Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a11 Viviin mix in commit 2000 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be edited letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email smoke free bylaw stocking stuffer As Winnipeg enters this festive i would like to suggest a stocking stuffer that our hardworking mayor can give to the boys and girls of Winnipeg one gift certificate redeemable for a smoke free environment bylaw in of the mayor cannot accomplish this he needs the support of at least eight Good elves from the City Council Leav ing the trinches i urge the mayor and Council to act progressively and give the children of Winnipeg their Best gift Shayne Taback Winnipeg flood Protection a no brainer we continue to see posturing by self proclaimed experts who cant even admit publicly that we Are going to have a problem with High water this coming let alone make a Deci Sion on what Steps to take in prepare the big decision to enlarge the capacity of a system we already have available to us is a but the experts like to get lots of mileage and press out of prolonging the decision mainly because they Are afraid to make step one remove the mud plug from the flood Way Inlet and not Widen the step two put the federally owned dredges into action and remove the decades of built up Silt deposits in the red River both North and South of the flood Way control annual dredging of the red River was a common occurrence years step three put All the Money you saved on flood damage in the Ron Chatfield East Paul Giffor Jones comments ludicrous i have read your most recent article by Giffor Jones regarding and behaviour prob lems in the i certainly object to his comments suggesting that this is a new condition invented to get kids under he obviously Doest know much about the nor has he had to Deal directly with these children or their parents in the real his suggestions that these kids be strapped into or run around the schoolyard a few More times Are just for one not All children with add or add Are behaviour prob Lem Many Are very but there Are also Many who Are just very inattentive and cannot Many Are there have always been even in the Good old Many of them just quietly dropped out of school at Grade 5 or often without having Learned to this column and his own opinion at judgmental View Are very harmful for children and their parents who Are seeking to suggest that the parents Are misfits is extremely parents need unto Date information regarding the specific testing and criteria for newest research on the neurological benefits and Side effects without strongly moralistic views being presented under the Guise of medical his column Only serves to further Label them As prob Lem theres already enough Stig some suggestions on taxes put meter Revenue into transit what we need is a tax on parking spaces r j bows free press archives readers have plenty to say about what the City should to with taxes it parking meters and How to get More people Riding the editorial downtown free is Only partially if parking costs Are increased with no better Access to Public Tran the result will Only be As the editorial Sug a further exodus of business to suburban shopping unless the additional costs of Park ing Are directed into the Public Tran sit there will be no what we More than a limit on parking is a tax on parking places dedicated to improving the Public transit system and to keeping fares this which could be relatively should be levied on All parking including those in suburban an exception should be made for parking spots that Are set aside for Park and ride for transit this would help to even the playing Field Between City Centre and suburb would give the transit system the dollars it needs to extend the service without placing an additional Burden on property Carolyn Garlich Winnipeg City Council playing word games two items in the 6 Winnipeg free press appear to reflect the con fusion in purpose of City the first relates to the discussion of increasing both the use and the Cost associated parking meters in the As Well As the cites Park the obvious conflict in purpose Between trying to attract More people to the downtown area and charging them More to Park downtown counter product the second item relates to Grid lock on Empress i recently made the mistake of travelling in this area at lunch hour Only to find myself unable to exit a parking lot facing on to the observation since the area is classified As com those who have constructed the big Box outlets that cause the gridlock will not have to contribute to the improvement of the Street system needed to Correct the problems that they have created is City Council is playing word games by on the one hand calling for More downtown development at the same supporting the dispersal of commercial activities out of the they add insult to injury having discovered that new costs have been created by such the City must then impose greater restrictions on Park ing raise More Revenue from those parking restrictions and seek to generate Revenue from previously untouched such As our such poverty of such Lack of Frank Price Winnipeg one hand the other takes while mayor Glen Murray is trying to lower taxes by another two per councillors have been searching for ways to retrieve this Money from the Public by new novel tax grabs charging for garbage collection by the without such Council seems divided As to whether they could vote for the two percent tax being Able to achieve this proposed reduction Only by imposing other taxes