_ protests, .
awareness, pot,

_ Loosely defined as the
counter-culture, the

movement now seems ,
to have faded, although.

some of the ideas have orth Vancouver

_ carried on.

This issue the
Inquiring Reporter
asks: “What ever
happened to the

_-counter-culture?”

the leaders of nine of the 10
groups which had presented.
the petition reiterated - that
the people of West Vancou-
ver should be given a chance

to express their. views on -

future growth.

They » condemned ‘several |
members . of council for |

suggesting that the public is

incapable of intelligent opin-

ion on the subject of growth,

and they. accused ‘council of

being °
tune’’
; citizens who elected it.

‘‘arrogantly out of

‘The _statement also called
upon West Van citizens io

ask the. three aldermen

seeking re-election (Don.

. Lanskail, Tom Marshall, and
Robert Hicks) why they are

“unwilling to. accept the
dictates of public opinion’’

on growth in West Vancou- .

ver.

_ In a subsequent. interview
Mayor Jones maintained that

the wording of the proposed —

referendum was incapable of
providing any meaningful
guidance for council in
gtappling with the practical
problems of future growth.

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appreciated, he felt, that

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- Remember the ‘late;
sixties with its anti-war’
‘civil rights ©
movements, ecological .
folk-:
rock. and. patchuli oil? |

Not as many people seem

to care to be involved in
movements like the late,

sixties. The counter-culture.

could not offer a permanent

economic solution.

council has no powers to

. forbid ‘standard subdivision .

developments which comply
with zoning and building
regulations.

Meanwhile, the News has
launched its own
dum’” on the question, using

_ exactly the same wording as
that proposed by the rate- ©
payer representatives - -- see

page 9.

The relevant portion of

Monday’s statement by the
ratepayers groups,
claim a combined member-
ship of over 2,000 electors,
follows:

a cone

**The ratepayers associa-.

tions believe that a referen-
dum on growth ‘is an

indispensable guideline in
the formulation of the West —
- Vancouver municipal plan,
which is now nearing its final ;

stages of preparation. The
associations presented the
proposal in the spirit of
cooperation and were greet-
ed with little but scorn and

hostility by the majority ‘on |

Council.

The mayor, and

every alderman but one.

indicated that the 10% or
less option would surely win
and that the referendum was
therefore,’ in the words of
Alderman Marshall,
serving’ on the part of the
associations.

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. great

**referen- .

which —

“‘Self-

Newh Vancouver | |
- think» they ‘have gone.
_underground.. Except for

Bob Dylan, there are no
leaders for young

people to follow. There is.
not the -feeling for great
social changes like in the late
Sixties. ”

“In fact,

tatives, Doreen Blackburn,

thought so. We resent ‘very

strongly. the imputation of
‘several members of Council

that the public is incapable of

intelligent opinion on the
subject of ‘Srowth.

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we have no
preconceptions as. to how
such a referendum would
turn out. We certainly do feel _
that the people of. West.
_ Vancouver should be given a
choice, and we note that only
one of our elected represen-

‘Liz Gilmour
North Vancouver

I would say that. many
young people in the counter- _-

culture have now. grown up
and |

goals, the movement lost its
momentum.

“If the Mayor and Council

think that the result. of the .

referendum would surely be

the victory of the 10% or less

option; then why are they

planning for a much higher

rate of growth? The policy of
our. municipal ‘government

appears to be arrogantly out :
of tune with that of the™
majority of — citizens . who

elected . it

— Letter Carrier -

probably joined the
_ stablishment. .
achieving some of their

After:

North Vancouver |

People in the counter- _

culture were not .com-

-munists; they. were refor-
mists. I think the counter-

culture felt the working class. -
had. sold out to the —
. establishment.

explains the. discourtesy v with -
which the representatives of ~
the citizens and ratepayers |
groups were greeted Mon- -

. day, October 2, 1978, when, ©

after a-wait of two and .
one-half. hours, they were"
finally received. by Council. -

“We suggest - to. the”

: citizens. of West Vancouver 2

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North Vane ver - .

Tt sort of died out. Not so
many: “people” seem. to be
‘involved ‘in. causes. It is
individuality, 1 now and disco.

“election « campaign they ask
“the: three: incumbent alder-
-men.(all of whom vociferous-
‘ly. rejected the referendum)

- why, by their own admission,

‘they’are unwilling to accept
the dictates of public opinion
‘on the question of growth in
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