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Taxpayers will benefit from course

Dear Editor:

Your Oct. 3 article, NVD can-
didates square off over golf
course, is mislezding and state-
ments made by Mr. Bruskiewich
about the proposed municipal
public golf course in the Nor-
thlands area are incorrect.

{ was both surprised and disap-
pointed to read this.

The Northlands Centennia!
Public Golf Course is for the
benefit of the whole community.
Therefore, 1 feel it is misleading
and quite inappropriate to state
that one Alderman (Ernie Crist)
and one would-be alderman (can-
didate Patrick Bruskiewich) have
“*squared off?’ over the golf
course, especially since Mr.
Bruskiewich’s claims are so er-
roneous.

Contrary to what Mr.
Bruskiewich states, th: proposed
golf course in Northlands will not
be at the expense of, or instead
of, housing, school sites, parks, or
playing fields. With good plan-
ning, the land could accommodate
all those needs.

Contrary to what Mr.
Bruskiewich states, the district, in

WV workers
can’t afford
WV homes

Dear Editor:

In response to Mr. R.E.
Clarke's letter that states
‘‘municipal workers should live in
West Vancouver,’” I can’t believe
this letter was even printed!

It only takes a moment of
thought to realize that, on a
municipal worker’s salary, it is
almost impossible to live in West
Vancouver. A lot of the
policemen, firemen and parks
workers have to live out as far as
Langley and Maple Ridge because
these are the only places these
men and women can afford to
buy a house and raise their fami-
lies. ,

Believe me, if they could afford
to buy a house in West Van-
couver, they most certainly would.

And as far as Mr. Clarke’s
stating that West Vancouver
municipality gives hiring prefer-
ence to non-smokers, I can’t
believe this is so. If they have a
non-smoking policy at work,
that’s understandable, but they
absolutely have no control of
whether their employees smoke on
their time off from work, nor
should they.

Mr. Clarke, I don’t know what
you were thinking, but perhaps
you were using walipaper stripper
in an unventilated room.

Chris Adams
Nerth Vancouver

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the fong run, will make moncy on
the golf course, and net fose
money, and the land will remain
in public ownership. Revenues
related to the golf course, such as
green fees, driving-range charges,
pro shop sales and lessons, and
clubhouse activities (including
conferences, weddings, receptions,
dinners, etc.}, will accrue to the
District of North Vancouver.

The taxpayers will benefit.

In addition, the golf course will
not be ‘just for a handful of
golfers’? as has been erroneously
printed, but the Northlands Cen-
tennial Public Golf Course will be
a fully public course for every age
with no specific preferences estab-
lished. It will be a much envied
civic amenity creating healthy,
green open spaces, flakes and
trails, as are seen created with
other golf courses, such as at

Banff and in other world famous
places of natural beauty.

In conclusion, | find it disturb-
ing that Mr. Bruskiewich attacks
the golf course project, which has
already been supported by district
council, and also attacks Alder-
man Crist, who has given sustain-
ed support to the Northlands Golf
Course concept along with nearly
2,000 local residents who have
joined NSPGC Saciety to promote
public golf on the North Shore.

1 therefore urge the citizens of
the District of North Vancouver
not to be influenced by Mr.
Bruskiewich’s misleading and er-
ronecous statements, bul support
those who believe that a municipal
public golf course in Northlands
would be an asset to the com-
munity.

Anne Macdonald, OBC
North Vancouver

Friday. October 26. 1990 -- Narth Shere News ~

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