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Dear Editor:

Question: What does
North Vancouver District
Council have in common
with our beloved NDP
government in Victoria?

Answer: Neither of
them can understand the
meaning of the word
“no.”

Just as our financially
and morally bankrupt
provincial government 1s
determined to ignore
public opinion by foist-
ing an unwanted new
mega-casino on us, the
impoverished district is
determined to annex the
assets of the city, with or
without our consent.

Financially the city
has nothing to gain and
everything to lose from a
merger with our less-
favored neighbors.

More importantly,
when it comes to local
government, smaller is
definitely better. In a
compact city of 40,000
every councillor knows
(or should know) every
neighborhood and coun-
cis decisions should
reflect that knowledge.

My neighborhood of
Lower Lonsdale _ has
about 10% of the city’s
population so our cur-
rent council can’t afford
to ignore the residents”
views when considering
the large-scale develop-
ment plans of the next 10
years..

On the other hand,
with only about 3% of
the population of both
North Vancouvers,
Lower Lonsdale would
be at: the mercy of a
council] dominated by a
pack of greedy, imperial-
istic Lynn Valley Fat-Cats
who would feel safe in
ignoring, the neighbor-
hood’s needs.

Will the city's voters
say “yes” to a merger
with the district?

Only if they want to
subsidize and stabilize
tax rates in Lynn Valley
and Deep Cove by turn-
ing Lower Lonsdale into
Metrotown North.

' There’s about as
much chance of the city
voting “yes” as there is of
Doug Collins inviting
Svend Robinson over to
his house for Christmas
dinner.

Whar part of the word
“no” does North
Vancouver District
Council find so difficult
to understand?

Inn Michaud
North Vancouver

New

Location
#2-2435
Marine Drive
West Vancouver
922-3014

Escalator encounter

weekend, I encountered young
children plaving on escalators at two North
Shore shopping cent
The first ome, J just shuddered with the
thought of the potential danger. The second
time, at Park Royal on Sunday, I was coming
down a crowded escalator.

Suddenly, a young boy of approximately
five vears, began trying to run back up the
escalator. Horritied that no one seemed to be
attending him and having seen a child maimed
vears ago doing the same thing, I velled eur,
“No playing on the escalator.”

The child ignored me and soon fell. He
couldn’t get up dut FE soon got to him and
scooped him to his teet. The child immediate-
ly ran to a woman who was well ahead and off
the escalator.

As I walked away, a man approached me
and said, “Are you security?”

“No,” | replied. “I just didn’t want to sce
the child hurt. There is no playing allowed on
the escalator.”

The mother was now standing beside the

man and said, “We'll remember that next
time.”

The man never said another word. He just
stared. Neither thanked me.

Another man, who was behind us on the
escalator said to the person who appeared to be
the father, “Hey, that was totally innocent. She
didn’t do anything.”

The man just stared at him too.

Not knowing what to say or how to feel, I
started to walk away and as | did, I overheard
the mother say to the child “See what you’ve
done. You've just ruined that lady’s day ...

T couldn’: believe what I had just heard. If
that child's leg, finger, hand or foot had got
caught in the escalator, a lor more than my day
would have been ruined.

T would also like the mother to know that
her child’s behavior did not ruin my day but
his mom and dad’s attitude really disappointed
me. We license peaple to drive automobiles. Is
it time we license adults to be responsible par-
ents?

S. Weeks
West Vancouver

No harm in Harm Giub sneer oss

bust and not have to

Dear Editor:

Re: Harm Keduction Club
Arrest.

This is absolutely outra-

geous. The citizens of

Vancouver and British
Columbia do not pay taxes for
the police to be out busting
people and throwing them in
jail while teenagers with hand-
guns are out robbing jewelry

stores. No one in the Harm
Reduction Club did anything
to deserve arrest; they don't
go out shooting people or
robbing places.

They sit in a house and
smoke weed. An offence, yes.
Acrime, nv.

T am getting sick and tired
or people fik vid Malmo-
Levine going to jai! because

Rings from $500

head puts up a ior less res
tance to arrest than a gun-tot-
ing teenager would.

{ think that the Vancouver
Police should focus their
efforts on controlling the
crime in the city, rather than
bothering innocent people.
Erik Jones
dbray@earth.mat.net

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