Dear Editor:

Q: When does the North Shore
stop being the North Shore?

A: When development makes it
just another suburb.

It’s not difficult to understand
why the North Shore attracts
people who are interested in the
quality of life that is available
here.

Having said that, it is with
some skepticism that I view future
proposals and commitments by
the various North Shore councils
to developments and their subse-
quent impact on present residents.

As a Blueridge resident, | am
very concerned with the effects on
community and environinent of
future developments on the pleas-
antly wooded slopes of the
Seymour areas.

At a time when many cities are
trying to correct the mistakes of
ill-conceived plans and their ef-
fects on the livability of neigh-
‘borhoods, our district council is
contemplating linking up future
developments in such a way as to
increase traffic in existing neigh-
borhoods that are at present quiet

NDP adding insult to injury

An open letter to Premier Mike
Harcourt:

“I am extremely pleased to say
that I did NOT vote NDP during
the last election, and 1 would
imagine by now that there are a
whole bunch of pecple wishing
they hadn’t cither!

Your iatest little escapade has
prompted me to write this letter,
which hopefully will encourage
others to refuse to pay anymore
of your ‘‘new taxes.”””

It was recently reported that
there was a 22% pay increase for
certain upper management in B.C.
Transit — this during a time of
extreme economic crisis.

To add insult to injury, you are
now proposing to add $50 onto
my and all other Vancouver

drivers’ insurance to cover the.

cost of the transit deficit.

This is on top of the outrageous
19% ICBC insurance increase of
1992, and a further 14% or more
to come in 1993.

Did it ever occur to you or your
“financial advisers’’ fin quotes
because’ it seems inconceivatle
with our present mess that they
know anything about finances),
that if you gave out 22% pay

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Residents form association
to have their voices heard

and peaceful.

The first of these plans is to
link up Berkley with Mount
Seymour Road via a Hyannis
connector.

Concerns for the safety of our
children and an already escalating
crime rate will be exacerbated if
this connectar praceeds.

In defence of our community,
we have organized the Blueridge
Community Association to make
our voices heard.

As councils and mayors come
and go, we will still be living here
with the consequences of their
decisions.

It is precisely this sense of
community which exists in the
current plan of our neighborhood
that leads to the enthusiasm of
groups such as ours.

I think its time that all residents
along the North Shore became ac-
tive in their communities. In this
way, we may yet have a greater
say in preserving our neighbor-
hoods.

Ernst Schmidt
North Vancouver

hikes there would not be enough
money in the coffers to cover
this?

Of course, despite all NDP cries
against Social Credit for
“‘patronage,’’ this stinks of the
very same thing or even payback
for help during the election.

Get with it, Mike, there are a
lot of people out here who are
struggling to make ends meet.
Isn't it time that you helped the
majority of people, not just
special interest groups or your
buddies!

Jan Hills
North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

The Department of Motor
Vehicles and ICBC appear to
be more concerned with profit
than safety.

Don't just blame speeders, it
is the overall quality of drivers
that is the problem.

ICBC and the Department of
Motor Vehicles must work
more intricately to obtain a
higher standard of driver. They

Fducation key to safe driving

must teach people to drive, not
just know how to.

Anybody can sit behind the
wheel and put it into drive, but
not everybody knows how to
drive safely.

If having a licence is a privi-
lege, make it tough to get one,
or it will be a licence to kill.

Ron Penwill
North Vancouver

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This popular program begins Jan.
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Here's a great idea for a
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The Capilano College
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