SSS eeting 1 marathon rORTH VANCOUVER District. has suffered.a relapse of the meandering - meeting: syndrome, And it bodes i. for district operations. BO, s District. ‘residents ‘were. promised in ~ December that when. council abandoned its returning to work the next. (same) day as itsfated ‘attempt’ at bi-weekly meetings and debate of dubious quality grinds/on : and on -. Feturned’ to a weekly schedule in the new... and on. The bisme’for this sorry "year, . business would ‘be concluded by - 10:30 p.m. on Monday nights: : part’ by Mayor Murray Dykem And 7 But-! council’s; New:4 Year’s — resolution while he: has ‘not / been helped by Coun. , Tasted only: two: weeks: council concinded.a Joan Gadsby’s constant desire to expose :, rambling’ attempt to backtrack om‘ its hasty his weaknesses’ and the mutual ‘antagonism © * position on infill housing at 12: 15 ‘a.m. on sof, Councillors®:‘Ernie Crist. snd’ Paul . Tuesday morning. : : ‘Turner, the mayor has failed jto. get. his, "Late-night debate can. “occastonallly be . council to work - ‘together to. solve individu- ‘justified’ by legal. or technical deadlines or al differences in favor. of the grester good a.- mutual desire to . conclude: a lengthy of the municipality. The new year’ offers agenda: item. But the. - repetitive. pattern of " Dykeman and company one last-chance to. midnight bickering in front'of a-sleepy or . restore resident faith in the belief that it is "empty public’ gallery i is a sad indictment of. worth getting involved i in municipal i issues. district politics, Key “municipal staff members are: ex- pected to suffer in silence with | the pro- speci of less than six hours’ sleep before , council affairs must be shouldered in large "course, “pm going: broke; ‘you' ‘re ‘going broke!??/:: Engineering design consultant Ron Baldry, criticizing West Van- . couver, District 45. School. Board - -for-increasing its operating budget by 50% between 1988 and 1992," : fe really want governments doing what is popular rather: than - what is right?” : MLA avid Schiéek, 5 ‘the issue - of enacting referendum legislation; in B.C, oy 4 ‘think that’s a bloody awful at. titude on the part ‘of a corporate | citizen. Sure they have the right to do it, but 1 think they should have first consulted with people.’’ , West. ‘Vancouver-Capilano Royal Shopping Centre's ‘decision ‘to remove trees from a five-acre site. west of: the Park’ Royal: ‘theatres to make way. for a golf. centre. ©. os, oe : ay figured ‘that even if cars were flying they’d have to come down: i to earth to be cleaned up.”” ° ‘Oasis Car Wash Ltd. owner” Elgin ‘Arnold, on getting into the “MLA "Jeremy Dalton, on. 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THE HYPOCRISY greeting disclosure of the ‘felationship (whatever it is) between Liberal leader Gordon Wilson: and Correction — make ‘that “to- day’s media-driven society.” At the risk of doing a cuckoo number. on my own nest, some things have to be said if one is to face the . shaving mirror comfortably : each morning. ; _ Just how Gordon and Judi pass. the time in her Kelowna apart- ‘ ment is their own business. For all { know, they may. sit up all night: at a table with cocoa and cookies, sticking pins in a Moe Sikota doll. Ignorance, however, - hasn’t deterred editorial. writers . every- ° where from embarking on a moral power trip — pontificating about the duty of public.leaders to be above ‘reproach, or at least to -APPEAR above Teproach (“in- politics perception is reality” is: the buzz-phrase). What they conveniently. ignore is the reality of leadership itself ‘and the reality of modern society which they do so much to shape.: :From Anthony and’ Cleopatra, . through Henry VIE and his wives” to. Napoleon’ and "Josephine, the bedroom habits of many of histo- ry’s most able-leaders have in no way impaired their leadership per--.. formance.’ The. same is true of countless leaders in every. other walk of life — business, science, arts and sport. The leadership job . specify sainthood. The. big difference’ today, f+) being - Henry, “Napoleon - and | their. ilk - never had to.contend .with the~: London. tabs,’ National ‘Examiner “ and Larry: King Live. When not. ive: lead-" “éd decently veiled. ‘ a Meanwhile, society ; itself in’ th 1990s. is clearly: tindergoing- what:. fellow scribbler ‘Trevor. Lautens ‘elegantly calls |: Christian. culture, “hopes: of - ‘making it to Heaven, healthy fear’: of ending up in Hell anda whole . litany of: old-fashioned myths like |.’ honesty, self-discipline: and family. virtues are increasingly being con-: signed to -the ashcan’ of public values. : - And who's - ‘feeding the process with a.daily diet of sexual sleaze, : ‘drugs, street viclence and cheating on everything from ‘taxes and: UI’ ‘to welfare, insurance claims’ and, ‘naturally, spouses? All Purporting ‘JACK MUNRO... the: ‘that atone’: °“the | democrat-: - ization of moral decay."’ ‘ HEMER AND YOR in our irvor norm new. era? A‘ good many. of: the ‘selfsame media. whose commentators haste to condema the. slightest hint,’ true ‘or false, of, guch’ “‘scaridal’?. in: he private lives’ of public, figur that’s who.’ i Entertaining readers: viewers, /day:in:and ‘day. out with the sins’ of. thousands'of ; Joe: and Jane /Anybodys: pays off.-in: cir- culation figures — ‘and vratings. ‘Entertaining them with th OA state of description ‘as..such does NOT teal or ;rumored “—.’of. “the: high and the ‘mighty: pays. “off even bet=' ter, especially when seasoned ‘with a generous : ‘dollop “of ; mortal? in dignation. But .we: ‘pay, a big ‘media ‘fun '— that:price: ‘be “gynical distrust, of “ALL? politi- : brightest rou best, ” fied : to: lead, won't: ouch pub life with’ a ten-foot ‘pole fo of , being - personally’ lestroyed’ the reward.- So we wind, up with the; eader “we deserve. And’ at ‘the. very: fi _fumor that they’re ‘no better. (eve ‘if no' worse) than’ the med _ WE . are, :w hrow them 4.to' thie ie ‘wolves in self-righteous dis “> Like;Gordon.and. Judi ‘ : simply, ‘happen’ ‘tobe. the. lates y tims of: our. ‘media-fed ' ‘mania foi the:Lowe: Denominator “SCRATCHPAD:. Capacity ‘.crowd: Lis. expected ” ‘at: the Thursday, ‘Jan of “Commerce ‘ 11:45 p.m in ‘the North "Shore: ‘Winter | Club? "to! hear » former | TWA. * boss | “Sack Munro, «. now. chairman of : ‘the: ' Forest, Alliance of} B.C : 1570. Argyle Agnintee te 1: ,Jan.31...-That: same evening, the Group “meets from: 7:30) to: 9 P. m at 1044 St., George's, _very ‘happy: , Sist” birthday at “farmer West: . Van" MLA Jezgislature- ‘Speaker: and: eriviron. ient minister John Reynolds.