Municipalities ‘sometime i 4 they 4
are the most responsive level of government.
Yet there are occasions when municipal
officials treat individual taxpayers with the
ince as Victoria and Ottawa,
le is the case of James and
ra: Casal rth Vancouver City.
20: it. strip of and, originally part of
Pp ty, had been dedicated years ago
ane. In 1976 the €ity decided it didn't

‘Casanos “subsequently asked for
the return of the land, they were told. the
price would be $10,000. Ald. Frank Marcino
and other council hardliners claim that this
9,999% profit is in accordance with policy
aid. down in the Municipal Act because
(they say) the Casanos never actually owned
the dedicated land anyway.

If that’s so, why did the City have to BUY
tide to the land from the Casanos five years
ago? The 1976 transaction, even for a
nominal one dollar, clearly showed that the
Casanos were then the legal title-holders.
Otherwise there would have been nothing to

uy.

That's the argument of Ald Stella Jo Dean
who is backing the Casano's appeal. To us, it
seems rather a matter of simple logic and
natural justice — denial of which threatens
every property-owner.

No bus for Santa!

Even with next week's fare hikes, West
Van's popular Blue Buses will still be a bar-
gaim compared to UTA transit. But the
timing is something eke. Having waited so
long, who was the Scrooge who decided to
increase fares by 80-100% just eight days
before Christmas, the busiest shopping week
of the year? |
This time Santa really did miss the bus.

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this time the stakes have been inflate to the point

of absurdity.

Consider Finance Minister
Allan MacEachen’s revenue
and expenditure estimates in
the recent budget. In the
fiscal year 1982/83, says
MacEachen, the federal
government will receive an
additional $5.1 billion (more

‘than $485 for every working ©

Canadian), including $3.7
billion from energy and $1.4
billion from so-called tax
reforms.

The budget deficit, on the
other hand, will only drop
$2.8 billion to $10.5 billion.
This means Ottawa will have
an extra $2.3 billion to spend
(the difference between $5.1
billion and $2.8 billion).

The high spending trend,
according to the nonchalant
Finance Minister, will
continue the following year.

In 1983/84, increased
revenue from energy over
1981/82 levels will be $5.8
billion, while tax reform
measures will add another
$2.1 billion, for a total of
$7.9 billion. Meanwhile, the
deficit will only drop $1
billion, leaving a difference
of $6.9 billion for Ottawa to
spend.

This revenue grab might
be reasonable if the federal
government was cutting

HELL HATH NO FURY:
We still haven't discoverd
the lady’s name but the
women's rights movement
and the normally scdate
Bank of Montreal branch at
15th and Lonsdale will never
be quite the same again.

She emerged from the
loans office screaming on a
full 100-decibel level at the
crimson-faced loans
manager as he tried to escort
her to the door. His politely
subdued invitation to
contact him if he could help
in any way was drowned by
her carpiercing accusations
of sexual discrimination.
Business at the tellers
wickets ground to a halt as
the uproar continued, with
the lady's yells that she waa
being victimized because she
was a female rising fo a
crescendo

"Don't you know half the
population is female?” she
shricked at the poor man -
adding at the top of ber lungs
words to the cffect that she
was sick of a society con-
trolled by certain anatomical
sppcndages.

This brought the housc
down Female bank stafl
rose as one woman and gave
her a standing ovation as she
stormed out of the door,
then they sat down again and
quietly resumed their work.

Moral for loans officers:
ocver ask a lady to reveal ber
collatcral |

‘ forced to tighten their belts,

expenditures and holding the

line on some of the p:

that are nef

ordinary taxpayers (indexed

pensions, big salary in-

creases etc.) But it is not.
Instead, consumers are

paying ever-rising prices for
gasoline and heating oil, to
say nothing of the price
increases on household
goods that will occur as a
result of energy cost in-
creases.

And productive
businesses, particularly
those in the small and
medium-sized. category have
been hit hard ‘by the 165
highly tecnhical budget
provisions that purportedly
close loopholes.

‘In fact, what MacEachen
calls tax' reform is simply a
deceptive manoeuvre to gain
more revenue and increase:
government intervention in
the economy.

