Tee o Se Rint nt LONE MRE Mi OI - mayor, - “On: the” basis of omy ‘twenty years. of administra- : tive experience as -principai -and my experience . as an alderman I feel, if -clected “constructive manner Council and give the level-. headed leadership needed to ‘Sprovide the City with good _local government. ' **The most important i issue ‘facing Council at this time is the campaign to secure a waterfront park. Since. Vic- ‘toria seems sympathetic to _ the idea, Council must persist in its efforts to secure .a formal commitment by the. Provincial Government to donate or to make a land -swap for this much needed : - park. “*Council must also take immediate action to finally complete the Official Com- munity Plan because it provides the necessary guidelines for orderly dev- -elopment and growth in the city. Strong efforts must also be made to see. that only compatible. industries are located on the City’s water- front. ‘‘Council must continue to exercise careful control of financial policy ‘however, | sacrificing. - our present services. I give high priority to the adoption of the Ten Year Plan prepared -by staff because it outlines how ‘the city can provide neces- _Sary improvements and ser-_ _ vices without placing a heavy ‘tax burden on the citizens. “TF elected, I plan to work “as a full-time mayor’ as soon — “as the school term ends in June.”” ) I can. work in a. with . without, © DAVID BALLANTINE Salesman for ‘“The Handy- man,’? a city remodelling firm. City resident with wife and two young daughters. Family connections with the. city for over 27 years. “I. am committed to improving the quality of life “in our city. Crowding in more people — does. net reduce taxes. We also do not have enough . park acreage per- population as recommended by the GVRD in our city. | “Our public . facilities could. also be improved through LIP grants at no extra. cost to the taxpayer (namely soccer and. hockey fields, etc.). We should not be in a hurry to - - District ‘Parks Plan Cttee., develop what little city- _ owned land we have left. we cannot afford _any more | single family houses because recreation | “This present Council says of their expense, but I see ‘that they. have. approved an increase. which. raises .the ‘taxes, in ‘particular. on the single family homeowner, 7 *Yy would like to see more effective enforcement of our local bylaws. ‘We have many bylaws on ‘the books. which will cover excessive noise, air and water polluticn, illegal suites etc. But trying to get -someone at 11 p.m. is not -tuch help when: the bylaw officer finishes work at 4:30 pm. —_ “It is time we had a city council that is willing and ‘able to work together and cooperate for the best inter- ests of, and accountable to, the people of our city:*” MURRAY COLCLEUGH ‘Director of the 411 Sentors Activity Centre. Thirty-five | years municipal © adminis- ‘tration experience with Van- couver City. Wide commun- ity. involvement, including McSween | Soccer - Assn., Capilano. Jr. Baseball, Cttee. to establish . Recreat- ‘fon Commission; Silver Har- bor Manor and NV Legion [past president]. NV resident ‘since 1949." ™ ‘regret’ tha A. “few - peaders?” ‘letters criticizing individual election candidates: arrived teo late for . inclusion: in -las¢ week- end’s Sunday News. | fairness, publish them in this eve-of-clecdiin ‘issue, which is devoted to: North Shore candidates an equal chance to make --_ - without opposing comment -- their final appeals to the electorate. . would ‘Otherwise, we obviously be placing certain o the Sea-Bus and the reorien- tation of transit lines through Lower Lonsdale a period of redevelopment for that area “is in the immediate future. The ‘‘Municipal Plan’”’ must be completed, including a provision that the Lower Lonsdsale area be a rational mixture of commercial, residential and recreational use. “Past councils have shown a sound restraint in their fiscal policies and I will support a continuance of that restraint. The City is in a good financial condition and musi remain so. ‘Present and future needs in the area of streets, sewers, ‘parks and recreation, etc., should be identified, cata- logued, costed and assigned priorities. It should then be possible to estimate the total cost over a five-year period and present a plan to the. electors for approval.’”" “council, ° “scrapped and the whole “process, including. a ‘new public hearing, would start . ‘all over again. | park toa + private, club. — ‘would likely be’ Many local residents have expressed strong. opposition | to selling off a-slice of the a ‘The “atest | ‘development ‘turned Alderman Marilyn Baker (earlier a supoorter of The latest development turned Alderman Marilyn Baker (earlier a supporter of the sale Proposal) wl Membership in the West Vancouver Electors As sociation every registered voter in West Vancouver. : and | Alderman John Lakes off i in a big ‘way. Baker said she had origin- ally believed that the 0.6 acres of park was not in a natural state and had been assured the jogging trail would not ‘be affected. But now, she declared, that have been “too” -many discrep- ancies” and she could no longer support the bylaw. Lakes said he was “‘distur- oe iy is open to fs The Association’s primary aim is: To encourage: potential candidates f and to select and actively support those candidates. the members. f consider to be the most highly qualified. | | Our efforts culminate at the candidate selection meeting when the full - membership chooses, by secret ballot, the candidates to be supported. : Long and careful consideration has gone i into the endorsation of i candidates by the West Vancouver Electors: ‘Association. = candidates. — Vancouver. ‘ e We urge all voters to consider the platforms and qualifications of all We. believe that you. will ‘then agree that our im recommendations will provide the best government for West — nN For fexther Information ab~ + the Association contact Membership _ Chairman - Keith Ewart, 680-14th Street, West Vancouver, B.C. u ; bed by these revelations coming at this late date.’’ He asked that ‘‘something spec-. ific’’ be brought forward for the. next council meeting. 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