Pleas for the Seven Dear Editor: Dear (North Vancouver Cary) councillors: Task vou, what small business, ler alone a restaurant: business, has an extra $150,000 Iving around to cover perceived dangers? T have been assured thai (Seven Seas owner) Diamond Almas has insurance to cover those fears. Phis property is 2 Jandmark, a tourist esting: tion that people itom all over the world come to enjor. This man should be given a medal tor keeping an his- toric site, a restaurant (which usually has a 20% to 30% sur- vival rate) alive, employing Smoke wolves Dear Editor: With al] the fuss rhat sec- ond-hand smoke kills, whar about this bureaucratic policy thar is killing my business? Phe Black Sheep Restaurant has gone non- smoking since Dec. 7, 1998. I compared this January" 's sales to the last, and business was down by 18%, For the past few years we've managed to barely stay atloar with a iit- tle belt-ightening. At this rate, we don’t see how we can survive, Ever since this non-smok- ing policy came into effect, most of my regular smoking patrons have stayed away. Even the ones thac still come don’t stay) around once thev’ve finished their dinner local people tor over 40 scars! Instead, he has been given a death sentence. | ask cach one of you, do vou have an extra $750,000 in case this happens to vou? “Walk a dav man’s shoes,” Gerry McCann Former restaurant owner West Vancouver in another Dear Editor: What te do with the Seven Seas Restaurant vessel? The North Vancouver City council and Di Almas are struggling to resobe the fate of this aging vessel which is so killing Sheep devause of this non-smoking farce. On most nights, che place is empty after 7 p.m. For 15 years, we have operated “The Sheep” in North Van, giving job oppor- tunities to some, generating, tax, tax and more tax, nor to mention all the fees we have to pay. In the end, what result do we get? All that hard wark gone up in smoke, literally. Isn't it ironic that all the tax dollars contributed over the vears to keep the wolves fed has resulted in the wolves turning on the “Sheep” and killing it anyway? Chuck Chan Owner/Manager Black Sheet Restaurant North Vancouver Seas much a part of the heritage of the Lonsdale warertront. Two solutions come to mind. @ Make a trade with BC Fervies: the Seven Seas for the Pacitieat. Then give Di Almas the operating rights to run Paciticat as a floating restau- rant, @ BC Ferres then fends the Seven Seas to the Greater Vancower Transit Authority as an addrion to the ScaBus fleet, at least for the duration of the Lions Gate Bridge ren- ovation project. The North Vancouver ferry will sail again, Allan Williarns West Vancouver Strangled by socialists Dear Editor: It’s becoming clearer by the day, the Clark govern- Ment is impoverishing the Province, and probably on purpose. 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