Sunday. November 11 , 1990 - North Shore News - 3 Mayoral candidates state their views AS PART of the North Shore News’ ongoing municipal election for his seventh term in that municipality. coverage, the newspaper presents today summary profiles of the The News will present profiles of all 70 candidates running for eight mayoral candidates running in the districts of North and the 32 available mayoral, aldermanic and trustee seats on the West Vancouver in the upcoming Nov. 17 municipal elections. North Shore in the Wednesday, Nov. 14 edition of the newspaper. North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks has been acclaimed - WEST: VANCOUVER avo Name: Bert Fleming Age: 67 Occupation: Home management consultant Marital Status: Wife, three children Community involvement: Former president of West Van- couver Chamber of Commerce, Ambleside Business Association, Central Ratepayers’ Association and Pauline Johnsen Parent Teachers Association. Most important campaign issue: ‘‘The most important isssue is the people. We need new people we can trust. West Vancouver has too much party politics. | want to see good government.”’ Name: Brice MacDougall Age: 62 Occupation: Retired chartered accountant Marital status: Wife, four children Community involvement: Rotary Club of Vancouver and North Vancouver, director and treasurer of Northern Lights for Africa Society, director of International House at UBC, director and treasurer of RHF Hearing Foundation, member Canadian Cancer Society. Most important c.mpaign issue: *‘The concerns and rec- ommendations of the recent Finance Task Force require immediate and senvus consideration by a person qualified by training, experier:ce and with the interest to do so. ‘‘We must maintain services but we also must be aware ot the costs, because so neone has to pay.”’ Name: Caro! Ann Reynolds Age: ‘‘Born close to the Second World War’’ Occupation: West Vancouver District alderman and vice- president of marketing for 2 small West Vancouver-based firm. Marital status: Married, no children Commuaity involvement: Member of several heritage com- mittees, founding director of Canadian Society for Market- ing Professional Services. Most important campaign issue: ‘Ve need to open up municipal government. ‘All the election promises | made two years ago I have kept. Trustworthiness, credibility and integrity.”’ Name: Mark Sager Age: 32 Occupation: West Vancouver District alderman, articled in law . Community Involvement: Library board trustee, Ambleside Revitalization steering committee chairman, member Parks and Recreation Commission, member Advisory Planning Commission, president Dundarave Merchants Association, president Lions Gate Medical Research Foundation, Volun- teer Action Board member. Most important campaign issue: ‘‘The number-one issue is who has the experience to guide council for the next three years. “Council witl deal with some 3,000 issues and the mayer’s number-one responsibility is tc make sure the issues are dealt with fairly.”’ The profiles will include the various candidates’ stands on key local issues. Name: Craig Clark Age: 45 Occupation: Property mar- keting and management Residence: Lonsdale Marital status: Married. two children Community involvement: Incumbent alderman with seven years on council; member of the Lions Gate Rotary Club; chairman of Karen Magnussen Recre- ation Centre expansion and of capital project committee for North Vancouver Rec- reation Commission; hosts MLA/MP reports on Shaw Cable; founding member of Lynn Valley youth advisory Committec. Most important campaign issue: ‘*Environment, and it goes beyond just a recycling Name: Murray Dykeman Age: 58 Occupation: Pharmacist Residence: Capilano Highlands Marital status: Married, three kids Community involvement: Incumbent alderman with eight years on council; 11 years as director/manager of MacSween soccer: six years on North Vancouver Recreation Commission; charter president of B.C. Pharmacists Society. Most important campaign issue: ‘‘The controlled rate of growth is a considera- tion. Its a matter of con- trolling the growth to help fund some facilities that have been long-awai-.4. That’s a major considera- Name: Peter Famsinow Age: 73 Occupation: Lawyer Residence: Dollarton Marital status: Single Community involvement: Seven years’ experience on past district councils inter- mittently between 198% and 1969. Most important campaign issue: *‘The people have lost faith in our administration. They promised the moon and the stars, but they don't live up to it. In the past they were administering through committees and task forces. That may look democratic but it isn’t. In order to provide a different leadership, you have to be ahead of the game, propose programs and then ask peo- Name: Joan E. Gadsby Age: 50 Occupation: Economist and marketing analyst Residence: Capilano Highlands Marital status: Separated. two children : Community involvement; Incumbent alderman with 10 years on council: current district. representative (o LGH board; former vice- chairman of North Shore Union Board of Heatth; served on advisory planning Culonission: member of Assucmiiot of Progestin’ kconunnst: of BC. Most important campaigs issue: “Taxpayers Onis hase so much moneys -- tinat’s bottomline We've got te fook ato our operating program. Air and = water pollution — it’s essential that we get them under con- trol. The fact that the Deep Cove beaches have been closed for the past three or four summers is a good in- dication of what we're do- ing to a greater extent with the sewage outfall from under Lions Gate Bridge. We've got thousands of gallons of raw sewage going into the inlet and we've got to have a clean-up."* “P owill be a full-time mayor and absolutely will hot be involved with prop- erty marketing in the District or the City of North Vancouver. | think an im- portant issue is the question of what is a mayor. You need to have a person with tion for an area like Seymour. The marketing and sale of land in the en- tire district has got to be Maintained at some level to maintain the capital re- quirements for projects. ‘| think another issue that has to be considered is the requirement to provide additional services to youth and their involvement in community development. I've suggested that we establish a youth commis- sion that would work with the youth council that has been formed. The lids are mobile, the problems are mobile. We've got to be able to deal with them in a combined way across these municipalities.”’ ple to make comments."’ “The growth in the municipality is atrocious. We are actually subsidizing the growth, when you con- sider all the costs involved in the expansion of schools, the expansion of the municipal hall, expansion of water service, traffic, police force, fire department — when you add all those ser- vices we are actually in the hole and the costs continue to climb. Last year we rais- ed the taxes of the municipality 7.6 per cent — it’s disgusting."' budget from the standpoint of keeping the costs down in all departments of the district. [1 means zero-based budgeting — a justification for all the activities and programs. [ve expressed this for years, but | have stood alone."’ “The unique character of neighborhoods must be pro- tected from uncontrolled, high-density development threatened by a report (Creatinz Our Future: Steps to a More Livable Region) from the Greater Vanccuver Regional District. We can't take Ce proporsoire state ol the proposea increas of lati o million peupae We re different over vere — we're uimque Thes're basically saying Us day Of he Crynie the ability to chair the meetings — particularly in bringing a new council together. You have to be a researcher and a mediator. What you see is what you get in Carig Clark.** family home is over — | gon’t agree with that."*