NEWS VIEWPOINT alk T WAS a wulk on the expensive side. about So- North Vancouver District has Mainland must start seriously looking at : flipped: and flopped and ended up defeating a $5 million District Walk pro- * posal. : J The: 26- km (16 mile) route from - Capilano Canyon to Cates Park had been ” proposed as ‘a pedestrian tour of district “neighborhoods. a > It had, however, the odious ring of ex- e travagance to’ which taxpayers have in- creasingly turned a collective deaf ear. But the District Walk also represented a framework upon which to 5uild a new con- sciousness about getting residents out of «their cars and into their neighborhoods. “ . The North Shore and the entire Lower other ways to ease the growing traffic gridlock that is increasingly rendering the area unlivable and the roads unusable. Recommendations from a recent Greater Vancouver Regional District task force, for exarmple, include establishing a regional network of cycling routes and making cur- rent roads safer for cyclists so that bicycles can become an integral part of the area’s overall transportation plan. Whether commuters walk, cycle or ride transit, every percentile reduction of single-occupant vehicles on our roads will help relieve the growing pressures on a fi- nite transportation system. — LETTER OF THE DAY Article biased against marina owners ; Dear Editor: As supporters of -Seycove Marina’s proposal, our attendance : at the public hearing drew us into the arena of municipal politics. Although : we, the supporters, formed the 73% majority in the gallery that night, our side was not equally reported in the Oct. 15 article of the News. . It was disheartening to read the article based on sensationalism. .. At the hearing, we packed the - hall and many spoke in support. For the: third time, we gained meeting on behalf of the marina development. But our efforts were marred by a few who used the hearing as. a forum for their theatrics and abusive name-calling. Instead of dealing with all issues of the rezoning application, the article dwelled more on inflam- matory and unsubstantiated ac- cusations, ~ Many Indian Arm commuters refuted the blackmail allegations and commended the marina owner for his ‘integrity’? and his work on the marina. Other Panorama and Cove resi- dents voiced the marina’s proposal as the best alternative that offers a low-impact and ‘‘privately funded solution to a public problem.” The article was biased against the marina owners, K.J. Kim end his wife, and many (majority) supporters. The mature and ra- tional commentary of many sup- porters at the hearing was not given fair and equal coverage. We sincerely believe the report- " ing.on a sensitive neighborhood issue should be more responsible and balanced. Connie Band Majority attendance at a public i Publisher . Managing Editor Associate Editor Sales & Marketing Director Comptroller Doug Foot North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph It of the Excise Tax Act, is published ‘each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid. ana distributed to every door on the North Shore. Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement No. 0087238, Mailing rates available on request. Submissions are welcome bu! wa nannot accep! responsibility for unsolicited material including manuscripts and pictures which “shauid be accompanied . by a stamped, seilf- addressed envelope. : Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Linda Stewart — Newsroom V7M 2Ha4 Display Advertising Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising Deep Cove 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 986-6222 Fax 985-2131 contains ay recycled lipre North Share managed MEMBER SUNGAY + WEONESUAY + 8 MITDAY 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average circulation, Wednesday. Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1993 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. THROUGHOUT THIS dismal election campaign one notable ingredient has been missing from the platforms and pronouncements of all five main parties. HOPE. Or, at least, any ex- pression of it. More than anything else, it’s - that lack of genuine, long-term hope that accounts for the sour, cantankerous mood in which so many voters will be casting their baltots on Monday. In many ways the mood is identical to that of a seriously ill patient who’s been told by his doctor that only major surgical procedures have any chance of curing him — and that, even so, he may not survive the operation. - For Anglo Canada this is cer- tainly the message from Lucien Bouchard’s Bloc Quebecois. Am- putation is the only way to save The Rest of Canada from a Quebec that will otherwise turn to gangrene. The Reform party diagnosis _ as presented — is equally gloomy. Cut business subsidies and transfer payments to provinces; stop, funding special interests; make UL self-supporting; prune back pen- sions and other social services; slash the bureaucracy. Plus any other tough love that may. be - mecessary to eliminate the deficit in three years. / In short, Plenty. of stick but no carrot. For the luckless PCs, Kim Campbeil started out the same way, putting deficit-fighting at the top of the agenda and postponing any real relief from unemployment until the year 2000. - She was dead right, of course, .but it went over with voters like a lead balloon. And since then her CRIME-FIGHTER elected... Coun. Stella Jo Dean. GRADS HONORED... Karen Lee . (left), Jennifer Phillips. HITHER AND YON floundering efforts to soften the truth and distance herself from Preston Manning have only caused more and more wheels to drop off the Tory wagon. | .- But — the Liberals cry — what about US? Surely, our $6 billion . program to create thousands of new jobs is brimming over with hope. ; Hardly — when you remember there‘isn’t a cent of public money available for the program without sinking us still deeper into the .- glue, raising taxes once more, or both. And when these 65,000 or. ~* so pick-and-shovel jobs (to relieve . 1.6 million unemployed!) can at': best only be temporary. That’ s not hope, it’s a’ hoax. In their darkest wartime hours. Churchill promised Britons they ~. would eventually ‘‘march together. : to the broad, sunlit uplands.”? He |. -. knew poetry can sometimes | achieve much more than logic, alone. Plenty of logic about needed sacrifices emerged during these fall weeks. But next Monday might have been a happier day if the Parties’ spin doctors had included , &@few more poets singing of ultimate hope. ‘ ‘_@@ee SCRATCHPAD: Congrats to grads Karen Lee (Handsworth) and Jennifer Phillips (Argyle) on receiving $1,060 student awards recently from the Evergreen Kiwanis Club for their outstanding contributions to their schools and the community in 1992-93. ... The same again to City Coun. Stetta Jo Dean, Chairman of the Joint City-District Police Liaison Committee, on her election as a Director of the B.C. Crime Prevention Association. ... And Tiddlycove business types show- case their wares and services from *, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26 in the Masonic Hall on Bellevue, when West Van Chamber of Commerce holds its Business After Business mini-trade fair combined with lots of draw prizes, nibbles, sips and fellowship. WRIGHT OR WRONG: The quickest and cheapest way to have your family tree traced is to run _for public office.