8 - Wednesday, December 71, 1996 —- North Shore News Dear Editor: Given the something-for- everyony, fe the package presented and the ubiquitous “yes” campaigning North Vancouver District loan authorization Bylaw 6905 passed but by a margin of only 2.61%. This narrow margin is cer- uainly not a carte blanche man- date to borrow and spend. Council must heed the voice of. 47.39% of the district, who voted No, They must press the bureaucrats to work harder to tind alternate means of finane- ing, either in part or in whole the packaged projects. Retired Councillor Pamela Goldsmith- Jones’ comments on the previ- ous council's lack of effort in developing partnerships in community centre develop- good nature of : Vv ment highlights the need for further debate and more work in this area alone. The pressure to borrow, by the sport and recreation adviso- ry council and the parks depart- ment will continue to be intense. The reereation council spent liberally on, and Jolbied hard for, the borrowing bylaw. ra pick tor their effort Council must) reme thar it’s the people of North Vancouver District they have been elected to serve. “y must not bend to from groups who is without thoroughly investigating and considering alternative financ- ing for each individual project It is clear after the premier’s televised address that municipal governments are going to face some drastic cuts in provincial government fundiag soon. Hoan Oct. 25 News busi- ness article by fan) Noble, Gordon Campbell warns that “your property taves are going fo go up, and go up big time on the North Shore.” From the same article, mavor-elect Don Bell ts to have that district taxpayers can t taxes to jump 2% next due to provincial cutbacks in social services, scaled back grants to the municipalities, and the $800,000 land tax break given to the railways by the province Our essential services infra- structure, i.e. water mains and roads, need replacing and repairing as identified by our engineering department. Can we expect rate increas- Food coloring alert for kids Dear Editor: My name is Thomas Woods and Iam 8 years old. My sister and I did an experiment with my mom’s help. We put celery stalks with leaves in cups of water with dif- ferent food colorings to them. The next morning we found that the blue green and yellow celery leaves were rightly colored and healthy looking, but the celery leaves in the red food coloring were droopy and sick looking. We repeated the experi- ment and the same thing hap- pened. I think people should cA ERTISEMENT. Roger Latta Certified Financial Planner Marc Latta Investment Consultant Don’t panic over low GIC rates Re of GIC’s brings inancial shock to many people when they realize that interest rates on 5-year terms have dropped from 9% to 5%. This drop can mean financial disaster to many people, especially seniors, where a swing this great is critical for their financial health. Thankfully, restructuring investments can often result in an increase of an additional 3-5%. The restructuring process is relatively casy when an individual works in conjunction with a pro- fessional financial planner /- investment consultant. Many people think that if they meet with a pro- fessional, they will have to buy a product or service. In most cases this is not true. A simple redesign of currently owned financial plans can significantly improve an individual's position. Con- servative investment objec- tives should be 8-10' Coordination of asset groups, held inside and outside RRSP’s, may be considered to reduce your tax burden and to increase your yields. An hour spent with a financial planner may be worth it’s weight by up ta 5%. Please call Roger Latta & Co, Ltd. at 983-2235 for information on how we can help. 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