Athletes deserved mention

Dear Editor:

Re: ‘First-time competitor does
well in Ironman’’ (Wednesday,
Aug. 28).

The writer of this article does
not express any of the energy of
the North Shore’s competitors in
the recent Ironman competition.

Not only did the writer not
bother to find out and/or include
the finishing times of the top
North Shore women competitors,
but she/he also mentions the
women’s leading times last and,
unlike the paragraph regarding the
men’s leading times, abbreviates
the former's race description to
given times only.

Any person, of any description,
who simply finishes the Penticton

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Ironman deserves brief mention in
the local newspaper. Maybe the
writer should put on a pair of
running shoes and pick up her/his
pace.

Katherine MacBean

West Vancouver

Editor's note: The North Shore
News regrets that times of some
North Shore Ironman competitors
were not available by press time
on Aug. 26. A director of the
B.C. Triathlon Association gener-
ously provided the News with the
information she collected before
her long drive home from Pentic-
ton that night; understandably,
she was not able to find, let alone

Gov’ts have own
orders of priority

Dear Editor:

Nosth Vancouver City Ald.
Bell’s letier, (News, August 28),
appears based on the assumption
that the federal and provincial
governments have an unlimited
amount of money for funding
programs at the municipal levei.
Such is not the case, for with few
exceptions, (customs duties, port
fees, etc.), every dollar these gov-
ernments have comes from the
pocket of you and I, the taxpayer.

The federal government, from
our income tax, returns a share to
the province, deducts salaries,
overhead and administrative costs,
and spends the rest. (Or borrows
more!). It may choose to spend it
on another muiti-million dollar
survey of the Constitution,
frigates in New Brunswick, pris-
ons in Quebec, railways in Africa,
or salaries and perks for Ed
Broadbent and Stephen Lewis,
leaving very little for local
playground maintenance. This is
their order of priority.

The provincial government with
its share from the federal, adds a
few taxes of its own, and spends it
on such items as medical care,
hospitals, education, train trips to
Prince George, rock concerts in
Penticton, or highway inter-
changes in North Vancouver, leav-
ing very little for playground
maintenance. This is their order of
priority.

The city government gets most
of its income from property taxes,
and uses it to provide local ser-
vices for its citizens. At the same
time it asks both the senior gov-
ernments for additional money so
that it can do more.

When less or none is forthcom-

ing, some of the ‘tmore"’ pfanning
has to be reduced. When the city
chooses to spend $10,000 to hire a
consultant to do another study of
Lower Lonsdale instead of using
the money for playground
maintenance, this is their order of
priority.

Until the three levels of gov-
ernment agree on an order of pri-
ority, the Canadian taxpayer is
going to be bled to pay for items
they neither need nor want.
Changing the government, (Ald.
Bell’s desire), is no different than
me changing my pants. I°l! have
no more money in the new pants
than I had in the old, just a dif-
ferent set of politicians spending

it.
Denald M. Currie
North Vancouver

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