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Dear Editor:

I -am:: appalled by the
arrogance . and apparent
ignorance “of. North Van-
couver. District. officials
when - “discussing the
problems caused local
residents ° by the. land fill
operation. I also strongly
disagree with your article's
(“Down in the Dumps”,
October 25, 1981) _ rather
hopeless “grin and bear it”
conclusion in the matter.

First, it is obvious that the
presence ‘of the land fill
imposes costs upon ‘local
residents which District
Officials apparently ignore
when calculating costs of
garbage disposal. But these
“externalities” are just as

AB: ‘Sun day News, November 8, 1981

economically real as_ the
cash out-of-pocket costs of
operating the land fill itself.
Further, the amounts in-
volved can be estimated
pretty easily by comparing
the market values of affected
properties with otherwise
similar properties in the
Westlynn area.

z The second issue is the
legal right to compensation.
There is a long history under
common law of court or-
dered compensation when a

‘person's property rights are

infringed upon by the ac-
tions of another. In this case,
it is quite clear that the
illegal operation of the
present dump (failing to bury
garbage daily as required by

strong

the pollution permit) and
planned expansion of the
dump site both violate
homeowners’ existing
property rights to unpolluted
air, lack of vermin, and
pleasant views.

Therefore, residents
affected by this nuisance
should organize and take
political steps so that the full
costs of the land fill
operation are made clear to
District officials. Hopefully,
the District will be motivated
to improve sloppy operating
practices and rethink -its
expansion of the site. If not,
residents appear to have a
case for com-
pensation for damages.

Referendum is confusing

OPEN LETTER TO
MAYORS BELL AND
LOUCKS

In regard to the up-
coming vote om .Sunday
shopping on November 2ist.
I understand that _ the
plebiscite will ask the voter
to answer two questions.

1. Are you in favour of
adding home improvement
centres and garden shops to
the list of outlets already
open on.Sundays?

2. Are you in favour of
wide open Sundays?

I believe that the average
voter will answer “Yes” to
the first question and “No” to
the second question, as he
will think that of the two
choices, question one is the
most acceptable.

I believe that in order to
get a fair and an unbiased
fecling on this matter from
the voters at large, a third
choice should be added:

3. Are you in favour of
leaving the Sunday by-laws
exactly as they have been

during the past nine months?

The wording on the
plebiscite as it now stands is
confusing. You cag rest
assured that if it is* not
changed, it will result in the
addition of home _ im-
provement and _ garden
centres being added to the
outlets allowed to remain
open on Sundays.

Perhaps that is exactly

what you want to have
happen and we will soon be
like the United States where
Sundays have less meaning. I
for one do not wish to work
on Sundays at the expense of
my family.

Your comments would be
appreciated.

R.J. Bishop
West Vancouver

Cabins beat highrises

Dear Editor:
To Alderman Don Lan-
skail who so earnestly

wishes, by any means in his
power to get rid of these very
picturesque log cabins on
Hollyburn Ridge, I find it
very difficult to reconcile
your recent action of voting
for yet another high rise
directly bordering our sea
front.

Like many others I much
prefer the quaint log cabins

Diamond Rings

Signet Rings

set in an appropriate
mountain scenery to this

- proliferation of seventeen

storey slabs of concrete
placed permanently on our
beautiful sea front.

1, along with many
thousands of West Van-
couver residents, wish all
our council members would
get this situation changed.

A.H. Thorndycraft
West Vancouver

House of Gkrarrs

Park Royal-South Mall =—s_w

Incredibly, in some of the
statements quoted in your
article, the Mayor and other
Officials practically admit
their liability. But their
promise -of a “recreational
paradise” 25 years from now
is totally empty. The
discounted value of this
“paradise” at current rates of
interest is zero!

In -conclusion, there is
absolutely no justification
for asking a relatively small

group of property owners to

personally bear serious
uncompensated externality
costs so that the rest of the
North Shore can enjoy
cheap garbage disposal. As a
home owner on Hoskins
Road who has sometimes

sniffed the odor of illegal .
rottifig garbage, I would be

pleased to assist other

residents as expert witness or
in another capacity to obtain
a satisfactory solution to this

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