Carpet & Lino Roll Ends Clearance cient 1,000's to June 30, 94 choose from ‘Ted’s tele-democracy event panned by NV constituent Dear Kditors A gtlossy flyer advertising u “ref: crema an extreise fn tele- democracy” arrived in homes in Mr. Ted White's riding recemtly, MPs have used their franking privi- loges tit keep voters informed for a Jong Cane, but eirely have they had the duduelty to send out suet at atis- leading publication, That the selfestyled watehdog of public spending should use public honey to produce and distribute it is even more annoying. That he should tise the voters’ Vist ta prepare PIN gumbers for lis private se (UL our expense!) is alarming, His use af the word “reteren- dum" is not only ingorreet, but clearly a deliberate attempt te mis: lend, To try to disguise a garden vari- ety opinion poll as a quasi- Amerivan-style initiative does Mr, White no eredit. This is nota referendum, It's a trendy marketing ean paige complete with piisleading buzawords, designed fo get atten: linn, while making suckers pay for it, Evenas polls go, this one has no validity. Beeatse the respondents self-select an the basis of willing. Hess Cor ability) to spend money on weall toa 900 umber, this will skew the rests, is any reputable: pollster could tell yout. “Tele-demoeragy” hus an wntor (unite ring toi fe sotnds a bit toa much like “telemarketing” which most Of us find more bane than boon. Our neophytes member will ike vasavers to three loaded questions amd use the results to prepare anew Young Offenders’ Bill, he says. How jolly! Private member's bills, as he well knows, rarely get past first reading, so whit he has in mind is getting lots of publicity by: grand- standing on a liw-and-order issue. More ways to cut government waste Dear Editor: in common with most other lev- cls and areas of government. the District of North Vancouver is looking for ways to climinate wasteful expenditures, Well, | have two places where expenditures could be reduced. The first is to cancel all public hearings. The second is to commission tio further consultancies. Public hearings are a complete waste of money. They are designed to give the illusion of listening to what the tax- payers want, After that, council's staff makes recommendations which reflect only the staffs prede- termined ideas, Most councillors then debate the issue and vote on it as if the public hearing had never been held. What is there to be gained from continu- ing with such a farce? Much the same can be suid about reports from consultants. These are intended to confirm the opinions that councillors and staff already hold. [f these might be unpopular, some at least of the opprobrium can be stoughed off onto the consultant. If the opinions are such as to gain brownie points then the con- sultant can be upstaged. Why not save the money —— at least until after the next civie elec- tions? LF. Trigg North Vancouver A touch of Latin logic Dear Editor: Last night | was visited by an old friend. He was my old Jesuit Latin teacher, and he was giving me a lesson in logic. I still remember him looking down on me and saying: “Quebec can separate from Canada without Canada's permission; the Indians can separate from Quebec without Quebee’s permission,” and then he leered at me with that evil old grin I remember so well and said: “And therefore the Indians can separate from Canada without Canada's per- mission. “So does that mean the Quebec Indians can form their. own sover- eign nation in Ungava and can the Squamish form their own sovereign nation on the North Shore and open a Casino strip from Ambleside to Deep Cove and give it that historic old Indian name Macao?” And all can remember is that evil old grin. . Bob Hartman North Vancouver OAT SMART. BOATING AND BOOZING DON'T MIX. a cas abe, Canadian Safe Boating Council Alb gain. ne pain. Never anid that the Minister of Justive las already: saued that revi- sivas to the present aee are in the warks, Never mind that he eotld con- tribute to the debate on that bill or even, heaven help us, propose wnendments to it! How old-fashioned, baw boring and what medi covers would he per outof that? How naive dogs he think voters inthis viding are’? Underestinniting our intelligence can prove a costly error ia judg. men so au underestimalinge bis Fellow partiamentarians. If he parades his “tele-referen- dun” results in support of a redan- dant bill in the Conmons, he should be, and probably will he. “tle-demoneratioally” tiughed out of the House. Adeline B, Witson North Vancouver | Conveniently located in Lynn Valley Centre next to food Court NORTH SHORE SPAS 1199 Lynn Vailey Rd. 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