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Letters to the Editor By SUN READERS

RYAN REVOLTING

Re "Workers didn't cause recession" (Sid Ryan, June 25): I just read this column and one line particularly caught my eye. "The mother who needs affordable, high quality, publicly delivered child care is supported by the child care worker on the picket line who wants to deliver just that sort of service." What a typical union con job! They strike because they are greedy ... period! The idea child care workers could use innocent children as bargaining tools in the never-ending attempt by unions to get more money and better benefits for doing less work is absolutely repulsive.

DOUG GRAHAM

(We're not sure how many people Ryan swayed to his side with his argument)

RECYCLING STRIKE

Every time the TV cameras scan the mountains of trash, I can't help but notice 75% of it is recyclable stuff ... boxes that haven't been flattened, paper coffee cups, food containers all of which can be stepped on and flattened. If people separate all cardboard, paper and boxes that can be flattened and stacked we will reduce the needed space by 50% and I'm sure there are people who will actually collect and remove flattened cardboard. The same goes for tins, bottles etc. Why are people complaining and doing nothing to help themselves? Remember when you complain about the stink ... a skunk gets the scent first. Recycle Toronto!

TIM DEVLIN

TORONTO

(Are we so desperate to dump our trash we can't hold on to the paper for a bit?)

ELECTION DISPUTES

We should remember when Mike Harris won his first victory in 1995, the losing side, although not disputing the election, saw fit to launch a massive anti-government protest at Queen's Park. Such protests are not unique to Iran and thus should not be taken as evidence of election impropriety.

HUGH ALLIN

NEWCASTLE

(We don't recall any deaths here)

SOCIAL CONTROL

Re "Angry consumers holding the bag" (June 22): In the debate over the 5 cents charge for plastic bags, which do recycle, Coun. Glenn De Baeremaeker says, "the government is here to protect the public." I believe what he really means is in the minds of the social engineers of Miller's Utopia, that it is in the government's purview to control every aspect of other peoples' lives. What we really need is protection from the De Baeremaekers of the world.

LORNE HAMILTON

ETOBICOKE

(You really think the history of the 21st century is going to be written in ... um ... plastic bags?)

TYPICAL UNION CRY

Re "Worker's didn't cause recession" (Sid Ryan, June 25): I got news for you, Sid, Miller and city council didn't cause the recession either. Neither did the provincial and federal governments. Your typical union cry of "Everyone else 'got' so we should too" is getting very old and stale. Please tell me, how exactly do unions getting what they want, thereby driving up the price of goods and services they "deliver," benefit the rest of us again? You're not kidding anyone, Sid. The unions are in it for themselves and could give a rat's behind about the rest of the working class people. If you really cared, you'd call off the strike.

BRIAN WILLIAMS

OSHAWA

(If everyone gets what the last guy got, who goes first to get less?)

BAD GAMBLE

What a way for David Miller and city council to waste this great opportunity for infrastructure funding from the federal government. Does the mayor think he can bully everyone into doing what he wants? The guidelines for the federal government money are clear. The city should get the money for our decrepit water mains and our roads that have been falling apart for years. I guess these aren't priorities for the tools at City Hall. The taxpayers of Toronto deserve much more. They deserve the jobs that can be created with the federal money. For once I just wish this council would do what is best for us and stop screwing things up.

FOTIOS MITROPOULOS

(It should be noted council is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on pipes and pavement, too ... have you noticed the water bill increases?)