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them happy ’til the revolution starts

WILL ROGERS said he hetprul advice is right at your then happy right to the day the ; Out CRE chiel first excused the ICBC executive's excess in-
Bate te do ine elbow. revalution starts, herself by teliing reporters that, surance premiums were being paid
didn (write humor, He just Tatk to Joe Clark, He had ex- Another Ottawa Mystery after all, she accepted the ICBC by poor old J.G. Taxpayer, Nie.
listened to what people in actly the same experience when Ottawa journalists, who hunt in penalties and fines assessed Affan became almost apologetic
Washington ssid and you, you ever-loyal Conservative, packs, are howling and snapping against her, and stopped talking about her
repeated if. were travelling Canada from coast at the prime minister's ass, de- Accepted? The lady had no generous nature in the paying of
to coast undermining him. He manding le shout out whether he choice. She could accept the fines.
knows lots about treachery, will lead his party into another penalties or ride buses. Paying However, she has not called off
fines is not an act of grace and the ICBC staff who are spending
Mr. Clark, should you need one, howl, favor. It’s something common time and money trying to find the
is that he has been the one stable, But why bay to the moon about folk often do, rascally employee who blew the
secure sheet anchor for the Con- the prime minister's silence Also, bad driving does not give whistle on the boss.
servative party in the great hur- paralyzing our capital city? Why her a unique ability to appreciate Some of us hope they find the
ricane of unpopularity that beats the mournful cries that the virtues of ICBC safety cam- culprit. We would like to erect a
upon il. nothing moves, that the great city paigns. We don't pick bank rob- monument in his or her honor.
You could not find a finer man is inert, helpless? This is news? bers for police chiefs, no matter That's how our minds work.
to consult, Mr. Prime Minister. In Ottawa, which is mentioned how great their expertise.

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PAULITICS & PERSPECTIVES

Aug. 16, 1935, when he and
Wiley Post crashed their plane -
and died in Alaska was a sad one
for everybody. Mr. Rogers was
one of the last sane men.

If you doubt this, read four. re-
cent news stories:

We Were Here Before, Brian

Canadian Press reported that
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
had berated his cabinet members
for gossiping about his possible
retirement, ;

Mr. Mulroney said he had been
a dedicated servant of the Con-
servative party and he did ot
deserve to have his positien
undermined.

Dedicated. Undermined. Ap-
propriate words, Mr. Prime
Minister, but, in case high office
has dansaged your memory, 1

The Seeret of Success: Failure in the Christian Bible as The Place Later, when it was revealed that

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The Sears corporation failed to
run its mail-order department as
well as some of the cut-rate dis-
count stores selling by catalogue
out of Winnipeg, Kansas City and
Podunk Corners, Apparentiy in
despair, Sears shut its operation
down,

The news that Sears was firing
50,000 employees so delighted the
shareholders that they bid Sears
stack up $1.75 from $48.87 10
$50.62. Peaple made 3.5% profit
in a single day.

This shows how successful
failure can be, as will be apparent
to all graduates of the Dingaling
School of Economies.

Next, Sears executives may far-
tify investor confidence by shut-
ting down half the department
stores, with more gratifying staff
reductions. That should make the
stock jump a couple more dollars.

A truly grand executive decision
would be to shut everything down,
give unsald stock to Nigeria and
burn the buildings.

Sears stock could be worth so
much that all the shareholders
could be rich, just trading it back
and forth among themselves for
the capital gains. That could keep

Clyde Ave. redevelopment
plans presented to council

ARCHITECT Robert
Burgers’ concept for the
potential redevelopment -of
Clyde. Avenue east of
Taylor Way has raised the
concerns of nearby
residents.

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

.., Appearing before West Van-
couver District Council on Feb. 8,
Burgers displayed plans and draw-
ings culled from six months of
group effort, including discussion
and negotiation with local land
owners and residents.

The area is near the Patk Royal

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Hotel, immediately east of Taylor
Way.

Access to the area is currently
via Taylor Way, but future
aceess. ‘under Marine Drive
to the south is being. con-
templated, “

“This enclave could become
very special...something unique
for the Vancouver area and an
opportunity for the whole com-
munity to bring something
together,’” said Burgers.

He assured council that those
involved in the development are

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of Darkness and Confusion,
nothing ever moves much faster
than a Douglas fir (ree grows or
coral accumulates on a tropical
reef.

The ability to take a chronic
condition and turn it into a 10-
day wonder is one of the things
that sets the Ottawa press gallery
apart from ordinary people.

Ordinary people, reading fewer
newspapers and watching less
television, are setting themselves
apart also.

The View from Up There

Funny, the way minds work in
the people set in authority over
us.

Robyn Allan, the Insurance
Corporation of B.C. head, racked
up 23 points for bad driving, kept
her licence and couldn’t under-
stand what afl the fuss was about.

Some people who drive that
way, and break the law twice
while on probation, Jose their
licences. Oh well, let that pass.

What the taxpaying rabble may
find harder to understand is the
attitude of movers and shakers in
such a position.

They are so righteous, so un-
stained by self-interest.

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