6 - Wednesday, August 5, 1998 - North Shore News north shore news __ VIEWPOINT . “ ; " : a = Meeting a UMMER schedules for municipal councils need rethinking. In some cases they work, but in others they don’t. And when they don’t work fhe business of the municipality suf- ers. On the North Shore, the three local municipalities take assorted approaches to the summer season. In North Vancouver City and District, meetings are held every other Monday starting in July instead of every Monday. In West Vancouver, the municipali- ty’s council takes August off. "Residents in the various municipali- ties can decide for themselves whether _ their council’s summer meeting sched- - ules serve the smooth running of their . Xespective communities. An efficient council can perhaps jus- tify. fewer meetings when business by sound of noise complaints” (Juiy 29 let- rie. MacIntosh). sagree that Mr. Kristalovich’s_ complaint about the ¢ of model airplanes is a “painted perception which lacks ¢ many complaints have been received by istrict as far back as 1989. On June 7, mittee met with, approximately ing, banned in th is: one strong voice. on. council who the’ wishes of local residents: Laurie ‘by-district that: the original agreement ub stipulated that if there were complaints by leave. Yet in their. thing, although trol has’ been exer- efits,’ the:club' would hav slows with the heat of the summer sea- son. But when municipal business has not been completed from previous meetings or continues to be carried over from meeting to meeting even when councils meet every Monday, meeting less than once per week is not acceptable. Apart from the completion of coun- cil resolutions, decisions on such items as development variances should not have to wait any longer than they already do. In the private sector, a business could not afford to take large chunks of the summer off if pressing issues have been left on the decision table. No one is asking councils to mect for the sake of mecting. Everyone should demand, however, that the job their councils have been elected to do gets done when it should get done. THE CLINTON-LEWINSKY sex drama is now rapidly descending into black comedy. On Aug. 17 the leader of the world’s most powerful nation — having denied on TV that he and Monica ever had sex — must testify on videotape, under oath, for special prose- cutor Kenneth Starr’s grand jury about exactly what his and Monica’s White House fun and games did amount to. for- And now, “the smoking gun”: a ycar- old stain on one of Monica’s dresses which she passed to eeeveeen: seeses: ceution. If the FBI's forensic boys produce DNA evidence from the stain, Starr can y there has to be = apply for a court order forcing the pres- Wand distespect id ent to provide a blood sample to check whether it matches. If it does, < bingo! ite of According to the most recent polls a solid majority of Americans think Clinton is doing a dandy. job as presi- ent. : . Was Monica just a slo Starr in return for immunity from pros- By now, however, the far more inter- esting question has become: Who cares? © ESPECIALLY 'WANT To ALL THOSE WHO THANK ALL MY CONSTITUENTS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK— AS AN MP wo opyeD ouT OF THE PENSION ON PRINCIPLE— 1AM Now STRUGGLING +o DECIDE WHETHER OR not To OPT BACK IN. Ai H ed The one thing most Americans are apparently not interested in at this point is impeachment — the ultimate goal of the smugly smiling Starr and (despite their official reticence on the issue so far) the Republican ssaiecens Party strategists. . For make no mistake, this is nor just an. alleged sex scandal. we’re watching Dut, more importantly, 2 naked political game. Bill Clinton himself - can’t run for a third term. oo But if he can maintain _ hag: for a further two years |: his presidential image |.” to date — dignified, capable, charismat- ic and comfortingly human — Vice-’ — President Al Gore could probably sicep- walk into the White House in 2000 on the Democratic ticket, leaving the Republicans on the outside fooking in for up to a further cight years. at’s why the GOP now has the strongest possible motive to destroy Clinton weit before his term expires. ° From that point onward.you can’. have:a lot of fun letting your imagina- and yon thar the-American:pe: - applaud him for: doi Is special. prosecutor Kenneth Starr a secret Republican Party agent? : Was lonica Lewinsky. merely the dtimbest broad ever to enter the White -<. House — or a carefully planted Republican “mole” in the Oval Office? Tell us quickly, dear FBI, did the. _ stain come from. passion unrestrained-or: © from sloppy eating habits in the cafete- ria? ‘ Morcover, even if he told a white lic on TV earlier this year in order to spare Hillary.and Chelsea public embarrass- ment, they’re prepared to forgive him in return for a simple apology (“Sorry about that, you guys — but you know how it is with these things when you have a wife and kid!”). : these planes can be extremely irritating typical backgrourid noise: it clearly constitutes a sance as it is obnoxious to dozens of members of . I urge council not to ignore this troublesome mirror can show you: - the solution simultaneously. Heth Shrew ne 1060 an . oi ii iy ares LETTERS 70 THe'Eorron Under Schedule 111, Paragraph 111 of the rat: Letters must inctude your name, Excise Tox Act, is published each Wednesday, full address & telephone numbe Friday and Sunday by Norn Shore Free Press “Ud. and dletriouted to every door on the Alon. na | Shore. 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