“+ THE DTONG 066: IT WAS SAID of Adolph Hitler that he broke his prom- ises but kept his threats. That describes pretty accurately Mike Harcourt’s gang of province-wreckers, with whom we're stuck for another three years. Ywenty months ago B.C, voters ~—- nauseated by the Vander Zalm brand of Social Credit — took a chance on NDP promises that the party had at long last grown up. Fiscal responsibility, a balanced budget within five years, a business-friendly climate, open government listening to everyone and an end to porkbarrel politics — those were the election vows. eeerscccy All of them already smashed and NEWS VIEWPOINT ridgine ceneration caps EAR OF A few bad apples could confound a worthy plan to build a bicycle/pedestrian bridge across Lyun Creek at Rice Lake |Road to link Upper Lynn Valley and the, Seymour Demonstra- tion Forest. i The project would provide easier access for pedestrians and bicyclists to the recre- ation area. It would also provide u new bicycle commuter route to Capilano Col- lege and the Second Narrows bridgehead, ease summertime congestion on the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge and remove the dangerous water pipeline canyon crossing currently used by thrill-seeking youths. But those numerous positives are in danger of being outweighed by one heavy emotional negative raised by sea residents and the RCMP: the bridge will become a 1 i hang-out for young troublemakers. In a letter to North Vancouver District Council, RCMP insp. Peter Wlodarczak states that 99.9% of the bridge’s users will create no problems. But the bridge, he continues, will be a magnet to that naughty .1% who have a bad habit of ruining everything for everyone else. The dilemma faced, he rightly ponders, is should ‘‘we penalize 99.9% of the people for that .1%?"’ The resounding answer is no. We have had enough of killing cultural events, nixing youth clubs and curtailing the construction of recreation facilities because of the .1%. It’s. time for the 99.9% to deliver that message to the moronic minority at every opportunity. June 16 Now spotlight.) “That's when I looked at him and said, ‘And when is the har ser- vice?’ " Lyn Orstad, Red Cross emergency services coordinator for -B.C, and Yukon — to the captain on a plane headed for war-torn Sarajevo -- after receiving in- structions on which, warning sounds would be heard if the plane were to be hit in the crossfire of the civil war. (From a story in the June 18 News.) coming to Vancouver for quite some time. Why all at once are they turning up in narcotics work?” North Shore Crown counsel Jay Straith on a refugee crime. (From a June 16 News story.) “One of the hallmarks of good cinematography is you don’t notice the cinematography.’’ West Vancouver “The current ‘restrictions’ in hours and the ‘limits’ on engine size imply that we stould be able to tolerate half a headache, half a pleasant day or nerves that are jangled half the time.”” North Vancouver District resi- dent Tom McKeown, calling for a ban on the use of small planes and other internal combustion engines in and above the district’s forgotten only one- -third of the way into Harcourt’s mandate. Spending moves steadily up- ward, now aided by a so-called capital fund which allows untimi- ted further debt to pile up without showing in the annua! budget. Business gets the thick end of a one-sided new labor law dictated by the NDP's union ringmasters. Half the formerly jobless NDP hacks in Canada now feed at the Victoria pig trough. But Harcourt's worst breech of faith is his refusal to implement the 1991 referendum result — passed by 83% of the electorate ~ which calls for future ieferen- dums on major policy issues and the recall of MLAs who fail to satisfy their cunstituents. The premier’ s continued stonewalling is understandable — with the NDP obliterated in Alberta, Bob Rae on the ropes in Ontario, Audrey McLaughlin's federal socialists trailing at 8% in the polls and the party in B.C. backed by only 26% to the Liber- als’ 49%. Had recall been in place, Harcourt might well have jost half his caucus by now. Were recall and referendums in place today, as was the intention of the 1991 vote, British Colum- bians would no longer have to ac- cept whatever the NDP chooses to sling at them over the next three years — including its current ia- famous Bill 33 to muzzle free speech. Originally a Reform Party poli- cy, the principle of recalls and referendums is now sponsored by politicians of many different hues — and for a very sound reason. In a parliamentary system, which lacks the checks and balances of the U.S. president- cum-congress system, it is the electorate’s only shield against a virtual four to five-year dictator- HITHER AND YON ship over which it has otherwise ho control, If you put your trust in a New Democrat MLA in October 1991, ask him/her why Mikey's gov- ernment is still flouting — after 20 months — the clearly expressed will of 83% of the voters. Then settle back to listen toa load of Father-Knows-Best waf- fle! eoe TAILPIECES: North Van Pro- gressive Conservatives will choose their candidate to succeed the late MP Chuck Cook Thursday, June 24, ata 6 p.m. nominating meeting in the North Shore Winter Club. Contenders are District Coun. Rick Buchols, Chuck’s son Ken Cook, publisher Will McMartin and former City alderman Jim Warne — call 929-2164 for further info. ... Congrats to Cap College’s Kiff Holland (Graphic Design faculty) on taking first prize in the recent Canadian Society of Watercolor Art competition. ... Sweet Adelines are seeking new members for Tuesday evening song sessions — phone 985-7049. ... A 91- candle salute tomorrow, June 21, to North Van birthday girl Eulalie (‘‘Latlie’’) Parnell. ... And many happy returns of Tuesday, June 22, to Mount Seymour Lion Joe Thornley Inter River Park. cinematographer Rob McLachlan, (From a June 18 News story.) “We've had Vietnamese refugees on cinematography. 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