THE .AVERAGE West
Vancouver ‘taxpayer. con-
tributes’.. almost. twice as
much -school fax as his
counterpart. in . Vancouver,
and-much of his. money goes
to other: “areas in -the
province.

Mayor Derrick Hum-

phreys made these remarks
in a statement demanding

lower school tax for West -

Vancouver issued at
Monday’s council meeting.
Humphreys maintained
that great empires and

nations have been built with -

interest rates below 5 per
cent.

“Our society is plagued by
a built-in series of interest
rates that increase costs even

‘before the taxpayers’s in-

come .has increased ac-
cordingly.” -

Quoting the Fleming
report, he said West Van's
average taxpayer con-

‘tributed $863 in 1980, the

highest rate in the province,
as compared to North Van
residents who. were second
highest at -$609 anti Van-
couverites who paid $493.

He said this ‘was “scan-
dalous” when $400,000 went
toward other school
districts. 5

“Your Municipal Council
and the Departments are
paring their budget to the
bone. Our aim is to maintain
the present service levels to

our residents.”

He suggested council
should review the school
budget to ensure that it is
within the means of the’
taxpayers.

BY

“I am writing to our

School Board of Trustees :
Minister of |

and the
Education to implore them
to avoid West Vancouver

taxpayers suffering under ©

school expenditure and

school financing formulae.| 7

similar to 1981 and request
that their budgeting, being

“done now, is fair and

reasonable. Action in

budgeting must be taken ©

now and not left until
March, 1982.”

Low Level Road will stay low

LOWER LEVEL road
could be raised three meters
to stop a derailed train from
running into cars on the
read.

But the cost would be
enormous, City Engineer
Alan Phillips told North
Vancouver City council
Monday.

And pre-cast concrete
safety barriers at the side of
the road won't stop a
derailed train, he said.

Phillips had researched
the provision of safety
barriers on the Low Level
Road after the City had been
urged to do so by the North

Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce.

But such barriers could
stop a car from running into
a train, said Alderman Elko
Kroon, a type of accident

that has happened in the
past.

Council voted to defer
action on the matter until it
received more information
from the Canadian National
Railway on the subject.

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