Environment Minister John Reynolds ...appeal for solidarity. Challenger Dianne Hartwick ...*too many scandals."” B.C. ENVIRONMENT Minister John Reynolds easily defeated challenger Dianne Hartwick Monday night to cap- ture the Social Credit nomination for the newly-created riding of West Vancouver-Capilano. There were 269 eligible voters and 263 ballots cast at the meeting. Reynolds took the nomination with 217 votes to Hartwick’s 46. After the nomination meeting, Reynolds, the current West Van- couver-Howe Sound MLA, urged the Socred party to pull together and take aim ‘‘at the real enemy,”” the New Democrats. Hartwick, meanwhile, did not rule out the possibility that she might run for the Social Credit nomination in another riding, possibly West Van- couver-Garibaldi. Noting that the Socred party has seen ‘‘too many scandals,’’ Hart- wick called on the party to adopt a higher standard of ethics, an idea that Reynolds rejected. “I think the majority realize there are ethics in the Social Credit party and ethics in this riding. We have done a goad job in this riding for our constituents...and I think the overwhelming support tonight proved that,”’ Reynolds said. The Reynolds-Hartwick battle leading up to the nomination meeting was mired in controversy from the outset and got increasing- Neighbors vow to fight NVD monster house decision UPPER Lonsdale area residents living near two so-called ‘“‘monster houses’? are ‘‘stuck’’ with the buildings, after geo-technical testing found the houses are within legal height limits, North Vancouver District council ruled at an in-camera meeting Monday night. But at least one area resident says the issue is not over and vow- ed area neighbors are set to bring B.C. Ombudsman Stephen Owen into the controversy. Council was scheduled to hold a Tuesday night meeting at the site of the two houses at [53 and 163 Balmoral Rd. to announce that the geo-technical testing they had commissioned on the projects had determined the heights of the buildings to be within legal limits. Recently instituted stop-work orders that had been slapped on the partially-built houses were then to be quashed and building permits for the two buildings re-issued. But area resident Kareen Mac- Pherson said Tues:iay she wants to know more about the testing. “We have to determine if that “7 don’t think anyone of us wants to sit back and accept the decision. ”’ — Angela Boddington ee geo-technical testing report was impartial. It’s an absurdity. It’s still not over, we're contacting the ombudsman’s office,” said Mac- Pherson, Another area resident, Angela Boddington, agreed the issue of the two houses, which neighbors claim are blocking views, is rot. over. “( don’t inink anyone of us wants to sit back and accept the MILLERCHIP decision. This is a neighborhood that we're fighting for,’’ she said. The district slapped stop-work orders on the two Balmoral Road houses and a third house being built at 766 Tudor Ave. after the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that district inspectors had calculated the height of construction on the Tudor home from fill on the lot and not from the natural grade, contrary to the district’s own bylaw. And fears that the distric: would make the houses legally non-con- forming by introducing retroactive legislation prompted some 60 area residents to request a hearing as a delegation at Monday night’s council meeting. West Rockland Road resident David MacPherson claimed the size of the two houses on Balmoral were “totally out of character with the rest of the neighborhood’’ which he characterized as a com- munity of ‘‘medium-sized houses for families and children.” Said MacPherson, ‘‘We would like to go on record as saying it is not a mecca for developers.”’ MacPherson said ithe houses have created problems of drainage for adjoining properties, obstructed views and created a “canyon effect’? that amplifies traffic noise. Resident concerns, he said, are. not a ‘‘last-minute stand’’ and at- tempts to get accurate information from district staff were unsuc- cessful until the Supreme Court decision was announced two weeks ago. “We find it very unsettling and See Monster: Page 5 By SURJ RATTAN News Reporter ly hot during the last two days when both candidates began trading heated accusations. Hartwick claimed Reynolds had telephoned her campaign workers predicting she would drop out of the race by Monday and that he had also ‘‘smeared’’ her name with other Socreds. Reynolds denied the charges and claimed Hartwick had been ‘‘mak- ing a lot of accusations’? and charged her with running a ‘‘nega- tive campaign." Hartwick, along with her mother Nan, also raised controversy 3 — Wednesday, May 30, 1990 - North Shore News Reynolds knocks out Hartwick ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DEFEATS WV-CAPILANO CHALLENGER right the Hartwicks claim legally won in 1985. The Hartwicks also charged Reynolds with hindering their de- velopment