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Crist challenges policy of
an ‘ingrained bureaucracy’

Dear Editor:

I would like to express my
appreciation to al! the
organizations and individuals
who have indicated their sup-
port in upholding my basic
democratic rights as an elected
official on North Vancouver
District Council and conveyed
their concerns to Mayor Mur-
ray Dykeman, council, and tc
me personally.

In what can only be termed
as anti-democratic an¢
frivolous, the council initiated
a policy which, if allowed to
stand, will put severe restric-
tions on any elected official.

Under this policy, a member
of council wishing to attend a
council committee to receive
first-hand information to
enhance his understanding and
to carry out his obligations to

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the voters, will first have to ask
the alderman who is chairing
that committee for permission
to attend.

This is something new on
district council. The policy was
initiated by the mayor. Unfor-
tunately, it was supported by
the other members of council!
and is, a1 least partially, the
result of their ignorance as to
the basic tenets of civic
democracy.

And, although council as a
result of public pressure has
made changes to the original
draft, the policy, even with the
revisions, is still basically flaw-
ed and must be rescinded in its
entirety.

The point is that an alder-
man is still basically dependent
on the goodwill of another pol-
itician, i.e. another member of

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council, as opposed to the
public who has elected him.

Again my sincere thanks to
all individuals and organiza-
tions -- community, business
and labor, for their support,
but I still need your help. I
urge you to continue to press
district council to remove this
ill-conceived policy. I would
appreciate receiving a copy of
any letter you write to the
mayor and council.

This effort is not for my
benefit alone but for all those
who, at one time or another, in
the interests of the public
good, will have to challenge
political incompetence or in-
grained bureaucracy.

Ernie Crist
Alderman
District of North Vancouver

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