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District should curb spending

Dear Editor:

Nachiko Yokota wishes in her
Feb. 14 letter that taxpayers had
more input into the spending deci-
sions of North Vancouver District
— sodol.

Over $5 million was recently
spent on a wave pool that only a
fraction of the taxpayers will ever
use but which commits each
household to thousands of dollars
in taxes..Such major capital pro-
jects should only be approved
after a binding referendum.

Last year after huge increases in
the district budget I wrote to the
mayor and every alderman with
suggestions of how to curb spend-
ing. These include:
© Maplewood Farm should pay its
way with admission fees or the
district should get out of the
farming business. We cannot af-
ford the deficit which exceeds
$180,000.
© An effort should be made to
find corporate sponsors for the
gardens around the district in
return for a discreet plaque
acknowledging the sponsor.
Gardens are a large cost area.
© Recreational facilities must be
operated more on a user-pay
system after the capital expen-
diture is approved by referendum.
“@ There must be a bylaw to limit
spending increases.

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© Ask the council to find the
waste in the $6 million fire and
rescue budget — anything that
size has to have some waste.

* Cease plans to expand the
district offices. Plan instead to
reduce bureaucracy and the drain
on the taxpayer.

© Advise all staff that wage in-
creases can no longer be approved
unless there is a proven increase in
productivity.

© Stop aii grants to special interest

groups unless approved by the
voters in a referendum.
© Ask the voters at election time
to approve or disapprove major
items of expense and ongoing
commitment.

It is about time the mayor and
council had a new motio on the
wall of the chambers. It should

‘read ‘‘If this was my own money

would I spend it on this project?”’
Edward White
North Vancouver

Dr. Ruth behind the times

Dear Editor:

I would like to comment on
‘the regular feature by. Dr.
Ruth.

It seems distasteful to say the
least to have such garishly sex-
ual material in a family news-
paper. Any kid in any house-
old can pick it up and learn
all about the kind of stuff that
gets kids into trouble.

With AIDS in our midst,

teen pregnancy at an ail-time
high, and divorce a household
word, may I say that your col-
umn is a disgrace — and well
behind the times.

We are no longer in the sex-
ual freedom ‘70s; we are in the
conservative (safe) "90s. .

Get with it.

Theresa Moylan
West Vancouver

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