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5 Carr to run for Region chair Install * January 1, 2010 Friday, Press, Independent & Free By TIM FORAN mer chair Joyce Savoline. But that doesn’t Metroland Media Group mean Carr and his team have been tight- Today! LAST 21 DAYS ! wads. In fact, it’s the opposite. Halton regional chair and former mi- The Region’s overall budget has jumped REPLACE YOUR OLD FURNACE WITH A nor pro hockey player Gary Carr passed to $1.1 billion in 2010 from $759 million on something last week he was told by in 2006, with the municipality buoyed by HIGH EFFICIENCY GAS FURNACE George Armstrong in 1975, when Carr was more property tax dollars coming in from a teenage goalie being coached by the for- the industries, businesses and residents lo- WITH ENERGY SAVING MOTOR FOR mer Maple Leaf captain on the Memorial cating in Halton over the past few years. $ Cup-winning Marlboros. However, the percentage of the budget AS LOW AS 1,243 (AFTER REBATE) GST INCLUDED* “He said, ‘You’re only as good as your coming from property taxes and money OR last game’,” recalled Carr. paid by residents and businesses *HRTC Carr is now hoping his last on water bills has dropped to 42 REPLACE YOUR OLD FURNACE AND game, last Wednesday’s council per cent from 50 per cent over Up To $1350 session, during which he and the the same time period. AIR CONDITIONER FOR Rebate council he leads approved a 2010 So who’s picking up the slack, $ Ends Soon! budget with a tax and water rate if not local taxpayers? The two AS LOW AS 3,418 (AFTER REBATE) freeze, as well as an update to the groups Carr has harangued for municipality’s Offi cial Plan, is money since arriving at region- GST INCLUDED* good enough to take to the cam- al headquarters— developers • DON’T PAY TILL 2010 * paign trail next year. and the upper levels of govern- ** “I will be running in the next GARY ment are major contributors to • 10 YEAR PARTS WARRANTY municipal election for regional CARR the Region’s coffers. chair,” Carr confi rmed. To Carr, growth is growth • LIFETIME HEAT EXCHANGER WARRANTY After years of serving in pro- and somebody’s got to pay for it vincial and federal politics, which are the besides taxpayers. DON’T PAY ‘TIL subject of a book he is in the midst of writ- “We have fi nally got it to where growth ing, Carr said he has thus far enjoyed im- MAY 2010!! 43 is paying for itself,” he said. 1967 years 2009 mensely the three years he has completed That attitude isn’t shared by all his col- in his fi rst term as a municipal politician leagues however. *Limited Time Offer. **OAC and hopes to be able to continue in his role Halton Hills Regional Councillor Jane FULL PARTS following this October’s election. 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He also pointed to the success of Hal- Carr, however, has sometimes assert- ton’s recycling initiatives— the introduc- ed his primus inter pares— fi rst among tion of the Green Cart program has im- equals— status on council and used public proved landfi ll diversion to 60 per cent email campaigns as a way to gather sup- HARD TIMES • GOODTIMES •HOLIDAY TIMES • ANY TIME from 40 per cent. port through council. And he said the introduction of a new During a particularly heated council Natural Heritage System designation in session this past summer, when Mat- YOU CAN HELP KIDS WITH DISABILITIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY the regional Offi cial Plan will protect the tamy Homes bused in hundreds of con- TO BE ALL THEY CAN BE environment and agriculture. struction workers from across the GTA However, he didn’t deny fi scal responsi- to council chambers to protest an extra ••• bility would be one of the things he’ll voice $8,000 charge, Carr came prepared for the as a success to voters. fi ght. He plopped down thousands of pa- To donate to ErinoakKids call 905-491-4437 “I think it’s very important,” Carr said. pers onto the chamber desks, and printed Tofindoutmore about us: www.erinoakkids.ca “It’s really a team effort,” he added, credit- emails from constituents backing his po- ing staff and council for supporting what sition in favour of the charge, he told his he feels is part of his mandate. council colleagues. Over the past four budgets includ- “I’m elected by the people, not by coun- ing 2010, that team has effectively cut in cil,” he said. “As the chair, I take the lead. Reg. 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