“seems to” AS one, ‘Of: ‘the ; ‘West: Van ‘couver Electors: Association :”p: ‘since its. inception; I take | ‘exception to. Noel. Wright's . “The ‘WVEA; was. founded some years ago by: a group of public spirited citizens, at a time when West Van couicil’ meetings | ‘were ‘in. chaos, to’ encourage well _ qualified. . citizens to run for office, as_ he corrently points out, and to encourage. ratepayers and - “general methods the Assocition has re of : would he suggest? Would he advocate a return to: the -practise | of the editor of our. ‘putting | forward his list of candidates _ as was the ritual in previous local -newspaper.. -years? I would suggest -that a consensus . citizens to vote by running — : all candiates : meetings, and Good u both meetings on. _ important ‘Association is open to all candidates mot on_ the Setereey vou both th a during the strike. ” public issues. Their success whoare interested enoughto. WVEA. list is the silliest tied a bit of goo 0D on k . _ can be measured in the join. It is not an elite club, as suggestion of the lot. story about . Derric K.G. Phillips - improvement both’ in the Mr. Wright seems to | | Se out uke ones of “that West Vancouver — quality and the performance suggest, nor is it politically Ralph Carder _ out ‘the “support of that of our aldermen and by the motivated. Comparing it to - . | turnout of voters,. which although low, has. been. the best: on the -North’: ‘Shore. : . Your editorial, referred to our 26% turnout compared to the an Van. District’ s 17%. The elected officers of the Association, . freely of their time, arranged for a representative. to be present. at every Council _ meeting throughout the year _ and have a sub committee who questicn cendidates at elelction time. While Noel Wright seems critical of this procedure. ae | who. give so _ Membership of the Dear Editor: Those lucky people: who are privileged to own pets, should support our _ local — S.P.C.A. Also, our lotteries should include these necessary and: hard. working groups on their list, for their ~_ kind of work is a thankless Why don’t. parents | ‘teach their children to walk — “one. their dogs on a leash - which “would help to keep down the number of animals picked up| . that, byt these : ibprev Council, than anyone’ else in - . the municipality. What. else | article of Oct.. 25th for its” 7 inaccuracies and omisions. ae of | - opinion, both by the elected . . executive and by members at . large. + is the better ' approach. and: uncalled. for:-. neretOre : © TEAM. or COPE i is just plain not... ‘the exercise.-any control’-over” 2 -candidates. ' ‘once ~ they. are. silly. .WVEA does. elected; ‘and I doubt. that they “know _ their political persuasion. All they do is to ° ‘monitor their. performance _in Council over the year and . this is to be commended, especially when it comes to. recommendations - “making “on candidates the next time oy around. To conclude, his article by. - suggesting to the electorate _ that they make-up their own . minds on the merits of the - candidates and then telling © them to concentrate on the West Vancouver ‘put. to death? Or don’t pet owners care ‘that much! ot Gaile Vv. Campbell West Vancouver - | Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. -9 p.m. ‘Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 980-3464 986-6222 - Dear Editor: . Well, the time has come | . for me to write my first letter to.a- ‘paper. Come join me, readers, in a cup of coffee, to_ discuss politics. and. ‘particu larly West Vancouver! Ss: com- ing. election. ‘First and foremost 1 don’ t ‘want one hundred and fifty people ‘telling me who to vote | Dear Editor: Now that our: ‘big-time’ papers are on strike, I sure hope you two locals will read 7 each other. | for. Ihave brains, I can read, | T-can attend meetings and the rest of you have the same ~_ ability. friend who is — The. “question IT am con- fronted with, constantly, is, ‘“‘Why does Gordon ‘Rown- W.V.E.A. bunch. Good for Humphreys, he’s a real good | and sure would do a fantastic job for West Van- ; couver! — Jam not running for mayor but I have a. really good, ‘honest, . Gordon. Rowntree. -" in. West. Vancouver. knows that. he. can’ be the tree: keep runni Ee office?” Glad you asked. He knows that he has the . ability: to do an excellent job. He knows that we:need to: get - | out of the. clutches of the one hundred and fifty. people: who - are telling us who to vote for. 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