Silence in
Golden

Dear Editor:

I wish to express a few
words pertaining to the
issue of noise pollution
resulting from overhead
flight paths on the North
Shore and the plight of Mr.
David Brown in West
Vancouver (Nov. 6 News).

Give me a break!

Vancouver is an interna-
tional city. Asa result of the
great volume of travellers
the skies are not as silent as
they used to be.

Are you going to launch
a campaign against the
noise of our emergency
vehicles and public transit
in retaliation for your hay-
ing to raise yeur voice level
or halt your discussion until
they pass by? I suggest you
learn to cope with the hus-
tle of living in a big city. If
nor move to Golden!

Curt MacDonnel
N. Vancouver

Development needet

Dear Editor:

Why, in the North
Vancouver District vote, was
there no referendam question
with regard to council’s dubi-
ous decision on the Mountain
and Cove Forest areas?

1 note in a recent Friday
issue that one of the council
candidates writes justifying his
viewpoint with respect to this
area.

He is entitled to his views
as are his colleagues from the
Seymour area who are trying
to swamp council and, we
assume, ensure that there can
be no further development in
that area in the near future.

The North Shore News
may itself be in favor of block-
ing or slowing down further
development, but I would
think that this paper should
see, and comment upon, the

danger of a group of almost ~ jf

single-issue candidates taking
over council.

The current council was
cowed by a very vocal group
into rezoning the Mountain
and Cove Forest areas from
residential to park.

However, council’s action
deprived the whole district of
the “benefits” from land sales
while at the same time know-
ingly incurring legal action
from CMHC — (Canada
Mortgage and Housing
Corp.) which the district is
likely to lose.

If the citizens of the
Seymour area can convince
the majority of district citizens

that the CMHC. contract
should be breached and that
these lands snuuld be naade
into park then that is democ-
racy.

However, no one is giving
the rest of the district citizens
an opportunity to discuss this
issuc. If we have to have a ref-
erendum on $26 million of
improvements io the district
should we not also have a ref-
erendum on potential district
losses that could very well
exceed $26 million?

Ross Andrews
North Vancouver

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Dear Mr. Speck:

Congratulations on your support of free speech and your
courage in retaining controversial columnists,

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