A6 - Sunday News, November 22, 1981

3a. pity. last week's discussion by. West”
Vancoutes council of wine and beer sales in
food stores generated so much heat and so
little light — thereby confusing an issug of
lively interest to the public.

The decision for or against suds and
Sauterne in the grocery bag will be made by
Victoria. Aldermen Lanskail and Finlay
therefore argued that council was wasting its
time by dehating the subject at all. They

” ‘were partially right, of course, though hardly
enough to justify stumping out of the
chamber in a huff.

Four of the five remaining council

_ members were also fully within their rights to

tell Victoria, in an effort to sway its decision,
-| ‘that they opposed wine and beer in food
stores — PROVIDED (as they claimed) they
were representing the wishes of the citizens
who elected them.

There is considerable evidence, however,
that they are swimming against a strong tide
of community opinion. In a recent West Van
shopping: mall survey of nearly 3,000 in-
dividuals who signed their names, over 80%
supported wine and beer in food stores. And
a province-wide survey has shown two thirds
of the B.C. public also in favor.

Opposing ‘West Van aldermen appear to
have listened only to the police department.
But we have yet.to see any statistical proof
that alcohol in food stores — the general rule
in the rest of the civilized world — increases _
policing problems.

Unless such proof, as distinct from mere
theory, is available, West Van council, in its
vote last week, seems to have displayed
unwonted arrogance towards its electors.

Police im Florida have taken to
videotaping drunken teenage beach parties,
then showing the tapes in schools, council
meetings and on TV news programs. It's had
a much more dramatic effect than at-
tempting to arrest the young lawbreakers,
whose numbers have been cut to almost zero

in one district. Starring in The Punk Show, it
seems, is NOT their idea of fun!

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: By MARC HOWARD

(...former North Vancouver
City alderman) |

The illegal suites
issue has not changed
since I was on council.
My advice to the
present council is to
leave well enough
alone.

If the present council
votes to legalize these small
suites, the following is what
will happen.

Legalization would have
the same effect as rezoning
from single family zoning to
duplex without the tax-
payers’ consent. We, the tax-

‘payers, spent thousands of

dollars coming up with a
community plan which will
be literally destroyed.

As the majority of these
suites will not pass our
various bylaws, thousands of
dollars will have to be spent
on them by the owners to up-
grade them. In turn they will
have to raise rents drasti-
cally to compensate for the
renovations, whose cost will
therefore have to be borne
by tenants who can’t afford
more expensive accom-

A TOUCH OF PRIDE
wouldn't come amiss from
the community this week in
the case of Thierry
Danmiilano.

Thierry is probably best
known locally as the
manager and maitre d'ofWest
Van's Cafe des Alpes. But
his true claim to fame lies in
8 very different world -- the
wild, wet world of wind-
surfing. This year, in the
lightweight class, he’s won
the B.C. championship, the

Molson Cup Open and
placed second in the
Canadian Open Cham-

pionship. Now, he's been
chosen as the only West
Coast member of the 10-man
Canadian team that will
compete next month in the
World Windsurfing
Championships in St.
Petersburg, Florida. A
pretty impressive
achievement by our busy
Ambleside neighbor and
quite something, fou might
think, for West Van itself to

crow about, But with a
chance to become the
world’s top  windsurfer

Thierry, alas, has a problem.
Moncey.

His trip to Florida will cost

around $2,000 -- whith he
simply doesn’t have at the
moment. Following his

triumphs to date he'd been
hoping for a litte spon-
sorship aid from city hall or
Victoria’s lottery-fed BC
Sport fund, but so far in
vain His sole funding is $100
from the B.C. Board Sailing
Association, which will get
him about as far as
Okanagan Lakc. Meanwhile,
he's duc in Florida
December 2 and time is
running short.

Is there anyone out there
with bright ideas about

modation — such as senior

citizens, students and single
parents.
If the suites are legalized,

the City will have to hire.
staff, to .

extra high-cost
enforce the upgrading and
the bylaws. This expense will
not be offset by our addi-
tional tax revenues.

NOBODY GAINS_

By legalizing. the suites,
City will take away the only
protection the neighboring
homeowner has — whereby,

as things now stand, a suite |

rented out to noisy or un-
desirable tenants: can be
closed down by way of a
complaint to City Hall.

