MAILBOX Lautens is a ‘social bigot’ Dear Editor: In Trevor Lautens’ July 15 col- umn, “Swinging at thar fat suckerball,"" he complains that bis colleagues in journalism had the wool pulled over their eyes whea they published information (pro- Ppaganda, in his eyes) provided to them by the Hospital Employees’ Union that claimed that eight top executives at B.C. hospitals had received average pay increases of 39% in the period 1988-1990, Mr. Lautens does not (and can- not) attack this information as be- ing untrue, but that it is only a partial sample of the pay increases of all the hospital administzators in B.C. (Some poor fellow, we are told, only got a pay increase of 8% in 1989-90.) And Mr. Lautens chides the HEU for distorting things by say- ing that HEU members only received pay increases of 9.43% over two years, when in those Reader wants info on Dear Editor: The Citizens’ Advisory Board to Corrections (provincial Ministry of Solicitor General) for the Van- couver Metro region is a non- profit volunteer board established in 1977 to, in part, provide a source of public opinion to the B.C. Corrections Branch by ex- amining, questioning and respon- ding to matters brought to the at- tention of the Advisory Board. One part of cur mandate in- volves consulting with members of the public. same two years plus one more day they actually received 14.4340. Perhaps he has a point. Mr. Lautens is so concerned about justice and fair play then Vin sure he will agree to publish in his col- umn oa plea that the Hospital Labour Relations Association grant to HEU members wage in- creases over the next [wo years that are equal to the average wage increases of top hospital execu- tives over the next two years (or even the last two years, for that matter}. I’m sure, however, that no such plea will appear in Mr. Lautens’ column (although I'm willing to be proven wrong and eat crow for the next week). For, while Mr. Lautens* article dwells for the most purt on facts, figures, and percentages, the crucial passage appears toward the end when he argues that, by the very nature of the work they do, executives deserve far larger salaries than What do you consider impor- tant to the Corrections system here in the Lower Mainland? ® How should young offenders be treated? * Should electronic monitoring (similar to being under ‘house ar- rest’’ where the offender wears an ankle bracelet and his/her activi- ties are monitored at a_ central location) be expanded? ® How can government best ces- pond to the needs of mentally disordered offenders? ® How can government best res- Cyclists, how about some beach etiquette? Dear Editor: Now that at last summer has arrived, I would like to make a couple of points concerning “beach etiquette’. Those of you who cycle to the beach, please do not park your bike against a log and then go and sit in front of the log, leaving me to look at the water view through the spokes of your bicycle wheels. (A note to local councils: please supply bicycle racks at the That's Right! beaches.} Those of you who like a little shade, please do not put up your beach umbrella, sit under it look- ing out towards the water and leave me to stare at a colorful piece of canvas. If you must put up an umbrella, please sit at the rear of the beach. J. Powell West Vancouver P.S. Does anybody know what Robert Aiken is talking about? But if “Hesser’’ employees and far larger percentage increases along the way. Mr. Lautens does not even ask whether said executives have done a good job or a bad job to deserve these larger percentage in- creases. Quite clearly it is a simple social bigotry at) work behind Mr. Lautens’ logic. People who do dirty jobs, it seems, don’t deserve the same sort of increases as peo- ple who do ‘*elean** jobs. And it is this sort of monstrous distortion and bias perpetuated on an almost daily basis by newspa- per columnists nationally that allows management to remain above the sort of tactics that Mr. Lautens decries. After all, management has peo- ple Jike Mr. Lautens to do their distorting for them. Craig Keating North Vancouver offenders pond to the needs of native of- fenders? What do you think? What should be the priorities of B.C. Corrections? What could be done to improve aig area of correc- tions? Please write with your thoughts to the Citizens’ Advisory Board to Corrections, 401 - 815 Hornby St., Vancouver V6Z 2E6. Darren Lowe Advisory Board Chairperson Vancouver Mailbox policy LETTERS TO the editor must include your name, written legibly, your full address and telephone number. Due to space constraints the North Shore News cannot publish all letters. 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