Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1996 a5 Tim Rudolph time to talk Rollback support begins to Wane by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter at least one of the 10 councillors who voted in favor of rolling Back civic employee wages says its time to abandon the Shirley Timm Rudolph Transcona said Shes written a letter to pre Mier Gary Filmon asking that her name be withdrawn from the list of councillors supporting the request for legislation enabling the City to Roll Back employee and sources at City Hall say support for the controversial initiative is particularly in the Wake of the last weeks unfavourable ruling on the proposal by the Manitoba labor one source said a formal motion from one of the 10 councillors who first sup ported the Rollback could go before Council today asking the province to throw out the Rollback no councillor contacted yesterday could confirm the Tim Rudolph said the ease with which senior administrators solved the unexpected million assessment shortfall by raid ing Reserve accounts is proof that administrators did not make a genuine Effort to pro Duce a tax their Only solution was to Cut services or Lay off we went for the wage Roll Back because we believed it was the Only Timm Rudolph there Are More people on Council now who dont believe that Tim Rudolph said she would support a plan that would rescind the request to the adding the City should find the million the savings this year if All employee wages were rolled Back two per cent by going Back to the that would give us some time to talk with the unions and give them a Chance to see what they can she Treyve said there prepared to talk but not while this Rollback request is hanging lets give them this Council is expected to approve the 1996 operating budget which includes a tax freeze for All property the budget must be forwarded to the province by the end of the Tim Rudolph said she informed mayor Susan Thompson of her decision adding the mayor had no Thompson could not be reached for Filmon has already said he Doest want to get involved in the cites dispute with its Union and Urban affairs minister Jack Reimer said the province May not decide on the Issue until october or Tim Rudolph said the mayor is under growing pressure from councillors to abandon the Bill Clement Charleswood said Hes not aware of any motion to rescind the adding he support Andy president of local 867 United fire fighters of said he was in negotiations with the City yesterday and there was no mention the Rollback request would be Amaro Silva Daniel who voted in favor of the said none of us is Happy with the Way the whole Issue has i attacks tied to serial mugger by Doug Nairne police reporter police believe the serial mugger who has targeted older men in Winnipeg is responsible for a weekend attack in staff Gary White said investigators believe the mugger who had already hit 15 people was the Man who beat a 62yearold Man in the laundry room of the towers of Polo Park at 666 James John Hample was sitting alone Reading and smoking around 2 on saturday when he was struck several times on the head and knocked he was attacked from hit repeatedly Over the head and robbed of his just like the White it appears that this is the same if it this is the farthest he has branched away from the downtown Hample was found in a Pool of blood by the building he was taken to Misericordia general Hospital and treated for cuts to his head and serious he reported having his Wallet and approximately yes neither Hample nor the caretaker would speak to a the mugger also struck another elderly couple on beating a 74yearold Man and his 70yearold wife in the Bayview apartments on Colony the latest incidents bring the total numbers of victims in the virtually identical assaults to 16 since the first attacks began in police Are unsure How Many More attacks the Man is responsible for but admit the total could be even Tom Legge said there were 88 muggings in Winnipeg during february and investigators Are going Back Over the cases to look for similarities to the serial he said the poor descriptions Given by some of the victims makes linking the crimes difficult in some the mugger stalks Lone victims in isolated areas most of them male seniors and beats them unconscious before taking their the victims often never even see who hit police Hope a composite sketch put together from witnesses to the attacks will help them identify the generate a lot of phone whether it be from the liquor store manager that sees the Guy coming in every or a Man Ager from the hotel the Guy is Liv ing or Legge the suspect is described As 30 to 40 years about 60 with a heavy build and a Beer in some cases he was seen As clean shaven and in others he has a thin Mous in the latest attacks he was Wear ing a Black Ball Cap with a White and Black Crest about the size of a Quarter on he wore a Black cloth jacket with red and Black dark pants and Black runners with thick youths accused of trespass caught on Airport Field staff it took the combined efforts of two police forces but a group of youths were finally arrested monday night for stealing a car and running amok around the air military spokesman Neil Kinley said a military police offi cer from 17 Wing saw a vehicle with a smashed window in the area of the base housing around 11 the vehicle had been stolen from the Garden City mall area earlier that when the officer tried to pull the car the youths sped eventually abandoning the vehicle in the area of Saskatchewan Avenue around Manitoba and Why Tewold the suspects hopped Over the Fence surround ing the Airport and ran out onto the ramp responded to the scene with the Aid of Tower person tracked the youths Kinley said the Sno Clearing lights on the Field were turned lighting up the trespassers like Deer caught in the four 17yearold males Are charged with trespassing under the Federal aviation one of the youths is also charged with Auto theft and was arrested on two out standing pedestrian killed a 59yearold Man is dead after being struck by a police say Ronald Edward Moller of Hargrave Street was crossing Donald Street at Hargrave place at monday when he was struck by a southbound car driven by a 22yearold Moller was taken to health sciences Centre in unstable condition and died Early yesterday morning from his police Are investigating the Thompson sets taxes Thompson mayor Bill Comaskey said that through Tough decision and Good management the Thompson City Council contained the cites Levy increase to this translates into a per cent increase in City taxes for the mayor noted that the budget contains no Cut in services to local and there will be no Lay offs of full time he said the initial budget pack age for operating and capital costs showed with close monitoring and Pri Drizing cuts were made and a final net capital budget came in at said two High Cost which were including construction of a new roof on the Public works building and installation of water and sewer services to a new sub Al Macclennan commented nobody likes paying More but from what in hearing they know that you have to pay the Piper on an average Home valued at total taxes including school levies will be hiked to an increase of per commercial tax on prop erty valued at million will increase by per cent to the budget was tabled monday and passed its first 96 Odyssey leadership month 48 month lease lease interest rate features include dual airbags double Wishbone suspension child proof rear door locks Side door Impact beams Antilock braking system Power windows locks air conditioning tilt steering rear seat automatic transmission stereo cassette and More limited time offer factory financing and Zero Down payment plans also built without w r s ital Lorte k Linama to s 1 h i Amnun Kua 1kr 5 s2w36 Lor 1 Puiul 0 s Fawn War nov amen i i t n t s18 Loul Mcm f Diw p11mn Mew plan also pm Iluma pm pm y h i ;