The owner of such a suite
will not benefit from its
being legalized. He then will
have to declare the income
from it and pay higher taxes
and water rates. Therefore
he will either close the suite
down or increase the rent.

I repeat, nobody —
neither the owner, the
tenant nor the City — will
gain by legalization.

If Alderman Sorenson and
the. rest of council really
want to reduce taxes, the
only way to do so is to
reduce the City’s administra-

tion cost. It is not easy but it
can be done.
-T will be ‘Pleased to discuss

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

Thierry’s problem? Or some
cash in lieu?

What we're talking about
is the possibility of the North
Shore (and Canada) losing a
Karen Magnussen of the
waves for the sake of a
couple of grand...

The federal Grits are at it
again in their ceaseless quest
to win the minds and hearts
of British Columbians. After
a one-day swing through the
Interior Prime Minister
Plerre Truadean addresses a
fund-raising dinner Tuesday
at the Hyatt Regency. Serge
Joyal, Pierre’s newest
minister, talks the same day
to the Vancouver Board of
Trade lunch crowd at the
Four Seasons. Priday brings
Treasury Board President
Donald Johnston to Victoria
to speak at a U of Vic
Alumni dinner. The
following week (December
5) Revenue Minister Bill
Rompkey will deliver the

THIERRY Damilano _..

a Karen of the waves?

message to a pot luck supper
of the Burnaby Liberal
Association. It can’t be the
food they’re all coming for...

If you've ever inserted or
answered a Personal Ad,
Vancouver author Jack
Fairley would love to talk to
you. He’s collecting materia!
for a new book on The
Personal Ad Phenomenon.
Anonymity and discretion
guarantted — your spouse
need never know. If you've a
story to tell about Personal
Ad adventures, call Jack at
684-6838.

Nine-month-old Sammy, a
rare) Newfoundland = kees
hound, can’t understand
what the housing fuss is all
about. His North Van master
Eda Shane has built him an
eight and a half foot ‘A’
frame home complete with a
carpeted sundeck, tinted
sliding windows, continuous
gutters and a
(though no
(fireplace).
naturally...

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Rent-controlled

Two politcians on TV

being “non-partisan and non-

political! If you don't
believe it, watch Channel 10
Tuesday et S pm or
Wednesday at 10 30 pm
North Van Burnaby MP
Chack Cook and Chief
Opposition Whip Ball
Kempling, MP for

Burlington, Ont entertain
with anecdotes about House
of Commons procedures and
have promised not

to get

mod at anyone
SCRATCHPAD: Former
West Van top cop Molr
MacBrayne has been
nominated for 1982

president of the North Shore

chimney,
working)

this issue with any council
member or citizen if they
wish to call me at 987-6107.

e

Safety Council... Another
top cop, Supt. Roy Byme
who recently assumed
command of the North Van
Mounties, will be guest
speaker at the Council's
annual meeting November
26, 12 noon, at the Canyon
Gardens (reservations 987-
8289 or 987-0506)... North
Shore wedding of the month
has to be at Highlands
United Church in North
Van, Saturday, November
28, when soccer star Bobby
Lenarduzzi ties the knot with
lovely Deanne Veitch,
daughter of former
Whitecaps g.m. Denny
Veitch... North Van
aldermanic candidates Betty
Griffin and Greg Richmond
(they might actually be
aldermen elect by the time
you read this) are among
panelists from all over B.C.
at this week's big B.C.
Housin Conference.
Wednesday and Thursday at
the Bayshore, They'll be
rubbing viewpoints on the
housing crisis with celebrity
speakers Dave Barrett,
Housing “Minister Jim
Chabot, Consumer Affairs
Minister Peter Hyndman and
Bigtown's Mayor Mike
Harcourt... New mémbers of
the North Van, Chamber of
Commerce are Don Graham
of Harvest Antiques,’ ‘Penny
Buchan of -Penny's «Place.
Doreen Munn of S.D.M
Business Services and. Chris
Harrison of Townline Office
Systems -- welcome
aboard And humble
apologics to Andrea Kelly of
West Van whose name was
accidentally omitted from
our recent U of Vic honor
last Hillside grad and
Homecoming Queen Andrea
won ae full U of Vic
scholarship with a third-year
‘A’ average |.

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
For optimists life is full of
disappointments. Pessimists,
on the other hand, get a lot
of picasant surprises