Dear Editor: Your recent editorial - Bus Sense - and further to Mayor . Marilyn Baker’s letter, published in your paper of September 14th. ‘West Vancouver's ‘beloved’ Blue Buses are NOT threatened and the priority you state for the District misses important point(s) en- tirely - lowest long term cost to ALL taxpayers and minimum adverse impact on the Community. Interesting to note that your editorial failed to men- tion the fact that the Lloyd site was seen to be the best available, by an independent survey, hired on for the pur- _pose of those concerned be- ‘ing able to reach a sensible decision, Your editorial. said nothing about the disruption to already pressured traffic pat- terns in the event the Klahanie site would be used. The dead- heading involved to get buses in and out just about matches that to Lloyd, the latter site in no way interupting traffic patterns, with resulting overall savings more than of- fsetting any additional cost. Surely the facts as in part stated by our Mayor and widely discussed (but not reported by your paper) at various Council Meetings have clearly shown the Lloyd Avenue site to be the one to use without further debate. Give, we, the hard pressed taxpayers as well as otherwise affected residents a break, Mr. Editor - support the selection of Lloyd Avenue and thus bring credibility to Every child a wanted one Dear Editor: Together with all the other candidates nominated by the Board of Lions Gate Hospital, 1 would like to thank the North Shore News for its fairness in covering the annual election campaign, - and also to thank the citizens of North and West Van- couver for their participation in Voting and in attending the annual general meeting of the ; Dear Editor: Last week I saw a news item from the Okanagan. Fruit farmers cutting down their trees laden with ripe fruit and bulldozing the stump into the ground, How sad that a farmer must take such drastic mear- sure because he can’t com- pete with the fruit growers in the U.S. ; Then along comes your travel expert with her hints to thrifty housewives to shop across the border, never mind your neighbours. I am sure her husband does not run a grocery store or a corner fill- ing station. Incidentally be- ing a very senior citizen neither do I. (Mrs.) A.M. McLean North Vancouver it On my own. behalf, I would like to reiterate my pledge to continue working on the problem of unplanned pregnancies within our com- munity, hopefully to reduce and eventually to eliminate the awesome choice which faces many women each year, as we seek with education to achieve the goal of ‘‘every child a wanted child’’. I would like to encourage more people in the communi- Dear Editor: Grace McCarthy accusing fired government workers of **really going bonkers’’ is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. The people in this province who have really gone bonkers are members of the Socred government who are trying to convince us that non- accountability, centralization of power, destruction of human rights and a blatant attack on the rights of work- ing people in this province is restraint. Ms. McCarthy has said fired government workers should offer their clients who are already on welfare ‘‘a good example’’. | agree. MHR_ workers should offer a good example Island pipeline a financial ‘lemon’ Dear Editor: Ottawa's cconomic § ad- visors are right. A natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island will be a financial ‘*iemon’’. Delivering gas at competitive prices it will require taxpayer subsidies running into hun- dreds of millions of dollars. LNG tankers can do the job at a fraction of the cost. Vancouver Island's in- dustrial market is well served with hog fuel and residual oil. B.C. Hydro is completing a new $1 billion power link with the Mainland... Industry is covered. Space heating is covered. So a large diameter gas line would be a millstonc around the taxpayer's neck. Before we put up $400 million to build a gas fine across Georgia Strait) we should look at the economics of moving liquified gas south nom Prince Rupert. When e’a big export project is pliton w ¢ can use barges to bine © G down to Powell River, Nanaimo, Victoria etc. Market building will pro- ceed in an orderly way and those who want gas will get it at a reasonable price. B.C.’s Public Utilities Commission has been asked to look at two gas line alter- natives, one via Powell River proposed by Westconst Transmission and the other via Delta and built by B.C. Hydro. It's been told to ig- nore-the LNG tanker alter- native. | wonder why. Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A. North Vancouver-Seymour ty to become. involved with their hospital.by taking out life memberships in the North and West Vancouver Hospital Society. At $25 it is an inexpensive way of sup- porting the hospital, and returning thanks for its many services to all of us on the North Shore. Hilary Clark Vice - President N.&W.V.H.S. ‘Ss. government that's gone bonkers by exercising their respon- sibility as citizens to speak out on legislation that has nothing to do with restraint and everything to do with repression. Hank Bodnar Burnaby together Paul & Debbie Austin Congratulations on your Ist Wedding Anniversary & continued continued happiness for your future all our love from your family & friends your Editorial - Bus Sense. Howard E. Fensom Chairman Woodcroft Committee North Vancouver (For the record, full reports of council discussions on the issue earlier this year ap- peared in The News - ED.) 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