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- Sunday, December 25, 1988 - Lynn Valley Echo

Election proves every vote counts

IN REVIEW
NOVEMBER I9 saw the election of your new council for
the 1989/90 term.

987-4181 for names and phone
numbers of your elected repre-
sentatives. : :

COMING SOON

of % acre in size.

Proposed development will real-
ize an estimated net revenue to the
municipality of some $20,000,000
over a five-year period. These are

sidewalks, or police and fire facili-
ties.

The bylaw is scheduled to return
to council for further considera-

This is the last municipal elec-
tion to be held in the province until
November 1990 when all 176
communities throughout B.C. will
then elect councils for three-year
terms.

Have you ever wondered ‘does
my vote really count?” Please
consider:

@In 1986, less than 100 votes
separated the three candidates vy-
ing for the final aldermanic seat

MAYOR’S
CHAIR

with but 20 votes deciding who was
elected. .

This year, a nerve-racking re-
count for the sixth aldermanic spot
took place following the election
based on only a five-vote dif-
ference.

@The recount of some 13,703
ballots resulted in a net change of

*- only 10 votes but the difference

was crucial; it meant incumbent
Ald. Ernie Crist initially down five
votes found himself up: five and
re-elected. :

While. a. record _ number of
ballots were cast in this municipal
‘election due to the increased
number of voters, it represents on-

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ly 32 per cent of those registered to
vote.

Compared to a 77: per cent tur-
nout at the fast provincial election
and 74 per cent at the recent fed-
eral poll one might debate whether
we have voter apathy or voter con-
tentment at the local level. Either
may be short lived, however, given
the difference a vote can make!

- NOW SHOWING
Six familiar faces are back around

the council table and in charge of
half your residential property taxes
along with newly elected Aid. Rick
Buchols replacing the retiring
Mary

in the hands of Schcol District #44
whose four district trustees were
elected by acclamation.

Former: mayor Don Bell is the
new board chairman.

Call the municipal hall at 987-
7131 or school board offices at

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' that the bylaw: was technically

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Crossroads Grill Pub in Lynn capital funds put back into the
Valley Centre is closer to becoming community for new parks and rec-

the rezoning bylaw.

It is now in the hands of the
provincial Liquor Control and
Licensing Branch to issue final ap-
provals.

Given the province's reluctance
to license neighborhood pubs in
malls, it will be intcresting to see
the results of an application: where
the mall site is supported by the
municipality and seen to be the
most. acceptable location in the
Lynn Valley community. i

In approving the bylaw, council
also requested the licensing branch
to withhold approval for off-
premises beer sales for a six-month
period in order to assess any
potential negative impact.

A rerun of the Kilmer: Creek |
rezoning bylaw on municipal land:
along the Braemar/Dempsey link
went to public hearing Dec. 13.

i The original bylaw adopted by

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' challenged and ccuncil concurred

flawed in processing.

The new bylaw is the same as the
one previously considered in con-
sultation with a number of
ratepayers and provides for 276
single family lots including some

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