NOBODY AROUND here
seems fo have jumped on
North Van's ever-loving,
ever-catin’ MEA, David
Schreck, for having done
something that does not
exaedy contribute to his
“Mr Nice imuaye. But it has
been naticed over in
Vancouver.

A wore in Caquithim wrote ta
Schreck asking for help. her com:
qilaint be}ng that she had been a vie-
lim of government negligence,

Wheilter she had been or not |
‘don't know, But that's beside the
polnt as far as the way Schreck
treated her is concerned,

He replied ww her this way:

“This is to uckiow ledge receipt
“of your letter of Dee, 20, 1993, |
have not forwarded the onuterial
you enclosed. It has been deposited
in the recycling,

“Ifyou want lo write to provin-
cial ministers you can do so by
addressing your mail tos Parliament
‘Buildings, Victoria, B.C. V&V
LX4, Edo not provide a forwarding

: 66 Maybe he’s

; ‘N orth Van’ s very
own Tar tuffe,,

- fic ction’ s gi eatest-

“ever pretender to

piety.99

~ service, :
«J believe that you require help. -
‘I hope you will discuss your prab-
Jems with your physician or with
the local community health cenire,
coy“_am not your.MLA. I will not
be enewering any further letters
from you.” ;
“The woman wrote a somewhat
- confused response that read in part:

r. Nice guy

a

Collins

ON THE OTHER HAND

eset

“My charges against de Promiler
and the Attorney Ciene rnd for wilful
nepligence stud!

“Besides sending letters in care.
of you, what have TP done ta deserve
such violiting and presumptions
conduct? What a pitiful reflection
you personify with your letter on
the present B.C, Government!

“Please enlighten me about the
duties of a PUBLIC SERVANT." |

The story came to the attention
of Province colunmist Brian
Kieran, who stated under the head-
line "NDP two-faced, arrogant,
miserly.”

(The “miserly” came from the
way the NDP refused small grants
tothe Vernon Army Cadet Camp
while throwing money at field trips
for Vietnamese seniors. Another
standard NDP ploy.) .
~ ° Kieran continued: “The NDP
has promised a new era of under-
standing for those who have been
disadvantaged...

“Clearly, this woman needs that
understanding, What she got was a
quick trip to the shredder.

“It must have given Schreck a
real sense of power to dismiss the
woman in such a haughty, mean-
spirited fashion. No wonder she
believes that government is out to
get her.”

Schreck had been caught with

' his mask off and phoney do-good
. pants down, and wrote a letter to

the editor that only made things
worse. | .
He complained that Kieran’s

“column was “a personal attack” and

that the woman had been writing to
him for over six months.
“The rambling letters indicate a

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very i person” be went on.
“Taitiatly, Pavrote ane innocuous
response aad geutly siyypestedt that
weponsellor oight he of assistance,

“Hinally, f firmly stated that she
shouldseek help tron a physician
OF COHTITINETEY health warker

Schreck takes the cake,

Dees he think he is helping a
person he considers ta be Swery ill"
hy writing such a brutat letter, ever
if she HAD been writing to him for
inanetin?

Is this the guy who hoped te
become Minister of Health?

His lenter unty compounded his
hypocrisy.

“Mast peaple wha deal with the’
public,” he wrote, “from shapkeep-
ers through poaliticiins, eccasionally
have te del with peaple who
upper i be serinusly mentally il,

“Emad the decision in this cise
that the only ethical action Ecould
take wits (0 push het to seck profes.
slonul help.”

This is what our tian in North
Vancouver-Lonsdate regards as
“ethical action?” Where did he
learn his ethics? Is this what a doe.
torte does for peopie?

Charles Dickens had heard of
Se icc Pecksniff would have
been out and Schreck in.

Or maybe he's North Vai's
own Tartiffe, fiction’s greatest- vA
ever pretender to piety.

What Schreck wus telling this’
poor soul wast GET LOST. Thawe
no time for the likes of you. You
are wnuisance and a wacko and you:
don't even have a vote f efin use.

Itis ironic. but typical, that

_ Socialist Schreck anu the rest of his

philanthropic party ; tre big on
“human rights.” f

And in case you've forgotten,
Schreck pushed” for Bill 33, the
NDP’s enlarged human rights legis-
lation. ;

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