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A7 - Sunday News, August 9, 1981

Council

Dear Editor:

In view of Alderman
Lanskail’s comment that
“Your publication has con-
sistently misrepresented the
so-called high rise issue in
West Vancouver,” kindly
allow me to comment on
some of his points raised.

1. The group ‘supporting
down-zoning do have “a
special and essentially selfish
interest,” this selfish interest
being to maintain the past
quality of life in West Van-

couver and not see it eroded ~

any further, as is now surely
going to happen, with the

Who determines ‘unwanted’?

Dear Editor:

I wish to make a few
remarks in reply to the letter
under the heading “Other
‘Tasks for Pro-Lifers,” on
page A8 of the North Shore
News of July 29, 1981, by
R.M. West Vancouver.

The reason R.M. sees the
same arguments repeated is
that there is really only one
argument against abortion:
that it is the taking of human
life, which is wrong from any

‘lll- informed’ about Hooker

Dear Editor:

It is evident by Ernie
Sarsfield’s letter im = your
August 2 edition that he

missed the main thrust of my
letter in your July 19 edition

regarding the turnout for
public discussion of the
Community Hazards Task

Forces recommendations. In
that letter 1 emphasized thal
out of some 20° speakers
there were at least 10 who
were delegates from organi-

zations which must have
represented many more
hundreds who were unable
to attend

The very purpose of
sending a delegate by any
orgamizabon 1s that the
delegate is authonzed to
express the views of the

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resultant evils that we see so
clearly in the West End.

2. Alderman = Lanskail
queries the lack of “broadly
based community support.”
The attitude of the vast
majority of West Vancouver
residents is clear beyond any
shadow of doubt. I remind
Alderman Lanskail that at
the public hearing held on
November 3, 1980 in the
Municipal Hall, approx. 267
concerned property owners
in the affected areas were in
favour of the proposed
amendment, whereas only
eight were opposed.

Does the Alderman

point of view.

We allt know there is “filth
and degradation” and
poverty in many places in
the world. Is the solution to
kill the unwanted children or
to improve the conditions
under which they live? What
difference is there in taking
the life of a fetus before
birth, or of the child after
birth? Perhaps a few months
time. It 1s the same person,
who may have grown up to
be you or me.

organization. Council's
notice of the meeting invited
individuals and delegauons.
Mr. Sarsfield ignores these
facts. His reference to
members of the police, fire
departments, safety forces
and Task Force members as
forming quite a large part of
the hundred or so of the
persons present was a little
naive.

He speaks of people being
“aH informed.” | would say
that his statement. quote,
“They now demand all in-
dustry in their area be
moved” unquote as loin
formed as well as mdiculous
The industries referred to in
the demands were only those
which constituted a com.
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suggest that the support of
Surrey and Delta and
Langley i$ required to the
down-zoning to show
“broadly based community
support’?

3. West Vancouver is
NOT a commercial area, but
a choice residential area. If
certain owners wish to turn
one-family lots into high-rise
lots, this is converting a resi-
dential lot into a semi com-
merciat lot. Council is there-
fore fully in its rights to pre-
vent this by downzoning.
The date 1958, when land
was designated for apart-
ment construction 23 years

As for “freedom of
choice,” if a mother is
allowed freedom to choose
to kill her baby, is it any
more wrong for anyone to
“choose” to kill their neigh-
bour if he or she is “un-
wanted.” Who would decide
who is unwanted?

And if R.M. believes it is
the basic right of a human
being to choose for them-
selves, why is he/sh¢ trying
to tell opponents of abortion
what we should be doing to

loses sight of the fact that it
was District Council who set
up the Task Force to investi-
gate the hazards referred to
and bring back their recom-
mendations to Council, If he
refers to the recommenda-
tions of that Task Force as
being devoid of logic and
evidence and based solely on
group hystena then | would
ask him to pay special atten-
tion to the background of

every member appointed to —

that VFask Force

Would he make the
charge that) people lke
Derek Inman the chairman
were devoid of loge and
evidence and were given to
group hystena?
C.F Vage

North Vancouver

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ago, is completely irrele-
vant. In view of changing
and deteriorating circum-
stances, corrective changes
should be made by down-

grading an_ historical
mistake.

4. Alderman Lanskail
refers to “morally wrong”

and “morally justified” in his
reasons for defeating the
proposed downzoning. |!
have always understood that
Aldermen represented the
views of the greater number
of people for the greater
benefit of people, and that
the primary moral obligation
of Council is to the com-

serye society better? How
does he/she know we are not
working for the causes
mentioned? In any case,
they have no relativity to the
abortion question. | do not
think of the slaughter of
animals, birds and fish in the
Same category as the
slaughter of millions of
unborn human beings.

Leah D. Archibald
North Vanocuver

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munity that elects it.
However, the narrow views
of a tiny handful of would-be
high-rise developers, solely
concerned with a selfish
profit motive, has been put
before the interests of the

greater number of West
Vancouver residents.

5. 1 make a= grim
prophecy. that when the

current available West Van-
couver high-rise lots are
built upon. and the recent
furore has died away, ap-
plications will be made to
rezone to high-rise use the
single family lots, beginning
with first Fulton Avenue,

reed wishes of majority

then Gordon Avenue, then
Haywood Avenue, avenue
by avenue, from 11th Street
to 27th Street, until the
Present apartment zone
eventually meets Panorama
Village and the Trans-
Canada Highway. That will
be the ultimate legacy we
will inherit af the rights and
views of the majority of
residents are not recognised
now, and Aldermen con-
tinue to feel not obliged to
follow the majority views of
the voters who elect them.

L. Lewis
West Vancouver

Height restriction

to all properties

Dear Editor:

In reply to Mr. Breckner’s
letter, I must point out that
the amendment | proposed
would have applied the
height restriction by-law to
all commercial properties in
Deep Cove. including the

‘development which has been

the source
controversy.

If the Council had passed
the amendment it would
have applied to Stage 2
of that development as well
as to any re-construction of
Stage 1. The defeat of
the amendment results in the

of so much

enrichment of some com-
mercial property at the
expense of others which |
have described as _ being
discriminatory and unfair.

As to the Mariners’ Cove
Condominiums, there has
never been any offer from
Council for either a hotel or
pub on tins site to my
knowledge. The Ratepayers
Association expressed
unqualified approval of this
development.

TOHN R. LAKES
North Van
Alderman

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