Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 local regional Winnipeg free november 2000 Granger must Parent tells trustees by Carol Sanders for the Sake of the Betty Granger has got to one Parent told Winnipeg school division trustees at a special Board meeting last beseech Betty Granger to step Down from her Rhonda Mccorriston told the Granger did not attend last nights who has a Daugh Ter in a High school special education is also a member of the Abo Council of the division has a Broad Range of Cul Tures and ethnic ties and its schools have a Zero tolerance policy in place for people who dont respect said grangers comments Fly in the face of that she remarks Granger made during a University of Winnipeg political studies class about immigration and an asian which were Cre ated a juror and prompted the trustee to resign As the Canadian Alliance candidate for the Federal Riding Winnipeg South school trustee Mike Babinsky said the Board would be reviewing the videotape and then deciding whether to ask Granger to step we cannot fire he outside the trustee Mario Santos said Hes seen a transcript of the remarks Granger made at u of w but Hast decided whether or not the Board should ask her to he said he wants to hear her Side of the Santos admits he is sensitive about the having immigrated from Portugal 32 years he said Hes been inundated with phone Calls about the Granger with about one in 10 callers telling him to go Back where he came vote to study Rural mergers squeaks by taskforce motion bitterly opposed by some municipal politicians by David Obrien Jeff of or Wink Irto Uffit press Swatski and hts staff face a sparse crowd at Kelvin High school last few attend police forums by Leah Janzen Over the last two Winnipeg chief Jack Swatski has made himself available to hear criticisms and concerns from residents about police and crime in their but while Swatski and members of his executive were on hand at six separate open forums held around tiie City during october and novem the Public Bob Johnson said turnout at each pub Lic forum was frustratingly we had anywhere Between 20 and 85 people at each Johnson adding the meetings wrapped up last night with a forum at Kelvin High id think people would be Rushing to have the Opportunity to discuss situations of concern to them in their there not taking that Johnson said he had hoped to see an average of 250 residents at the the Low turnout is not an indication of Public satisfaction with the police Johnson but rather an expression of Public if you Haven been the victim of a crime its the last thing on your he Johnson said chief Swatski had hoped to receive constructive criticism and feedback from residents to help the police service better meet the needs of but the Lack of interest in the meetings Hast dampened Ewa skis plans to continue meeting with people around the in not frustrated by the he we provide the forum for people to engage members they normally have Access if even one person comes weve been Swatski said turnout at the first round of pub Lic forums held 18 months ago was he said the police service will reevaluate this second round of meetings to determine whether time of year or location May have played a part in the reduced but he said he will continue to offer Public forums to City residents in an Effort to get their feedback and residents who did attend the meetings expressed concerns ranging from traffic prob lems in their area to frustration with prostitution and youth the association of Manitoba municipalities narrowly passed a motion yesterday to study the controversial Issue of merging some of the provinces 201 local govern the motion was tabled at the groups annual Conven Tion by the town of which believes amalgamating Small towns and municipalities makes economic there Are 14 mayors and 74 councillors for the peo ple who live within 35 kilo metres of Minnedosa an extraordinary degree of Polit ical and bureaucratic Terry the towns the area has one Council Lor for every 181 by Winnipeg councillors each represent about Minnedosa is interested in merging with the nearby towns of Odanah and but Drebit said he wants a task Force established to study the complicated the Resolution passed by a vote of 239 to 209 the balance of the delegates were at workshops and despite bitter opposition from some elected the motion Doest recommend it merely suggests that a task Force be established to study the but even that was too much for Many Rural leave it to the people to shouted Tom Camp a councillor with the pm of Albert in Southwest Mani Campbell received a huge round of Jean the nip governments minister of inter governmental said the province had no plans to Force Rural municipalities to the minister said she encourages municipalities to develop partnerships to solve problems and lower and the province is also promoting the development of local planning Friesen said the province will soon unveil its ideas on How to 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