will make it difficult for our mayor to make new promises when the next election Date the Public will not buy this Winnipeg righting complaints on taxes tiresome it is becoming very tiresome to read the criticism of Winnipeg property tax rates by righting groups like the taxpayers the City has attempted everything to keep taxes Down and maintain ser vices since Glen Murray was elected the taxpayers association would like to see taxes lowered by privatizing services so that wages to civil which Are already among the lowest in could be lowered further and Many services could be on a use pay basis causing even higher costs for the the association conveniently for that school portion of the tax is higher than in most cities because for 11 years the Filmon government transferred costs to local school tax payers to balance its Joeseal Winnipeg a out there Manitoban deserve better than his sensationalist opinion ated the fact that he also objects to treating depression says it Racett Leneveu Andrews Murray in wrong party the new Leader of the provincial con has suggested that those who failed to gain approval for a Casino in heading Ley should be compensated for their losses by the provincial i thought that the essence of conservative entre pre legislation needed to permit euthanasia i have just finished Reading your wheres the mercy in the killing and i have to ask you one question have you Ever watched someone who is important in your life die a drawn out death when All they really wanted was to relieve their perceived Burden on their loved ones except they taught to believe that suicide was a cowards Way my answer to that question is i i was a 15yearold girl whose life was when the doctor delivered the news that my father was going to regardless of their within two my father died one month before my High school i would have liked to enjoy Ray teenage years in Blissful ignorance like Many others but you see i kept waiting for the grim reaper to my father was never a Bur we looked after him for two years and Jet him know that he was loved throughout All of but having had to live with the emotion Al scars and the depression suffered after my father never want to put anyone i love through i believe in honesty and try to be honest with my if i were Ever to be diagnosed with a Termi Nal i would Tell my children so we could enjoy the time spent and when my body started to deter we would discuss this alter i would take courageous to prevent my children having to face the anguish and of this cruel i believe that if there were Legisla Tion outlining the times when euthanasia would be Legal with a patients with committees set up to evaluate each Case euthanasia were to we would not have any Kevorkian cases in in i would like to also ask have you Ever had Apet who was involved in an or diagnosed with a terminal illness and put that pet to sleep to ease its suffering Why is it that we Are Kinder to our pets than to our fellow human beings Winnipeg Neu ship was to take some with the Prospect of and not to ask for government perhaps you joined the wrong Alf Brooks Winnipeg to advertising needs watching i think somebody should be watching the Content of television adverts More i have just sent an email to Microsoft complaining of their disgusting attitude shown in the new wherein children show a Complete Lack of respect for their i am surely not the Only person who was brought up with manners and respect for members of the clergy above parents and family Many children today Are being influenced in a bad Way by advertisements such As Chris Downing Winnipeg Fontaine problems Are saddening every time i see More news about the problems facing the Virginia Fontaine memorial treatment Centre it saddens me More and i wonder just what Virginia Fontaine would think about All that is going on and if she would continue to want her name affiliated with Carole Batycki Winnipeg forgive one but not the other in recent weeks we have seen two examples of How unfortunate choices of words Are dealt with by both the author and those in the first the Public flog Ging of Winnipeg one school division Betty continues with no end in no no matter How sincere or often and no act of contrition is solemn enough to satisfy the forces of political Correct Ness and self righteousness that Are present on the at the University of Winnipeg and among certain Community save for no school Board colleague has spoken up in sup port of is in the second the apology for a crude sexist locker room remark made by an associate producer with the Csc is accepted in True Christian is with the Hope that he will not lose his As for those who take perverse Delight in the misfortunes of is forgiveness is not in their even at this time of de Braun Winnipeg municipal reporter from another planet what planet did your municipal affairs reporter Bruce Owen beam in from in mayor refuses to slash free dec Owen tries to manufacture a scandal the mayors office had the Gall to spend almost of tax payers Money supporting various local nonprofit and arts groups this apparently the mayor understands that Community groups contribute to our Overall Quality of life and make our City a better place in which to live and As to its being taxpayers lets ask what Owen utterly neglects to mention what interest could Winnipeg taxpayers possibly have in supporting Ethan cultural an intercity Job training or a joint Busi forum on How to address the social problems in Winnipeg Warren Dow Winnipeg doonesbury having to win me popular Oong Filee any pfc ;