joard must make
every dollar count

Dear Editor:

Eo wonder if school trustee Clive
Uird is as cavalier with his own
inoney as he appears to be with pub-
lic funds. His recommendation that
the school board spend some
$726,192 for communications at the
new Caulfeild school without the
benefit of competitive tenders indi-
cates to me a complete lack of care
for the public purse.

Surely Mr. Bird and those who
support him must understand that
only by obtaining competitive prices
san they be assured that the vendors
are working Nard to provide the best
for the least money. Without the ben-
efit of other prices how can they be

stive that their vendor has not “made
a mistake and added a hundred thou-
sand or so”?

The other very geod reason for
taking tenders (and selecting the low
bid) is to avoid the suspicion that the
selected vendor may have “paid: its
way” inty this plum position by look-
ing after those making the decision.

Those who act for the public must
be like Caesur’s wife. I's worrying to
think that members of our school
board are not even aware of this basic
tule.

They would do well to try to make
the most of every dollar.

W.A. Bartlett
West Vancouver

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