WV resident clarifies point
on squabble with neighbor

Dear Editor:

The July 16 issue of the North
Shore News carried an excellent
story WV neighbors squabble over
waterfront views.

After reading it, I called the
teporter, Maureen Curtis, to com-
pliment her. She obviously resear-
ched the subject thoroughly and
was scrupulously fair.

Regretfuily, reporters may not
know when they are being ‘‘fed a
line’? by the person that they in-
terview last.

For illustration: The very last
sentence of the whole article was a
direct quote from the man building
the house, Stephen Fache. ‘“‘We
wish the neighbors had come to us
first with their concerns,”’ he said.

This one sentence seems intend-
ed to make the reader believe two
things:

*That the neighbors (and
Crones, in particular) were mean
spirited by complaining to West
Vancouver Council behind their
backs.

That Fache and McBrain
would have actually done some-
thing if they had just been told
about these concerns first.

The first time we expressed our
concerns to Stephen Fache was
almost a year ago when he had just
tecently bought the lot.

The second time we really talked
with them was when we invited
them for a toast on New Year’s
Day 1989. We noted to each other
after they had left that they didn’t
seem to want to talk about the
plans for their new home. One
word answers to our questions on
that subject made us feel that we
were prying.

The third time was on March 9,
two days after the trees had been
cut down. I called Fache, told him
we were dismayed, and invited

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them over to talk about it.

The fourth time was that
meeting and it was also attended
by alderman Pat Boname. Our
concerns were made very clear. We
received evasive answers and non-
commital double talk so we knew
then that we might just as well go
ahead with our idea of a petition
to council.

The fifth time, on Easter
weekend, I tried to reopen discus-
sions, and Fache abruptly cut me
off by saying if I wanted to com-
municate with him about his
house, I'd have to do so through
his lawyer.

The sixth tirme was just after we
had been notified by phone from
the City Clerk’s office that our
petition would be put on the agen-

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da Monday night April 3. Because
Fache has an unlisted phone
number, the neighbor on the north
side went to talk to him and to ad-
vise him that our presentation to
council would be made Monday
next.

Neighbors who knew of this and
other meetings were angered by
Fache’s attempt at obfuscation.
Neighbors who didn’t know were
being pitted against them. And so
it is that the North Shore News
carries the extra heavy burden of
bringing to us all the truth. It is
only on that foundation that
lasting peace and community can
be built. You serve that purpose
well.

Robert C. Crone
West Vancouver

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