. - ‘pureaucracy. But. the.

-There’s a- great fear. in. ‘ureaucracy -

| particularly overweight. - nee

: we’ ’re to believe what ‘we see. And: the situation

: only gets worse.

- Bureaucracies. are “like”
cancers. They grow and grow -

unless something drastic is

done. .Government.. depart- -
. ments. require ever increas- |
__ ing budgets, ‘because no oné
AS -ever fired ine the’ “civil:

. service.

There. are. good civil
~ engaged,. “more. ‘positions ©
created - and who’s to say
whether the tax: payers are | °
getting value for their. -
money? The only people who

| know. are’ the civil: servants. |

‘servants in Canada. ‘Tchave

met some fine people over"
.: the years,. doing | their jobs.

- with pride and a ‘conscious:
ness of their accountability to

the taxpayers.”

Those are the people ‘who .
created what was, until a few
years’ ago, one of the finest .

. civil services in the. world. an

00d guys and who are the _ HONESTY DOESN’T PAY.

bad guys:

now. ‘The civil. service is

_Tesponsible to. no one: De-
partments are. added.to —

departments, offices created,
assistants hired, secretaries,

“And for: reasons. which a

; would like to go into, they are

the least likely to tell.

RULE BY FEAR

‘The. unfortunate ‘thing

- about the cancerous growth
of the civil service ‘is: that,
inevitably, cut backs must bbe. :

7 made.

-. their: departments or their

And I hope that when this
| day, comes. we'll have some
| way: of _ telling: ‘who. are the’.

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“problems with anyone else
except those above them in
their branch | of the: “Givill :
Service. a

ment head.

‘dies: there - because the
departmental superior is
either already aware of the
problem and is unable to

. solve it or else afraid to

resolve ‘it. or. attempt ~ to

resolve it-because of the.
power of the Canadian Union .

of Public Employees.

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atmosphere _in- the civil;

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For example, if an inept
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The. West Vancouver

| Electors Association is .

Sponsoring ' two important

‘meetings before’ the
; November 18 election.
7 On Thursday, October 26,
7:30, psm. an all-

| candidates. ‘meeting will. be

held ‘at: St. David’s United

Church (Taylor Way and
Upper Levels).
art 114,. Paragraph 1114 of 7

At this
meeting, candidates’ for
mayor, alderman and school

' board will be given an op-

portunity to address. the
citizens and explain where
they stand on the issues that

will affect all the residents of
the municipality. |

‘This year a mayor, three

alderman and three school
trustees are to be elected.
This. constitutes more than

os

any
federal “bureaucracy” As tion of his or her.department
. head, the Canadian way to
: . deal with that person is, in
‘It’s overweight i in many areas. ‘Every. area - - if _ practicality, to. .create a
-position for. that. person that -
_ is little more than retirement

possible. ‘to: ‘bring. ‘that. per-
‘son’s ineptness to. the atten-

For. the crux: cof ihe ‘matter 7

, 2 programme ‘*60: Minutes’’,
: is that it’s impossible to tell .

high-ranking | administrator - _ | Be
: ee huge t bureaucracy of “pit damped eject | ore frequency response. 30 -
health, education. and’ wel-: SUI AUtO SIOP | 15000 H
fare discovered what he felt” oo -Dolby system = ~~

to be $1.5. million . dollar. ‘ soutput level control S8db _ so.

tax payers money. |

- ministrator, a conscientious
man, brought the matter up.
- again... And again, “pong.
‘resulted.

his conscience, turned | the

‘The fact i is, the civil service.
is ruled by fear. Civil
servants are..not free to

‘discuss. their. “employer or

: media.

out of his area, and i placed in
a dead end job.

op | | he was asked if he had any .
- A: “public | ‘servant who |

: discovers, | for. ‘example, a ai
instance of waste or misman-
“agement, must report . the
same to his or. her. depart-

- same type of position.

+ for the civil servant to report:
AW too ‘often. the’ matter

shut. Pd never do it again.’

‘intelligent: public spending, — :

- payers when the only people of

happening - the civil servants

|r name candi ic dates

‘these meetings. .
- directed to P.O. Box 91284,

(8251). °

with full pay: and no duties.

On the excellent American

televised last Sunday, a fairly |

: : tong life , permatioy head |

‘mis-allocation’ of American

He brought the matter to.
the attention of his superiors, |
who. did . nothing... ‘The ad-.

Finally the man, driven by
matter. over» ‘to the” news :

“The result? He was S reliev-
ed of his duties, transferred .

“

“Interviewed on . television,

advice for other bureaucrats —

coke Ln, .
who found themselves i in. the .

He replied: : “Yes. ‘My ©
advice is: until there is a ‘way ©

without fear of. retribution, . a
don’t do it. Keep: your mouth - :

. That’s “how bureaucracy.
works in the United States...
And that’ s how i it works here. : ;
| How can we ever ‘have » ‘ ne

proper management. of. our;

tax resource, and. some -
reduction of the crushing.

governmental load on the tax .

who really know what is ~ a me

. : te
. | re ee, oe See
a ve

- are afraid to D talk?

half of the decision makers f
on > eal and the school | ~~ i

On Thursday, November ee
2, at 7:30 p.m. members of | Bm
the Electors Association will :
meet to endorse their:
candidates. ‘This meeting |
will also be’ held at. St.
David's United Church. om

sete etng isis conan

Voters are invited to. join
the association. at either of |

The association says it in | ae | Tat eee
most anxious to enrol new Prime Cut Hair Design
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Ray! Richards. (926-6354) or
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