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Anna-Louise Pentland
Ceatributing Writer

THE final public meet-
ing of the four mayoral
candidates for West
Vancouver hit a snag
last Friday night when
the meeting’s modera-
‘ter stormed out saying
some of the questions
were being censored.

Former, West Vancouver
mayor Derrick Humphreys
started to ask maveral candi-
dave Andy Danyliu a question,
when the power to his micro-
phone was disconnected by
Organizers.

Humphreys then left the
Meeting.

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able: to have a tevel playing
field,” he said.

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sometimes rook bur “vou
can’: lead when sitting on a
fence. And T made a a point of
never sitting on a fence.”

He said his key issues were
Horseshue Bay, the Stantey

Park causeway and the Cuff

Report.

“Most of our management
team has gone missing. Our
staff is demoralized,” he said.

Danyliu docs not support
sting other levels of govern-
ment over issues facing the
municipality because of the
costs invoived.

cil table that the municipality
take legal action to stop BC

- Ferries’ proposed Horseshoe |
’ Bay terminal expansion and ta

force expansion of the cause-
way.

Instead, he suggested that
the rounicipatity would “have
a lot of leverage with a thing

called services.”

‘Danyliu. said. he supports
creating affordable housing

J for young families and seniors.,
* He stressed the importance of
-leoking at.all aspects of plan-

«ning instcad of one area ata

- time, such as recreation.

- “We're not yet: managing
by results, not yet managing

by, objectives and not: yer:

rotalling all: the costs,” “he

‘AS? a first’ sten 16. rndster

fi has been’
_ proposed at the current coun-

planning, Danyliu said he
intends to consult with the
community to review the
Official Community Plan.

Current mayor Pat
Boname said, “Lam well-con-
nected, I know the system, |
know the players and 1 am
well-respected.”

She said that when she
started as mayor she took a
cooperative approach and
naively expected everyone to
work together for common
goals. She said she would be a
stronger mayor if she were
elected for a sccond term.

Boname said she suspend-
ed the committees char
reported te cornell on various
issues to reduce the burden
on staff when some people in
key positions were lost. She
also said she Uhought the com-
Mmittees encouraged micro-
management.

She said her key issues are
recreation and community
facilities; traffic problems;
housing and servic for
seniors, youth and young fam-
ilies; support for the arts com
munities; revitalization of the
business areas; solving the
staffing problems at district
hall; and. minimizing the tax
burden. She would support a
toli-driven third crossing.

Boname~ said she is pre-
pared. to. make.-a, full-cime
commitment to beiig mayor.

Councillor Russ~ Fraser,
another West: Vancouver may-
oral candidate, also. stressed,
“This’ is not a part-time
hobby, this is a full-time com-

~ mitment.”

As well as being on conmncll

for the past three years, Fraser:
has” held provincial office as

attorney general, solicitor
general, minister of post-sec-
ondary education and. parlia-
mentary seeretary for munici-
pal affairs.

Fraser said he wants coun-

cil to became more of a poli-

ey-setting body, letting stait
make more decisions.

“Whoever thinks we're
going to get a third crossing is
dreaming, * Fraser said.

He said that if the ferry
terminal was moved, the trat-
tic flow could be alleviated.

Some highlights from his
15-point platfern are fiscady
responsible government: and
tighter administration at city
hail, stopping BC Ferries
Horseshoe Bay — terminal
expansion; implementing the
mrunivipality’s recreation mas-
ter plan, including both reere-
ation centres; implementing
the Cutt Report; encouraging
high-tech knowledge indus-
tries; dealing with traffic cir-
culation problems and coordi-
nating public safety activities.

Fraser said 3 new housing
policy has been presented to
council that would have a
huge impact on the munici-

aliry if implemented: “To

build multi-family dwellings is
a massive reconsideration of
how we live today.”

Fraser also said that he
would consider development
above the 1,200-foot cleva-
tion linc if there was a demand
and the cost was less to devel-
op there then elsewhere.

_ See West Van pag 18.

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