Friday, April 28. 2000 - North Shore News - 9

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Right on
refugees

Dear Editor:

Re: Refugee policies blast-
ed (April 2 North Shore
News). Mr, (Martin)
Collacott’s statements are
right on the money. He is
110% correct in his summa-
tions regarding immigration
in this country, although he is
only reiterating what [, along
with multitudes of others,
have been saying verbatim for
decades,

James R. Sutherland
North Vancouver

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NVD’s Denault denounced

Dear Editor: they are doing. In this regard, — gant.
'-. Considering that North his letter to the News was Brian Platts
Vancouver District Councillor purely self-serving and arro- North Vancouver
.. Bill Denault has been on the
: "job only five months, his self-
.congratulatory. pat-on-the-
* back is just a little too much to
stomach (“Editorial | upsets

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councillor,” April 14, News).
.. With - great indignation,
- Councillor Denault endeavours

to “set “the record straight” . |:

about what he believes‘ is a
“new and improved council”
He is particularly upset that the
News had the nerve to criticize
council’s~ rubber-stamping of

recent . controversial variance | §

applications and the de-empha-

sis of the district’s award-win-°

“ning neighbourhood zoning.

current council did not initiate : ,
the ‘change.tc the neighbour-..

hood zoning program. Denauit

attempts to take credit where .
no credit is due. The truth is, it |
was the previous council thar «

- introduced the option of a new
ingle-family zoning bylaw for

the remaining: 35 neighbour- _

hoods. This option incorporat-

. ed the. best elements of all the |

completed . neighbourhood
“zones, allowing renovations
~~and new house construction to
_ proceed within a reasonable set
of regulations, without the
need’ for. a vatiance permit.
‘While the previous council ran
out ‘of time to hold a public
hearing and adopt a new bylaw,
call the hard‘ work: had. been
done, thus the issue was conve-
“niently. gift-wrapped for the
“new council: :
3. With reference to fiscal mat-
; Councillor’ . Denault
approves selling district land to
‘of fs

future « tax . increases.

urely. Denault must be aware
“that: the municipality has been
down that road before. Selling
.land: for short-term gain isa
“discredited. policy. Instead of
holding. several hundred mil-
‘lion’ dollars in the . Heritage
Fund from ‘past land sales, we
“are left with a paltry $8 million.
Why? Because past councils fol-
- lowed the route that Denault
wants us:to return to. Selling
fand.-in exchange for lower
taxes is short-term thinking,
Snot to mention unsustainable.
«© Councillor Denault should
-. keep in mind that vorers do not
want to hear politicians falsely
“ expound upon what a great job

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