The Westmount examiner, 27 octobre 2005, jeudi 27 octobre 2005

[" ICSE gl ET CTRL: Canadian Publication no: 1375822 Vol.70, No.40 - Thursday, October 27\u201d 2005 + (514) 484-5610 » 9,800 copies MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME HISTORIAN, AUTHOR ALINE GUBBAY DIES AT 85 Marilynn Vanderstay estmount\u2019s historical voice was Wine last Friday with the passing of Aline Gubbay, who died peacefully at her de Maisonneuve Boulevard apartment surrounded by family and friends.Gubbay, whose popular column \u2018Know Your Westmount\u2019 has appeared in The Examiner for many years, had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.She was 85.\u201cAline Gubbay contributed greatly to Westmount life with her numerous local activities,\u201d said longtime friend and neighbour Stanley Baker.\u201cShe was someone special and will be sadly missed.\u201d In 1994, Gubbay's guest for recognizing and celebrating Westmount's history led her to reviving the Westmount Historical Association and becoming its president and advisor for many years.And it was Gubbay who wrote Westmount\u2019s definitive history, \u2018A View of their Own: The Story of Westmount, published in 1998.\u201cAline Gubbay kept time alive for us through her photographs and writings about Westmount.\u201d said current WHA president Doreen Lindsay.(continued on page 8) We're on the Web! 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Affiliated Real Estate Agent RE/MAX Westmount Inc.Independently owned and operated 933-6781 \u2026.489-3472 ji » VIAJE 3D LIFAU ETE SE 23 FIST TERT No HERTB DIRE SU be + mw w= LOCAL NEWS CANDIDATES, COUNCILLORS AGREE: MUCH WORK AHEAD Martin C.Barry nly about 100 residents were at Victoria Hall last Monday evening to hear Westmount mayoralty and city council candidates explain their reasons for running and discuss the issues prior to the Nov.6 election.Co-organized by The Examiner and the Westmount Municipal Association\u2014and moderated by former mayor May Cutler\u2014the event also gave the public an opportunity to meet and question the seven acclaimed city councillors.Although there was general agreement among all participants on ost issues.everyone at the table acknowledged that the new city council will have a lot on its plate as Westmount prepares to regain its status as a city in the new year.Leading off the evening.Metcalfe Avenue resident Gerald Glass, who is challenging Borough Mayor Karin Marks for the mayoralty.outlined his program.It concentrates on local issues such as easing of parking regulations.the availability of bus shelters and an overabundance of municipal regulations.Glass was much sketchier when dealing with more serious matters.such as the authority of the Montreal Agglomeration Council.\u201cTaxes should be reduced as much as possible.\u201d he said.drawing sporadic applause.Alternating between English and French.Marks explained how she first became involved in Westmount citv politics 11 vears ago.She appealed to voters with a wide-ranging balance of broad and local issues.\u201c1 knew that maintaining the quality of this community continued to motivate me to fight for an equitable sharing of costs and I'm not one to assume that Westmount should be a cash cow for the island.\u201d she said.\u201c1 even get upset when city garbage pails are too full.But now I'll have eight district councillors who will make sure that these things are dealt with.or we'll bring them to council if policy changes need to be made.As a team we will try to make this the most livable city around.\u201d Borough councillor John de Castell.who is running in Ward 8\u2014the only contested council seat\u2014against Redfern Avenue resident Allen Nutik.said.\u201cThis election for Ward 8 is about the style of representation residents want at council and what we.as candidates.are willing and able to bring to the table.\u201d Nutik.a lifelong Westmounter who has run for council several times in the past.explained why he stopped attend- dao Westmount city council meetings 20 ©.ago by saying that former mayor Brian Gallery \u201csaw fit to pass resolutions which made it virtually impossible for me to ask any more questions in city council.\u201d Nutik is running on the basis of representing an opposition view on council.\u201cI suggest it may be my time to serve vour interests on Westmount council.\u201d A046 1189 à Westmount Square, si fe 1.http://www.royallepage.ca westmount1@royallepage.ca In Two mayoral candidates, two council candidates and seven acclaimed councillors met in Victoria Hall on Monday to express their views on the issues faced by a reconstituted City of Westmount he said.Patrick Martin.one of seven council candidates who have already been acclaimed.took issue with allegations Nutik has made over the past few weeks that all the other council candidates have been part of a slate.\u201cWhen several citizens suggested that | run for council.| called the mavor Karin Marks\u2014a verv accessible mavor we have, by the way.for whom | have great admiration to ask her opinion and to see if 1 would up against some kind of slate.\u201d he said.\"She assured me there would be no slate.And while she encouraged me.saying council could benefit from my technical expertise.she also said clearly that if other good people would come forward.she'd encourage them also.So | threw my hat in the ring and after shadow-boxing for three weeks.1 find myself acclaimed.\u201d Long-time city councillor Tom Thompson, also acclaimed.said, \"The roots of democracy are shallow in Quebec, but we have made a momentous effort.In fact.citizens throughout Quebec have made a significant effort.And every citizen in Westmount.except a few, have made a sacrifice to return our city to local democracy.\u201d Guy Charette.who was acclaimed in Ward 3.said he decided to accept an invitation to run because he felt his background in corporate finance could be an asset.Charette, who has been a Westmount resident since 2001.is a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions.Kathleen Duncan.a past president of the Westmount Municipal Association who was acclaimed in Ward 4, said she intends to be a strong voice for her constituents.\u201cBut most importantly, I look forward to working with the best administration on the island of Montreal.\u201d she said.referring to Director General Bruce St.Louis and his staff at City Hall.\"While attention still needs to be focused on the Agglomeration Council and the leadership role Westmount can play.we still have local issues to address.\u201cWe need to be creative in order to just maintain the level of services that Westmount has been so proud of having over the years,\u201d said Duncan.\u201cIn fact, in many areas, like the library, we need to improve our delivery of community services to make sure that they respond to our needs as measured by their use by each of us.\u201d George Bowser, acclaimed in Ward 5, said it was city councils responsibility to see that certain \u201cbasics\u201d were provided to the community \u201cOn the list that l\u2019ve garnered from going knocking on doors, which I also had never done before, there's traffic.\u201d he said.(continued on page 23) REALTOR ACCORDING TO G.M.R.B.STATISTICS ROYAL LEPAGE II \u201cHERITAGE Courtier immobilier agrée Franchise mdependante et autonome de Royal LePage mariasantini@sympatico.ca IN WESTMOUNT 514.939.9927 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