6 - Sunday, September 6, 1992 - North Shore News ... AND WHEN THE ANNOUNCER SAID ITLL COST THE TAXPAYERS ALMOST 80 MILLION DOLLARS To RETIRE. THE EXISTING SENATE ... BA-Boom ! Brain-clearing therapy for Deal doubters — DIFFICULT DAYS lie ahead for citizens who prefer to shampoo their own brains regularly, rather than have pro- Weakly meetings -TORTH VANCOUVER District :NQi Council’s decision to hold full -:. council meetings once every two ‘weeks rather than once per week should be roundly condemned by all district residents interested in the open avd efficient running ’ of the municipality, The schedule was suggested by district legislative services manager Colleen Rohde and adopted at the Aug. 24 district council meeting, = - The decision was reached during one of council’s now traditional late-night sessions after two of the district’s six councillors had already gone home. ; ‘Reasons for supporting the bi-weekly meeting schedule included freeing up > council! members for other meetings on “alternate Monday nights, fess secretarial . Staff overtime, more time for management issues, more time for bylaw preparation. What will suffer from the new schedule, however, will be the regular public pro- cessing of municipal business. Already district council meeiings drift late into Monday evenings, taxing the en- durance powers of council and the public gallery. Agendas continue to grow while business completed continues to drop. Marathon sessions succeed only in taxing the endurance of local politicians and resuit in decisions being made by fatigued minds. Holding council meetings less often might result in some minor staff savings, but it will ultimately cost the district and its residents much in the way of open gov- ernment and prudent decision-making. British Cotumbia. The bottom line . “Don’t know why they bother. It wasa't that much fun.’” A veteran of the °60s overheard at. the recent Allman Brothers ", concert, on the new. young hippy trend and the '60s themselves. . “"’ve heard they (the Olympic Games) are really consmercial now. Athictes will sell their souls for that last half-inch. For us, canoe racing is not a sport you ’ perfect. It’s a life you live.”* Squamish band member and Peter Speck ng Editor... Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Associate Editor canoe racer Mike Billy, on canoe- ing. “in a sense you can say, bigger and better things, but what’s bet- ter than living in West Van- couver?"* Lynne Carrow, one of the top casting directors in the city, on staying in West Vancouver rather than moving to L.A. * “The deal Quebec is making is like trading three peewee hockey players for Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier. It’s not fair to Display Advertising 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Distribution Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax 9 is power.’’ North Vancouver Liberal Senator Ray Perrault, on the ten- tative constitutional deal. “‘Our federal and provincial gov- ernments are too eager te spend tax dollars on keeping people in- active.”’ - West Vancouver-Garibaldi - Lib- eral MLA David Mitchell, on the federal/provincial financial com- pensation package for laid-off older shipyard workers. 986-1337 Printa ton 85-3227 10% recycled Advertising Director . .. Linda Stewart Comptroller Doug Foot North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph tl of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Marth Shore Free Press Lid. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Number 3865. Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. Mailing rates available on request. Newsroom 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. newsprint North Shore managed ee Administration 985-2131 MEMBER