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NEWS VIEWPOINT
| ‘Tragic forces

HE CORONER'S: inquest examin-
ing ‘ this week the tragic shooting of
Possee has
focused attention on a number of disturb-
\ ing facts surrounding almost every facet of

: 22-year-old Danny

‘a drug raid gone bad.

Each day of. the: inquest at the North
Vancouver, courthouse has brought. stun-
~ ming revelations: regarding the mishandling
‘of this case; from the initial serving of ite
starch’ warra it to the investigation of the

; shooting. ’

‘The informant who’ Upped police with

timony.

The - angle of the, bullet wound — an
unassailable fact — contradicts police tes-

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_ The scene of the shooting was left unat-
tended and unsecured following the raid. |
And perhaps the most. troubling fact
about the whole incident — aside from the
neediess death of a; young man —- is that
the investigation of the shooting was con-
ducted by the police. themselves,
AS.a society we often pat ourselves on

:| the back for creating a system in which we

the inf mation’ used to secure the search -

"warrant was himself'a police officer. .
“Theundercover officers who served the
warrant had no visible police identification.

all havea right to “our day in court. ”

This’ inquest is ‘the best: we can offer
Denny Possee. .
- Let's make sure his day is not wasted.

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‘We don’t need any more jobs sik

‘fing - ice cream..to. the beautiful

a people at the Lonsdale Quay for

*. $5' an hour,” That’s. not. in my
. future. These (industrial) jobs are
. where the money is at.’”: “ ;
‘Brian Lee used. to work | next
‘door at Versatile’ for 12% years
before. the company filed for
~ bankruptcy. |

You don’t see any regard for. the
‘ environment , when you look at
houses being built today. With the

revival of fake historicism, they °

“get bloated up so that you get a

place like Caulfeild Plateau which

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fair, fair, fair.’’
West . Vancouver Mayor Mark

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+ tending a public meeting on the

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demanding taxa-

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North Vancouver RCMP Const.
Mark. Boland on his summit. secu-
rity job experience, i

legislative
Based on the recent -

_ Harper. |

ilisid
owners

alo ne

IF EVER there was a case for a referendum, the ongoing
battle over the fate of West Van’s 31-year-old Hillside
School is it. Especially as council, not the school board, is

now calling the shots.

The fatter’s self-styled Chief
Executive Officer, Superintendent
Doug Player, backed by four doc-
ile school trustees out of the five,
wants to bulldoze Hillside and
flog the land for development into
some 30 residential lots.

At half-a-million or so a pop
they would theoretically net him
the $14 million he needs to build a
smaller new school on Caulfeild
Plateau — a project solidly en-
dorsed, of course, by the upper-
income Plateau dwellers, as is
their democratic right.

And just as solidly opposed by
Upper Dundarave types. They
would lose a valued’ j junior high
school, community tennis and
playing field facilities, and a rela-
tively modern building capable of
many other community uses (e.g.,
a West Van campus for Capilano
College?). All of it irreplaceable,
of course, at equivalent 1960s’
prices.

Last year, when the issue was
solely in the school board arena,
Mr. Player and his tame foursome
flatly rejected repeated calls for a
referendum. But now that the
project is before the municipal
council — which must decide,
after public hearings, whether to .
grant the required development
permit — a whole new ball game
opens up. .

The educational wisdom or folly
of the plan is none of council’s
business. But two other factors
are very much its business.

“One is the effect of the plan on™
community recreation amenities.
The other i is the environmexial ef-_
fect cf construction on siopes of
_ more than 35%, particularly if old :
trees come down. :
.. There are related’concerns.
Hillside area residents worry.”

posed subdivision driving up '

’ neighborhood prices and taxes.

Others ask why council should

_ swap an appreciating asset in land
fora depreciating asset in build :
“ings.

Yet others fear building costs -
for the new school may outstrip _
the sale price of the Hillside site
— leaving taxpayers to foot a

-multi-million dollar bill. Then

again, will school population —
growth shift back to‘central West
Van, as more younger families
snap up the older, more afford~
able homes now being vacated by
empty-nesters?

Too many factors and interests
are involved here for any top-
down dictatorial judgments.

HITHER AND YOR
Loathe as Mr. Player may be to’
concede the fact, the owners of .
Hillside are West Van's taxpayers. ;
ALL of them — whether living in’ |
Dundarave, Caulfeild or anywhere
else in the municipality.: .: ...
Once the development hearings.”
are over, council must allow the.
owners alone to make the final
decision in a binding referendum.

- POSTSCRIPTS: Billed as a truly.

special event Tuesday thru Satur-,, :;
day, Apr. 20-24, “at the Centennial
Theatre, “Promised Land’.
surveys the history. of civilization

in a series of dramatic vignettes
backed by a powerful musical :

-score and fascinating special ef.

fects — tickets $15 (313 seniors
and students), curtain;8 p.

2 p.m: Saturday matinee-.., Free

‘ tecture and discussion for teens.7
opm, Wednesday, Apr. 21; at'the:
. ‘North Shore:Wormen’s ‘Centre
. 103-145 West 15th, deals with

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“dating violence prevention and:
assertiveness training for young
women”? — ‘call 984-6009 for fur-

‘ther information .;. Ledding St

Simon’s, Deep Cove; Renewal
Mission '93.from Friday to Sun

-day, Apr. 23-25 — being held thi

year at North.Van Rec Centre «
(Capilano Room) because ‘of the
large response -— are guests ::
Canon Michael and Jeanne:
Harper from Chinchester Cathe- .
dral, England, both noted interna-
tional missionaries, who will pres-
ent the theme ‘‘Making Disciples
of All Nations .’’ To register ($30) -
call Rev. Ed Hird, 929-5350, or

' Camdace Gillespie, 929-7429, wes

Human resources consultant |

.’ Chery! Smith, former top IBM

sales producer and a sales train-. ..
ing/team-building specialist, ad-

-dresses the North Van Chamber -
‘of Commerce luncheon meeting ‘
Thursday, Apr. 22, 11:30 a.m. for.
. 12 noon at the North Shore’: ‘

. Winter Club — ‘to. ‘Teserve call

987-4488 by Tuesday, Apr. 20..."

And happy birthday fomorrow, ;
Wi toe

est Van °

Apr. 19, to three :
president “

Kiwanis stalwart

. Frank Wilson, along with Alex |

GUEST LEADERS ‘at St.
Simon's Renewal Mission '93... -
Canon’ Michael “and. Jeanne | ;

Brokenshire and Gerry McDowell :

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