& - Friday, September 18, 1992 ~ North Shore News WHEEL OF Gounmens PAY INGREASG ; } SOOOOO0 O08 SSSSSSOS WELL , I GUESS CLOSING YouR EYES ANB CHANTING "RECESSION BE PAMNED” REALLY WORKED { . BECAUSE. YOUVE HIT “THE Bic ONE! ALL BC. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ARE. ELIGIGLE TO PLAY... NEWS VIEWPOINT City eyesore cil’s call for 2 hearing with the . owner of the long-abandoned build- ‘ing. at the corner of Third Street and ; Lonsdale Avenue is long overdue. . . - The old Sergio’s. restaurant bas sat va- cant at the -strategic city intersection for ..-the past four years. The only changes to the site during that time have beeu the fur- ‘ther deterioration of the building and its increasing defacement by all these who love to. make public statements on private property. It is'a- poor introduction to the city for New: VANCOUVER City Coun- ee anyone. travelling either of the two main - thoroughfares upen. which the restaurant ~. “fronts; it makes an even worse gateway to . | the-Lower Lonsdale area, the subject now ae of much revitalization consideration. North Vancouver City is currently in- viting public input on hew best the Lower and Central Lonsdale areas can be brought back to commercial and social life. ; Improvement of the Sergio’s site would be a great start. The site’s Gwners have argued previously that the city has been unwilling to grant zoning for a nightclub in the area and has thereby rendered the site iess commercially viable. But surely four years is far too long a time for either side in the affair to have waited to take some concrete action. Eyesores ‘give the city, its merchants and residents a collective biackeye. Firm negotiations on options available . to. both sides in the Sergio’s stalemate are needed now. ——"TETTER OF THE DAY Carry out. proper forest inventories first High-tech bid to muzzle Nos in referendum? BRAINWASBHING BY Big Brother is distasteful enough at any time. But to make its victims PAY for being brain- washed as well should be an offence under the. Criminal Code -— with heavy penalties attached. — . Over the next 37 days the multi-million bill to you and me, dear readers, from Mulroney Hygenic Brainwashing Inc. and its provincial franchise will run into eight figures and quite possibly nine. All of it our hard-earned tax dollars. Even worse, however, you may risk dire punishment if you dare openly to set up in competi- tion. Two products are presently be- ing sold to Canadian voters by this costly, high-pressure market- ing blitz: the constitutional deal and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It’s in connection with the latter that the scary truth broke this week. “Old leftwing, crypto-com- munist, anti-free trade, NDP- Liberal con group” was how - senior government advisers . described opponents of the NAF- TA, while planning Tory cam- paign strategy in a supposedly private conference phone call. But badmouthing was the harmless part. The 35-page transcript of the Aug. 26 call -—- leaked to the media — also reveals that the — . Tories intend to feed the names of all NAFTA opponents who publicly attack the agreement into a computer. Trade Minister Michael Wiison mumbles that this is simply in order to help him counter such wayward views with ‘‘the true facts.” . Oh yes? So feel free to sound off — in the prints or on the air — if you happen to be one of the many voters who fear the loss, under NAFTA, of ever more Ca- nadian jobs to $2-an-hour Mex-.’ icans. : a Should you later get an unex- pected call from Revenue Canada to audit your last five tax returns, it will naturally be pure coin- cidence. Right? — Aad if that’s the NAFTA game a plan, won’t the same computer. - ~ come in equally handy for “core, - recting’® public foes of the constitutional deal — where much, much more is at stake? At least the NAFTA is only leg- . : islation. A future government: could always repeat it. But . Mulroney’s Constitution engraves Wright polled. ‘Mulroney Oct. 26 constitutional referendum, is taking no such chances. As wi the NAFTA, Ottawa will go to any lengths to stifle the recordi of ail opinions opposed to its : Thus, simple brainwashing isn’ the only Att we'll pay for in: Sept. 21: Prime Minister. Mutroney arrives to launch his _ constitutional blitz: among the agenda not availabie up to m} : “deadline. Simultaneously, Reform “Party leader Preston Manning will address a 12:30 p.m. crowd inthe new Waterfront Hotel (opposi > the Pan n Pacific) _ call 681-7 Garg and Sued health: criti MLA Le Fox will comfort other. Phoue 926-2951 this: Open’ letter to “David | Schreck, MLA: Asa forester - and citizen, I am appalled. at the large reduction be- ing.made by our new governrient “>to -thé Allowable’ Annual Cuts “(AAC) - in: the “Timber - Supply Areas (TSA). Thousands of people, both di- rectly and ‘indirectly, ‘will be losing their jobs. ‘The communities: and * : government will be losing millions : Peter Speck «Timothy R Renshaw joel Wright .Linda Stewart and millions of dollars in revenue. - Before reducing AACs, the government should carry out pro- per forest inventories.. The data being used to calculate AAC s are based on inventory samples that were collected many years ago. ‘In the past, I have written to the BCFS requesting that they update their mature inventory. I have appeared before the recent ‘Resource Commission stating this Display Advertising 980-0571. Real Estate Advertising 885-6982 Classified Advertising $88-6222 Fax 985-3 Administration 985-2134 _ Newsroom as well. Possibly thers should be some reductions, but lIet’s not make deductions based on outdated data. _ At any rate, if there are deduc- tions they should be phased in over.a period of time, workers and industry can prepare for such reductions. . Ed Mulock North Vancouver “Distribution 986-1997 > Subscriptions 986-1337 Printed on 227 10% recycled newsprint so. that. in stone for all time the most vital -- instruments of government — the . 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