~ Dear Editor: Almost daily, the media reports another instance of government cor- ruption. cr. incompetence. Thanks - must be given to those who uncover and expose this growing rot which _ extends through federal, provincial, regional, municipal, Crown corpo- ration, and board levels. Those exposed offer only glib double-talk without apology, and are usually rewarded for not involv- ing others with sidewise promotions ‘or are pensioned off with handsome - severance packages. =~ ; Under the British. parliamentary system of government, which we | chosz,: the Queen's representatives (politicians). are protected by their /-own laws and quite rightly (or not) do not have to answer to anyone. Remarkably, Canadians ‘simply accept these abuses of privilege. .. Rogerg Cable's channel changes raised. more public heat than did ‘news of Brian. Mulroney's looting gifts ‘given by heads of state when he left office, or the shameless stuff- ing. of the Senate to force through the GST, or the B.C. NDP’s use of a vochary to divert funds meant for the Sentence Bear Editor: : Tears: of anger and frustration are very. close after reading Anna Marie: D'Angelo's- account of Afshin’ Kamalvand, charged with «sexually assaulting a 13- “year-old girl. : ~ When i in the name-of God are all these “do-gooders" like Denise Beaupre (“If he gets a. criminal -record, he will be deported to Iran” said Beaupre, adding that: the accused. would be tortured there) going to wake up? And Phil: Rankin, who asked the judge “to give his client a con- : one ‘discharge _ does not : be Editor: It was with utter dismay and dis- ust that I.watched and listened to: the events. during the public hear- ings ‘regarding the rezoning to allow ‘or another neighborhood pub in the Lower Lonsdale area... - “AS'a long-time Lower Lonsdale » Resident, I fect that the views of the .; “residents in the area were not taken into great consideration in the deci-- sion that was made. From the begin- ; ning of the public hearings it. was ‘evident to me that the council had ' ; needy into their political coffers, or redundant municipalities on spend- ing sprees to burnish their image, or boards mismanaging and squander- ing funds on executive salaries, perks and pensions (WCB and North Vancouver District'44 School Board); and Crown corporations doing the same (Hydro and ICBC). The few hundreds of known and ‘thousands of unknown abuses of Office that go on without fear of punishment are negative incentives to honest people. By example of those entrusted “with our democracy and the adults ‘who condone it with inaction, it is acceptable to lie, steal, cheat, squan- der, conceal, misrepresent and pay off with political favors. Given these facts, why tell a young person to do as we say and not as.we do?. For elected officials who are honest there is little future because, the political system plays ~ by its own rules. Perhaps the time has come for a new form of government in B.C. - Scrapping the old British colo- nial system und replacing it with a modern constitutional one ‘could . a a . ay upsetting carry acriminal record).”~ ~ Why not send Kamalvand back to Iran? He has already been refused refugee status. __No, let's keep him and all oth- ers tike him. Let’s all. live and let live — until it happens to a child of one of these “biceding hearts" nothing will change. “If the countries from which these offenders originate mete out punishment in kind, who are we to ‘say. they’re wrong? Mairi Davidson West Vancouver “already rnade its decision on'the . ‘matter. I feel that the whole process was a waste of time and money. | feel~ that-a change is needed, where we as residents should not be as laid _, back as we have been. Now , that the: pub has. been approved | we should not, be discour- aged in the future to express our ; feelings on matters that affect our neighborhood. 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