Dear Editor:

I read with interest your
Oct. 13 article regarding the
court ruling against the North
Vancouver District concerning
the mausoleum and’ am left
wondering why the council is
obsessed with stopping this
perfectly legitimate project.
How many hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars has it squan-
dered on this unnecessary legal
battle, and will it continue the
charade by appealing what was
an. overwhelming defeat in
court? The reasons for juxdg-
ment are pretty damning: from

an Hlegally held in-camera
meeting to start the rezoning
process for the property, to
willful obstruction of the
applicant. The project mects

t the zoning requirements,
‘including. a reduced height
restriction imposed after the
initial building permit applica-
ton i in 1996..

Balance of

“Thnothy Renshaw’s col- :
‘umn, Handicapping W. Van
mayoral ‘race (Sunday, Oct.
-24),° gave a brief rundown
and Ealance between the can-
, didates. strengths, weaknesses
: and 1 potentia

cannot: say’ the :same
about the article “Citizens?
group ’ packs’ election power
in WV” by. Katharine Hamer.

The. article beg ins -Feport-

scal

At a public hearing fast
March, held on the proposed
use of the property, the major-
ity of speakers supported the
mausoleum; yet at a special
council mecting called imme-
diately after the hearing with-
out any debate council hur-
riedly passed the rezoning to
single-family housing.

Council was told by its staff

at the hearing that develop-
ment cost charges would not
be applicable to the mau-
soleum project, yet recently $1
million was levied for develop-
ment cost charges as a condi-
tion of the building permit.
This levy has been overturned
by the courts.

A mausoleum appears to be
a far more suitable use for this
site located alongside the
cemetery, which is rapidly run-
ning out of space. The instabil-
ity of the bank and location
under high-voltage power

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lines make this site completely
unsuitable for the single-family
housing wanted by our elected
council, not to mention the
increased traffic this would
bring on an already very con-
gested street.

What kind of fiscal respon-
sibility is this from our clected
municipal government? Ir
appears to be NIMBY (net in
my back yard) from three
councillors who live in the area
rather than their supporting
something that would be an
asset for all district residents. A
council that supposedly does
not have any moncy to help
pay for much-needed school
crossing guards should nor be
wasting taxpayers moncy on
unnecessary Iegal battles. 1
know which candidates | will
not be voting for in next
month’s municipal election.
Tan Wragge
North Vancouver

WV story questioned

ing the activities of the West

Vancouver Citizens For
Good Government
(WVCGG) then spends one
half of its length discussing
an unrelated topic, one of the
mayoral candidates” views on
the subject.

This is not balanced press
and gives a bias toward this
candidate.

_It is hard to believe that a
reporter -would allow so

many undeserved press lines

without doing the same for |

all the other candidates.

If the reporter is to be
credible, it is necessary to
give the views of ail the can-
didates on the subject.

Picking out one candidate
for the spotlight is unfair to
the readership and irresponsi-
ble journalism.

Ron Komm
West Vancouver

Dear Editor:

On Saturday, Oct. 23, at around 3 p.m.
while getting out of my car in front of the cred-
it union in Lynn Valley, | accidentally dropped
two $100 bills I intended to deposit in my
account.

As [ left my car, I glanced back and saw a
young Asian woman quickly bend down and
pick something up and took me in the eye as
she did so. As I was by now in front of my car
I didn’t see what she picked up and so didn’t
think much of it. In the credit union |
remarked to a woman that I thought I had
dropped the money or left it at home, and she
said that she had just seen the young woman

shedding light

Dear Editor:

We note that in Mr. (Lionel) Lewis’ letter
which was published in the Oct. 20 edition of
your newspaper, Mr. Lewis neglected to inform
you that he is, and has been tor some time,
member of our organization.

Also, at our general meeting held this
September Mr. Lewis was nominated to stand
for election to our board of directors.

Mr. Lewis accepted the nomination but he

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foolishness Banking on guilty conscience

pick something up. I quickly went outside to
took for her, as the whole scenario only lasted
less than two minutes, but she was nowhere to
be scen, and obviously left the arca as quickly
as possible in case I should come looking for
her.

I hope the young woman who picked it up
enjoys the money. I don’t expect she has a
guilty conscience as she new exactly what she
was deing and in effect stole the $200 from
me. However, if she does feel any guilt she can
call me at 987-7845 and return the moncy to
me. Ucan guarantee her she will feel better.

D. Leggatt
North Vancouver

on Mr. Lewis

was defeated in the election of directors.

We believe these facts may shed some light
on Mr. Lewis’ opinions about our organiza-
tion.

We should also advise that after the Oct. 21
all-candidates meeting our membership is over
350 members. .
Rich Robinsen, Director
West Vancouver Citizens for Good.
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