layer of bureaucracy,
another barrier between the, ratepayers and the politicians.
In too many instances, the officials have become high-paid
emperors of paper kingdoms with lieutenants, .clerks,
secretaries and first assisthnts to the third assistants in
'charge of-cleaning out spittoons,
In the shuffle, the personal contact that was evident in
smaller councils has been lost
Rural reeves, deputies and councillors — and the clerks
and road superintendents, too —'took ail ratepayers' prob-
lems personally. The problem of a flooded manureyard
caused by a road widening project was handled by that
rural council.
In a regional government, some picayune pOlitical ap-
pointee comes between ,the farmer ,and council. The per-
sonal touch 'is lost. •
That's why it was refreshing to hear that Grey and
Bruce councils, two of ' the best beef-producing counties
in this province, are making haste slowly' in suggested
changes to their .ceunty .councils. All kinds of ideas have
.been suggested such as cutting the number of municipali-
ties drastically and haVing fewer members of county
council.
My advice for what it's worth and my wife will tell
you it isn't worth a pound of poWdered milk — is for those
rural people in any area of this province to tread softly
and slowly before making any moves to changing the struc-
ture of county councils. ,
It may sound like hearsay but I like rural councils
the' way they are L. or were in some cases where the
changes have already been made. -I enjoyed the, personal
touch. I liked the manner in which every dollar spent
was a dollar earned and the people doing the spending
were elected council members, not an army of degreed
'paper-pushers, most' of whom have never been in a barn-
yard and wouldn't know a Holstein from a Hereford. .
Hang onto what you've got out there, my friends.
Allow the changes only when you are sure the rural
municipalities are going to get a fair shake.
Producers
pick pork
hostess
The Huron County Pork Pro-
ducers Association will hold their
Annual Pork Bar-B-Q and Pork
Hostess Contest in the Seaforth
arena on Thursday, August 26.
This event always draws large
crowds and this year is expected
, to be no exception. Last year
hundreds had to be turned back.
It is advisable to purchase your
tickets early as only 1300 tickets
will be available from the
directors:'
The Pork Hostess is expanded
this year to include married girls.
The contestants must be between
the ages of 18 and 35 years in
June 1977, when they will repte-
sent Huron County at the Ontario
Pdrk Congress. Bainton's Old
Mill has once more, donated the
first prize in the form of a
beautiful pigskin jacket. Last
year's winner, Miss Cathy Madill
of Blyth, will do the honours of
crowning the new 1976 Pork
Hostess. Any lady eligible can
obtain an entry form from the
directors of the Pork Producers
Association.
approach.
However, it was the general
conseesus of the meeting,that the
(tax reform -proposals were not
' specific enough and left to many
questions unanswered.
"There simply isn't enough
information in the report from the
province," summed up a farmer.
The Federation also opposed
the taxation of churches and other
institutions as proposed by the
provincial government. The brief
'claims that the taxation' of
churches could lead to some
closing and that this "could result
in higher , cost to the taxpayer
through an increase in vandalism
and other delinquencies."
agriculture
this year
Diploma education in agricul-
food began in Ontario in
f904. Since their the total number
of graduates has swelled to more
than 9,000.
Mr. Newman said although 75
'per cent of the graduates are from
courses focusing on the primary
agricultural producer, a wider
range of programs is available to
students, all of which "contribute
,to out diversified fddcl production
industry."
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H11811 Dig aline,•
Rural municipalities in some areas of this province
fell for the ballyhoo. of regional government during the
1960s and '70s. ,
Close to a dozen county councils bowed to the pressure
including Carleton, Welland, Lincoln, Wentworth, Water-
loo, Peel and Halton. These regional governments, it was
said, would solve all kinds of problems including road jur-
isdiction, health and welfare, parks and recreation and
you-namerit.
In the areas where regional government took over, the
small municipalities, in many cases, were amalgamated. •
The rural townships were thrown in with towns and the
police villages disappeared.
At the, time, this corner favored the idea. Regional gov-
ernment sounded like the obviouS answer to some perplex-
ing municipal problems. .
As a young reporter, I covered county councils in Peter-
borough, Victoria, Oxford, Wellington and Waterloo: At
that time, many county councils were inefficient. I can
recall coming to a county council meeting at the scheduled
time of 10 a.m. and waiting an hour and a half for the
warden to begin proceedings. The meeting lasted 20 min-
utes: Council adjourned for a liquid lunch. By 3 p.th, less
than a quorum of members was available and the clerk
searched ante-rooms and offices to get the necessary
number. In another '20 minutes, half of the quorum was
sound asleep after their liquid lunch.
Business was done by half a dozen members and the
sleepyheads were roused out of their stupor only to vote.
This is not to suggest that all county councils were — or
are — in the same bracket. Many kept ,the dignity nec-
essary and did the taxpayers' business properly. But
many didn't.
Regional government seemed to be a good answer.
Personally, I do not think it has been a good answer in
most areas,
Township councils got their work done properly. Mem- ..
bers spent money as though it were their own — which it
was — and not a penny was wasted. Yes, it was 'irritating
for a reporter to properly cover those meetings.
Members talked of everything under the sun during bus-
iness sessions of council but they did do a conscientious
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be aCrby property tax, 'it said.
fter voting solidly in favour of
the brief, several members quest-
fanned if the government would
even listen to, it.
We'have to submit something
err they won't for sure,'' pointed
out Adrian Vos, Huron County
Federation president.
It was suggested that concern
beer the government paying any
attention to their.euggestions be
, included with the brief, but this
was defeated when several far-
mers-argued that theyshould try
and be as cooperative -with the
government as possible and not
be totally negative in their
10 % more
graduates
Graduates from
Ontario's colleges of agricultUral
technology numbered 420 this
year, a 10 per cent increase over
1975, it has been announced by
Ontario Agriculture and Food
Minister William'Newman.
w.
Mr. Newman said about 200 of
this year's graduates will take up
4
farming as their permanent occu-
pation and the remainder will goo
into agriculture-related business.
McKi Hop
Correspondent "
Mrs. Ed Regele
Sympathy is extended to the
family of the late William J.
Manley who passed away in
Seaforth Community Hospital..
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Regele and Brenda
Glanville were Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Preszcator and Barbara
Glanville of Creditou and Angela
Bernaskie •of Kitchener, Robert
England, Mrs, Elaine Forel and
Robert of Huron Park and "Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil E. Murray of
Exeter. .
The brief opposes the taxation tals are now mainly maintained
of institutions on the basis that frompunicipal taxes-and that if a
schools, universities and floSpi- property tax is levied on these
institutions, it will only mean that
the tax levies of the benefiting
municipalities will have to be
increased.
- "It will be like mOehig money
from the right pocket to the left
with the extra cost of mo
adminisiration,C the brief said.
The Federation says that if
churches and other institutions
have investment or other income,
their income, not their properties,
should be taxed,
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