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_ I find it curious that the
members of the Concerned

Citizens - Association,

exasperated .. by ‘ever. in-

creasing local. tax.

assessments’, never. ‘to. my -

knowledge show .the slightest

concern for the fact that the” put.1f ¢
3 othe’ matter of | assigning —
good deal of. the .

provincial government must.
share a
blame.

In. spite. of. election
promises to reduce the costs:

taxpayer, _ the” government,
has ..consistently: over the’

the members
government. as beyond
criticism, | a
Certainly, when the North
Vancouver School Board
was last year able to hold its:

. percentage: than: did the.
municipal council, in spite of
reduced government grants,

a local mayor. I. pointed out
to him that we would have
been able to avoid any in
Crease at all in the local levy

aining

of education on the local |

past three years, reduced the.»
| proportion of grants it gives .

to school. boards. Perhaps -
~oe of the ‘
association look upon the. —

|we never heard any cheers»

from the concerned citizens, —
although I did hear a mild —
congratulatory remark from _

dono wrong. »

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<".” Gordon F. Sylvester
West Vancouver

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if the government had-kept J

up its percentage of con-

tribution. ©.

_. Certainly the process by. |
which: school boards are

required to make. up. their .
~ budget is a confusing gone, |
put if one is simple-minded, -

blame is very simple: blame: -
the local trustees, since the
provincial government can |

- Another issue which has’ |
| cropped up over and over §
again lately is that of a return

of the school. board

‘referendum, Now I am /as —

much a béliever in direct
democracy as anyone, but if ©

you advocate referendums -
for school. board budgets: |
then surely, in all fairness to
students, ‘you ought to
advocate referendums. for

municipal and provincial

budgets as well..
local levy increase toalower —

Incidentally, the facts are
that, since 1975,
provincial government

udget has increased by.
45%, while school board
budgets have increased by
40%

. So who is being fiscally _

responsible? |

Don Burbidge
North Vancouver

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