I would like to publicly s set
the record straight on the
subject of District council's
discussions about the recent
demonstration in ds to
the proposed Cove Cliff
~ sthool.:

Contrary to your headlines
of June 25th and = your
editorial of June 29th, the
majority of council did not
engage in public criticism of
the RCMP’s actions.. The
motion passed by council
was to refer the matter to
our police liaison com-
mittee, and to state that we
did not condone infractions
of the Criminal Code or the
Motor Vehicle Act.

Your reporter was correct
in Stating that some mem-
bers of council, including

‘the acting mayor, did voice

Citizens present at

. traffic hindrance,

criticism of the actions of the

police, However, 1 —take-
Strong. exception to the
implication that this

criticism was in any way
unanimous. I, for one,
dissociated — myself from
these remarks and stated
clearly at the public meeting

‘that I feel the RCMP han-
dled

the
discretion

with
restraint.
the
demonstration have told me
that, contrary to the
exaggerated statements
made by the acting mayor,
there was no significant
‘no un-
pleasant incidents, and that
the RCMP acted at all times
with courtesy and ef-
feciency. The fact that NO

matter
and

complaints were received by
the police bears this out.

I-would like to publicly
repeat my statement of the
council meeting:. that I
support the manner in which
the police dealt with this
situation. I would like
especially to commend
Corporal Prendergast for his
actions in this regard.

Your editorial writer is
correct in stating that the
right to hold = pubdtic
demonstrations is one that
should be upheld by any
democratic society. I was
glad to see that the

demonstraters carried out

their protest in such an
orderly manner, and I would
hope that any ill-considered
criticism of their actions
would not deter any

NEWS readers ‘need God's help’

Dear Editor:

I was shocked to read your
Sunday editorial criticizing
District Alderman Lakes and
condoning the attitude of
our constabulary who would
see no evil.

‘I have tried to keep in-
formed. on the Burrard
View-Cove Cliff con-
trovérsy. I was surprised to
learn that the vast majority
of published letters to the
editor were signed by
educationalists. I was also
surprised to learn that a
local voters group,
“NOVVA”, was over-
whelmingly teachers and

educational establishment. I °

was more than shocked to
learn that while all ac-
ceptable evidence has been
submitted to council, these
people would launch an
intimidating power play on
our elected officials, as Was
evidenced at Deep Cove.
You may or may not have
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available to us. And on
account of that, we may

need God's help. Whether - 2
‘the antics of the militant

educationalists are legal or

-not, and I suspect they are

not, your. editorial
responsibilities in this
community are to foster
good civic government.

You should be aware that
the constabulary are denied
“the. privilege of engaging ‘in

local politics, and for a very’
good reason. It seems to me"

that if these naked power

‘plays by the educational

establishment continue, then
the taxpayers may find that a

second look at their rights is.

indicated. The privilege is
presently being terribly
abused. You seem to be
abetting this.

Gordon Rogers
North Vancouver

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