sees ete ee Mailbox. seep ee Tax proposais ~—____ keep going up Dear Editor: $7.50 a day until then? Horrors! In recent editions of your paper Another discrepancy. In your there have appeared some March 5 isuc, Mr. Berg estimated discrepancies in statements made the cost of five additional teachers by some members of our North at $280,000. But in your March 7 Vancoouver School Board. issue Dr. Regan tells us that the I, for. one, would like a few average wage for a North Van- thing clarified. couver teacher is $36,302 (the B.C. In your March 5 issue, Mr. Berg average being $35,103). So why is (Secretary Treasu‘er of the Board) Mr. Berg estimating $100,00 ap- was quoted as saying the-increase proximately over the . average in our school taxes would be ap- wage? Are we getting five above . proximately $42 on,an average. average teachers? Do we REALLY Yet in your March 14 issue, Dr. need more teachers? Do we have Regan informs us that the ante will more students? Where? be $114 or $9.50.per month. Why The majority of our School this change in only 10 days? It Trustees appear to think a high works out to an increase of $7.50 wage scale will ensure we get good per day for those 10 days: — values for our money. As everyone Sorry, I can’t afford that for very knows, that’s a fallacy. It isn’t Jong. The board does not.set the necessarily so... .tax accurately until Mayl. Mrs. Lettie Whiting Can | expect an increase . of North Vancouver ‘Article. misses . debate ‘Dear Editor: f : . . 2 : One-sided news ‘Teporting obviously produces. a distorted view of events. ; “Your lead article of. Friday, March 14, is an example. The article dealt ‘with the North. Vancouver School. Board meeting ‘of March '‘11;- 1986, at which the 1986 provisional budget was debated and approved. © The summary in your paper almost exclusively. described. trustee Ross Regan’s arguments. Regan and trustee Goodman were in the minority, ; se to- semphasize his arguments. “The reason for, this: is Mera NOM enema en fret en tee ’ "I was: at the March 11 méuing’ ‘and the arguments of Regan were “questioned by other trustees more than once: There is no reference to this in.the article.” ‘Your paper is distributed to every doorstep on the North Shore. Your readers should be treated more fairly than you care to treat them. . Jeremy Dalton . door to door: seeking ‘out ‘those - public donations,. we express our. sincere’ gratitude for your. dedica--: tion ;and: determination. You -are. & the lifeblood of our organization: . oe import & Export: (922.0579. _use-it-yourself terminal. To'-the . ‘media, who: broadcast and print’ ‘our’ heart messages