proposal. Hartwick said Monday night she was not disappointed in losing the nomination bid, but added that she sull dislikes Reynolds’ political style. “‘My style is not shoot from the hip,’’ said Hartwick. After she lost the nomination, Hartwick told Reynolds she would be “‘perched on his shoulder,”’ but they MOTIVES QUESTIONED: NEWS VIEWPOINT, PAGE 6 within the Socred ranks by criti- cizing the provincial government for its handling of their bid to build the multi-million dollar Powder Mountain ski resort near Whistler. The government announced in a May 9 News story a second bid- declined to say if she would sup- port his candidacy. “Our committee has to get together and see. We're just so different and I do have questions about his performance,’’ said Hartwick. “1 am distinctly dif- ferent to Mr. Reynolds, the party does need good women. | have been asked to run in other consti- tuencies and I’m going to give that serious consideration."* Reynolds said the party already has a number of infuential women and pointed to Oak Bay-Gordon Head Socred candidate Susan Brice. He added that he hopes North Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker and Vancouver Sun colum- nist Nicole Parton decide to seek Socred nominations. In his nomination speech, Reynolds took aim at NDP leader Mike Harcourt and said the Socreds had le: him ‘‘off the hook."’ “You can't afford to vote for them (NDP). if Mike Harcourt was premier of this province over the last few years Expo would never have happened. Tumbler Ridge would never have happened and ALRT would never have hap- pened,’’ Reynolds said. “Tell your friends about Mike Harcourt...we can’t afford him in British Columbia,’’ Reynolds said. Despite the controversial nomination campaign, Reynolds told the crowd that the party must remain united: ‘‘Let’s go out of this room tonight and make sure we're united and knock off the NDP, the real enemy.”’ ding call to develop the area, a NEWS phote Neil Lucente CREW FROM The Pacific Marine Training Institute save a boating accident victim during a mock rescue demonstration at Waterfront Park. The demonstration was part of the North Shore Port Day festivities Sunday. Other activities at the annual event included paddle wheel cruises and a mode! boat show. Low-interest resort loan causes Bowen outrage THE GRANTING of more than $600,000 in low-interest loan money to a company de- veloping a ‘‘destination resort’? at Snug Cove on Bowen Island, has left some island residents steamed. By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter It was confirmed Tuesday that the Union Steam- ship Company Marina will receive $600,280 in the form of a federal-provincial low-interest !oan to de- velop the Snug Cove marina. When completed for next year’s boating season, the $2,637,897 destination resort will include a 40-seat marine pub, a 40 to 50-seat restaurant, meeting facili- ties, offices and a grocery store. The existing marina will be expanded from the present 60 floats to include 170 floats and docks. The federal government is aiso spending close to $1 million to dredge Snug Cove to make way for the ex- pansion. Said Federal Tourism Minister Tom Hockin in a prepared statement, ‘‘What we are doing with the Snug Cove Marina on Bowen Island is providing funding for its infrastructure, which will spur on other private-sector development and again make Bowen Island a popular destination resort. This is the ap- proach we took with Whistler and it obviously has been successful.’’ But said John Rich, a Bowen Island resident for the past 20 years, ‘‘! very much resent my taxpayer’s money being used to subsidize this developer and put in a questionable project. This idea of a destination resort is completely new. And what do meeting rooms have to do with a marina? It seems to me that’s an indication of there’s more to it yet that we don't know about.’ Rich was among approximately 100 island residents who attended a Snug Cove planning information meeting held Sunday on the island. “One of the members of the public got up and ask- ed this committee, which had been working hard with two planners for several months, if there was any planning involved for a destination resort. They said no they knew nothing about it. A marina is one thing, a destination resort is another thing,”’ Rich said. But said Union Steamship Company Marina owner Rondy Dike, ‘*What we're putting in is basically complete now. I hope that what we're putting in will relieve their fears. They can see what is happening. There are no additional surprises. It’s basically all done.”’ Dike, who has been pushing to expand the marina for the past five years, said he applied for a govern- ment loan ‘ta number of years ago.”’ Added Dike, ‘‘We always get opposition and even more so now because election time is coming up. Everyone realizes that a little change is necessary par- ticularly if it is a quality change and it’s done in perspective and scale."’