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MORE than 300 Squamish Nation members attended a meeting on Sunday in an 1 attempt to get information
about the band’s administrative practices. Media and non-members were not allowed In.

Upse? Squamish
Sock information

' WENDY Lockhart-Lundberg was one of the

“band members looking for answers.

re‘ than 300 ont ple jammed. into.”

oO
the: Eagles Hall on Third Sereet in North
Vancouver’ for.a five-hour meeting orga-

nized by the ‘Concerned Members of the -

Squamish Nation. ©:
“S For more than at ear, the small plin-
“ter group has been asking questions about

how council is running the band adminis-'
»- spending . its $32 million: per...
annum revenue, handling treaty negotia-
ions and’ more.:In-the past: few weeks, .

“ tensions have escalated as the Concerned *

Members. sent: a - petition ‘signed :by 84:
: it was thunderous. Slowly, the people

band members to Ottawa asking for‘an

investigation, and have spoken out in the’

edia alleging incompetence and possible
i the: “Part of councillors.
Sunday’s meeting was held in an effort
© get answers from the councillors, or to
have the resent council ejected b

dance at

of non-confidence.

Neither happened.

“Tt was ve ’ disappointing — we did-
n't get any o the information we were
looking for,” . said ‘Wendy Lockhart-
Lundberg,
; Bands Manager Glen Newman told the
meeting that financial details were not

_ available.

Band members asking questions also
said they felt intimidated by the council’s

supporters and by the tone of the mect- ;

ing.
“There ‘was applause and stamping of
feet for. statements that were so ludicrous

that. came to support us, left,” said Phil’

_. Findlay, who raised ‘the issuc of regular

general meetings and councillors’ atten-
them.

In 1999,.12 regular general meetings
were scheduled. Fight of the 12 meetings

swere'

were cancelled and on average,
eight councillors of 16 were absent
at the four meetings that did take
place.
Documents obtained by the
North Strore News show that in
1998, coinicillors were considering
giving themselves a pay raise.
As “senior executives,” foe
Mathias avd Harold Calla were to
have their annual tax-free salaries
raised to $115,000 per year.
Newman and councillors Bill
Williams, Byron Joseph and Gibby

band councillors did‘ not return
calls to press time to confirm if the
pay raises actually took plaice.

- To carn a similar net income in a tax-
able position, 2 person would have to carn
approximateiy $220, 000 and $130,000
respectively.

The Concerned Membe rs Want to
Kner y what the councillors are being paid

for.

Jacob were to receive $75,000 rax-
free annually.: Squamish Nation

Mayor of North Van District votes cast
Don BELL" 9,63!
Lave SADLER 5, 640

Pater FAMINOW
total votes cast: 1 535g

Councillors of North Van District
Janice HARRIS*
Doug MACKAY-DUNE

Lisa MURI*
Bill DENAULT

8,964 10.68%
9.75%

Maureen MCKEON-HOLMES
Trevor CAROLAN*

Gienys DEERING-ROBE*
Pat MUNROE’

Margaret FRASER

Marcel LORETAN

Joan GADSBY

Don S. WILLIAMS

Glenn HENDERSON

Datia GOTTLIEB-TANAKA
Albert WEISSTOCK

Rober MEARNS

Bijan Michael SEPEHRI
Sam SCHECHTER 0.92%
“total votes cast: 83; $8

Mayor of Nerth Van City
Garbara SHARP*— - 3,505:

total votes cast: 5,863
Councittors of North Van City —

. 9.78%!
40.22%

Bob

Jim RAMSA'

Carol MCQUARRIE
Stephani SAMARIDIS
Elko KROON
Diarmuid O'DEA

Sue COOK

ue
Sid MIRHASHEMY
Stephen MITCHELL

Bill TOMLINSON

Andrea wink ERBOTTOM

Hamid NAJIAN
Eva BUNDALA

total votes cast: 30,275 :
Mayor of West Van District ;
Ron WOOD om

Russ FRASE
Andy DANYLIU

Carolanne REYNOLDS
Stuert MCNI

Tony TOSIN

Stepnen D. HYNES

‘aly they are honest about their prac- | Bet

”

‘tices the snswers should be forthconiing,”
said Findlay. “Instead ‘we got castigation
and a public lynching — and -that -just
gocs to show there's something deeper,
They do have something to hide.”

Lockhart-Lundberg said she doesn't
see the mecting’ 's outcome as a setback.

“1 think we've made:a step forward.
We've made people aware of issues they
didn’t know about before.”

The Squamish Nation has 2,700 mem-
-bers living on and off 24 reserves on the
North Shore and i in Squamish.

) vote

Ele tion 1999

- There Was 2 series of refer. ‘=

.. endum questions on this year’s
district ballot, but the onc that
created candidates and caused
“the most. debate was the one
- that asked: “Are you in favour,

North Vancouver
District came down to

in principle, of the recommen-.

_dations. on’. ways to increase
cess to-the district’s

‘waterfront as described in the’ ©

Waterfront Task Force Phase 2
Interim Report?”

“I think it provided the’

focus. for the election. There
was a dissatisfaction prior to the
slate coming together but that

. really provided the. lightning

rod,”. said Glenys Deering:

The: “slate” she referred to

-was. the one .endorsed . by a
group ‘calling itself ‘the North. .
Shore _ Concer: ied : Citizens -

ssociation (CCA).

That group, which, chose’

not to identify itself in a highly
effective advertising campaign,
endorsed Mayor Don Bz! and
six candidates for council.
Council candidates
endorsed: were: Bill Denault,
Heather Dunsford, Janice

Harris, Doug Mackay-Dunn, ’.

Maureen McKcon-Holmes and
Lisa Muri. :

See State page %

Rick FRANCIS
Michae! MACDOUGAI
Maria MORGAN

via Mi

Notes: . Incumbent councillors, : incumbent myo
S.D. 45 doesn't includ sults i Bowen land

* MAKING thelr mark: voters line 2 to vot ‘in West
ncouver on election day Saturda