< RAE RAD RTRD EN ON TAR FUMU BURNT ALE AILES BU RTE S LEME Police have thankless task Dear Editor: ; ~ So Shawna Hall (Youth Views, March 24) thinks the police are out violating people's rights. She even goes .so far as to state that as a teenager, she has lots of run-ins with the police. Question: at 21, | have yet to have a single run-in with the police; ~ What are you doing, or suspected of doing; to cause said encounters? . “-.. In regards to the incident after "the party, given what | know about teens in general and teens today, | “* find it-extremely hard to believe «they ‘were acting completely inno- :.-. cent and meek when the police sur- ~~ rounded them. Les: assumed, it’s true for. the basis of the letter. First off, police are people too, und do have occasional bad days, this does show through in their demeanor. Second, from the sounds of things this occurred late at night (why weren’t they at home asleep?); police do and should stop suspicious looking individuals at late hours, Three, they were in the neigh- borhood .of the. house party and drunk teens — heck, sober teens -— have a tendency to vandalize things. Before | get tarred and feathered for that statement, I can list 10 to 20 teens who enjoy bragging about the total number of burglaries and ‘Make most of every dollar Dear Editor: ; 1.wonder if West Vancouver % District ‘45‘school trustee Clive Bird is as cavalier with his own money as , he appears to be with public funds. “His recommendation that the school “board (+ spend “ some $726,192.00 for communications at _ the new Caulfeild school. :-ithout the ; benefit of competitive tenders indi-. “gates to me a complete lack of care : for the public purse. 3 >». oe Surely Mr. Bird and those who vendor has not “mide a mistake” and added a hundred thousand or so? The other very good reason for taking tenders {and selecting the low | bid) is to avoid the suspicion that the selected vendor may have “paid its way” into this plum position by looking | after those making the deci- sion, ..;° Those “who act for the public “must be like Caesar’s wife. . ‘/l’s worrying to think that mem- bers of our school board are not even ‘support him must understand. that “aware of this basic mle. ‘only by obtaining competitive prices,’ can they be‘assured that the’ vendors “are working hard to ‘provide the best. ; for the Icast-money. ©.;; ; Without «the. benefit ‘of other prices how can n they, be sure that their i ein sone «bacteria; chlorine & . * chlorine by pots, “heavy metals, . Sediment, taste, & “odour? .” “Eliminate the need to ~ continually purchase * bottled water? — « Let the specialists at ~ PhiZone Systems Inc. provide you with real - » cost effec ive ‘solutions. 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