The Finance Minister is

given the op-'

should be
portunity to let him know
just haw wrong.

The budget should not be
approved without public
hearings before a Commons
Committee where experts

available* ‘to

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from: groups. and association
. are allowed to provide input.

Canadians are worried
about: high . ‘unemployment, -
high interest rates, and high

. inflation.’ But, they're also.

worried about revenue grabs

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

If you're stumped for ideas
about what to give your
favorite person, our local
Timothy E. has come to the
rescue once more with four
special offers catering to
every taste. The first, says
Eaton's Marg Van
Wielingen, is Blackcomb
Mountain all] to oneself and
three ski companions, in-
struction by Namcy Greene
Ralee, plus complete acw
ski wear and cquipment.,
plus an open-air cham-
pagne and caviar brunch
catered by Umberto, plus
luxury weekend = ac-
commodation and dining at

Whistler, together with
limousine and helicopter
transportation.

If that's too strenuous for
your {_p.. bow about a 24
karat gold Pentax teamed
with a luxury seven-day
photography tip to Tokyo
via CP Air. Alternatively, for
your man, you might like to
buy a compicte acw Ralph
Learen of New York war
drobe (cverything from suits
to socks) while cnjoying
three days dining and
dancing in The Big Applic
Or, if you're absolutcly at
your wits’ cnd. they'll opcn
up the catire Pacific Centre
store after boura for fp. to
peck up ten grands worth of
anything bis or her little
beart desires. Limousine ride
ito town, bubbly and dinner
to top off the cvening.
aateralty

Respective price tags are a

competitive $6,000. $15,000,
$10,000 and $11,000. Gifts to
fit all pocketbooks, as they
say...

If, on the other hand,
you'd prefer to give real
blood, take note that there's
a new location for the pre-

Christmas Red Cross blood:

donor clinic in West Van.
For the first time it's being
held at the Rec Centre, 22nd
and Marine Drive. from 2 to
8 p.m., Monday, December
21. Coordinator Florence
Edwards notes that its one
of the most important clinics
of the year, vital for
maintaining adcquate blood
supplica over the holiday
period...

lt was a sad but proud
moment Tucsday for Steven,
18, Erte, 16, and Kevin, 11,
at the West Van Chamber of
Commerce mecting when
former mayor Peter Jones
passed to them the Citizen of
the Year citation awarded
posthumously this year to
their late mother, Aan
(Arnott) Dickson, who dicd
last summer. An imaginative
and richly desorved tribute
to an outstanding lady. .

CAROLSEL: Deep Cove's
MQ ami Margie Goodman
aro) «6getting «everything
shipshape for the fifth an-
qual ndian Arm carol
cruises, with thelr
“Goodship” again itcading
the paradc of boats from the

and growth in government.
It's time to call a halt.

(W.-Roger Worth is a feature
writer. for the Canadian

‘Federation of Independenr

Business.)

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Cove Dec. 21, 22, 26, 27 and
28 -- call 929-1647 for details
of these fun family evenings
afloat... Irrepressible Frank
Baker, celebrating Yuletide
by renovating his West Van
Attic Restaurant and tripling
its seating capacity, is
holding a public contest to
find a new name-for the joint
-- the prize, a “super cruise”
on Frank's yacht... Friend in
need is secretary manager
Don McKay of the North
Van Legion whose Christmas
card bears this thoughtful
message: “If you feel you
may have overindulged, call
a taxi, take a bus or ask a
ftiend to drive you home.
The management, bar staff
or door attendants will assist
you”... West Van's chicf
librarian Don Mills got his
best Christmas gift carly this
year. Last week he was
named City Librarian of his
native Winnipeg which
boasts the second largest
library in Canada... And
N.Van District Mayor Don
Be wants to make it clear
that his new chain of officc.
presented last week by
Immanm, is solid silver
(not sterling as earlier
reported) with 18 karat gold
braid.
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WRIGHT OR WRONG:
What the world needs now ts
a computer that can figure
out all the things in life that
don't add up.
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