Dear Editor: We feel it necessary to comment on Noel Wright’s November I1!th column, which, through innuendo and omission, leaves the unwary reader with several false impressions regarding the forthcoming West Vancouver School Board élection. - First. for the record, incumbent West Vancouver schoo] trustee Fran Mce- Dowell was in fact recommended for en- Let candi Dear Editor: I was recently shown a photo copy of a communist news paper “The Pacific Tribune” in which the grand plan was stated to be the making of gains in civic politics. Alliances with trade unions, the NDP, tenants groups, and community groups are advocated. New Squamish highway needed right away Dear Editor: We need a new highway to Squamish. The _ recent washout at M Creek proved that. And it can’t run along Howe Sound, even part way. dorsement by the Executive of the West Vancouver Electors Association. The failure of the “membership” to ratify this endorsement is of little significance since, as Mr. Wright is aware, that body consists of a small group of people able to afford the membership fee, many of whom have bought their membership, and thus the right to vote on en- dorseément of candidates, on the night of the endorsement meeting, when no ates show their true colors Specifically mentioned were tenants groups and: in particular the names of Richard Blackburn and Greg Richmond. These men it seems are the same as those who have filed nomination papers for North Vancouver City aldermanic positions. It is also a coincidence that they are heading a newly revitalized Tenants It has to be an entirely new highway. One up _ the Seymour and Indian River valleys makes sense to me! We should start our planning right away. And we Driveways not illegal Dear Editor: Your,.report of November 15, 1981, concerning. the driveway crossings on Westview Avenue, is an excellent example of bureaucratic red tape. In my opinion these ladies did nothing illegal and their driveway crossings should have : been installed as a matter of routine. Their houses were constructed legally. The enclosure of their carports was not illegal as it did not involve any structural alterations. Aithough the houses are When you need pro- fessional advice, and guaranteed ‘no- shrinkage’ of = your valuable draperies. call the drapery specialists at Roy's Dry Cleaners With reqguiar professional cleaning your draperies will look bet ter and last longer Were not expen sive either our large volume tets us charge competitively low prices (et Roy's take the worry out of your drapery cleaning Fall Special 20% orF 987-3431 DRAPERY CLEA NING 648 Queensbury Avenue, now “non-conforming” this situation ‘is not illegal. Although they are now prohibited from making any structural - alterations to these houses, -the driveway. crossings are not structural alterations. This imbroglio is much ado about should not have been per- mitted to require so- much’ expensive staff and council: time. Stella Jo Dean Alderman North Vancouver City ° ) ie - CLEANERS North Van. 987-3233 nothing and. questioning of candidates is permitted. Secondly, Mr. Wright implies that the West Vancouver School Board is to blame for the heavy school tax burden borne by West Vancouver residents. Yet, as Mr. Wright himself stated earlier this year, the rigidity of the Provincial financing formula in combination with a sudden rise in property assessments is the primary cause of West Vancouver's high taxes. Association. Also mentioned were the names of Ernie Crist and Betty Griffin. The latter I am told is a school teacher and 1s on the District ballot. As a tenant in the City I recently attended a meeting sponsored by the Tenants Association which is headed by Messrs Black bum and Richmond. These people stated they were should see this new route to Squamish as part of a longer, first class highway through Pemberton and the Chilcoltins to Prince George. Not only would it give the new property owners at Whistler an ex- press route to Vancouver but it would also help to open up the Southern Cariboo. Tourism would benefit and northern British Columbians would have a much shorter, easier route to the Lower Mainland than they have now. BLACK SHEEP GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL ae) red hanissar ea 7 Sheep Pag hs des Satria! 1 BLACK SHEEP 984-9595 n han ag vad} ido tet BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT 121 E lath, East of Lonsdale Weed tan i Does it make sense to put school trustees on the “firing line” (Mr. Wright's gleeful phrase) for things they cannot control and which they themselves are seeking to change? Surely the only - paper which reaches every door on the North Shore has an obligation to abide by more responsible standards of journalism. Michael and Katharine Steig West Vancouver applying for a _ federal government grant. In the interests of our community we must have local, sincere elected of- ficials. Could we not bring these people out in the open and have them run for office under their true colours. Hazel Overett North Vancouver There are problems of course. Passage through the Seymour water supply district is one. Tunnelling several miles from the Seymour to the Indian River watershed is another. But lives as well as economics are at stake. And we should be pushing ahead _ with another highway to the Interior and the North in any case. Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A. North Vancouver-Seymour . 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