Tel. 980-0511

January 30, 1980

narrow

the gap
in new

N. Shore

The North
ao Oe . on Shore News poll taken
-. ee >. ; os W@ three and a half weeks
a oo . oa _ before election day
- “ {indicates a sharp drop
in the number. of ,un-
decided North Shore
voters — with the
Liberals béing the main
beneficiaries, par-
ticularly in North
Vancouver-Burnaby
riding.

latest

Among voters who had
already made up their minds
the Conservatives continued
; to be the most favored party
e oe ; a an We pe : in both North Shore ridings.

gna oe ; . ae - But in North Van-Burnaby

sg their lead over the Liberals

_ : narrowed to just over six per

pose : a : ; ; cent compared to the 13.6

aaa : : per cent Tory lead shown in

the previous poll two weeks
earlier.

GIVING AN EAR to the arguments of protesters who couldn't get to | The Parks’ Citizens Committee at the site of the planned Sey-Lynn
present their case to her colleagues at Monday's council meeting, District _firehall. (lan Smith photo)
alderman Mary Segal tured out for Sunday's demonstration by the ‘Save

e e .
Delegation refused a hearing xr: 00 eivss

Mayor Don Bell, by

The undecided vote
dropped to 31.5 per cent
from the previous 43.6.

CONTINUED

A packed gallery
of protesters were

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' denied the op- . ate

| i . i : Distnict Fire Chief Bob fae ee ty eT
to speak at in the council chambers prenar on a ann of Sey" fam this your idea of McDonald who once weather
the North Vancouver ‘© “ness their request to yan ark, on December ocracy’ McDonald | who once
District council 2PPcar 48 2 delegation 17.

meeting on Monday
to try and persuade
council to reverse its
decision to put the
new Lynnmour
firehall in Sey-Lynn
Park.

And the = protesters
were told that the court,
are the only route of
appeal open to Ahem &:
change the decision.

The North Vancouve:
‘Save the Parks’ Citizen’.
-Committce had gathered

=

before council.

This followed a protest
meeting in Sey-Lynn park
on Sunday when between
70 and 100 people
gathered to voice their
support for the move to
stop construction of the
firehall.

In a lengthy debate in
which all aldermen and
the maver participated,
the entire siting quesvon
came under = discussion
again

Council orginally

decided to built the acw

is

Council permits
questions from the public
follwing debates the
public policy and
planning committee
meeting.

DEMOCRACY?

However statements or
attempts to debate the
subject are nol permitted
and when Frank Kennedy
and another protestor
rose they were warned
against speech making
and confined themselves
to shouting variations of

When it came to the
vote on the subject’ of
receiving the delegation,
Aldermen Peter Powell.
Mike Lakes, Jim Ball! and
Gordon Rose voted
against. Aidermen Ernie
Crist, Mary Segal and
Mayor Don Bell voted in
favour of hearing the
delegation The final vote
was 4-3 against hearing
the group

Former aldermanic
candidate Jane Loop
asked the mayor what
courses of appeal were
open and was told that
apart from the courts,
there were nonce.

and displayed various
scale maps showing the
size of the new firehall in
relation to the park as a
whole

The firehal! will occupy
half an acre out of an
extsing S$” acres of
continuous = parktand,
with 40 acres to be added
later

Alderman Lake.
pointed out that the
skateboard bowl ins the
patk will take up more
space than the firchall

CONTINUED ON P__ Al2

ng Every Door on the North Shr

gh

WEDNESDAY: Ia-
creasing cloud, snow
flurries later in the day,
highs 33-37F (1-3C).

THURSDAY: Cloudy,
showers mixed oc-
casionally with snow,
milder.