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mae | said to the girl (ay offi-;

' cial), ‘you want me to fae a down -

~ Santa??? ”,
“Dick Irwin Chevrolet ‘sales man-

” ager Peter Erwin, after North .

~Nancouver. City officials’ ‘informed
the car dealership that the giant

“inflatable Santa Claus perched on,

~ Dick Irwin's roof contravenes a”
: city bylaw. (From a Dec. 8 North :

; “Shore News Story.) .

: “This will mark the first g gated

: community in the district. It’

opens the door to develoners:
throughout the world to come
through here bringing in'thelr :

|: Los Angeles Bhetto-style, yuppie

subdivisions that keep out'the, “

. -eommon citizenry and keep back

~ behind walls other pecple who no

. ” Jonger wish to be Part of our’
7 “mailbox - | |
Enough of Ernie, already |

“Dear Editor: oy

Why “does “the” North Shore ’
Mews persist in acting as campaign ;
-. faanager for Ernie Crist?

»,, Whenever Emie burps: it makes
for news in the North. Shore News,

‘4 “Complete with picturé, For years we...
Have had ‘to: endure looking’ at his

; face.in_ the’ North Shore. ‘News.
”; Please no!mo

I see he has taken ‘timed off from

‘promoting Iranian community cen-..;
“tes to, ibecome, an n expert on flood

news

1: re, little Ernie won't.
‘ ceven make it asa Sunshine Boy.”

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EXACTLY WHAT does’
“Quebec” amount to — - this
“Quebec” that mesmerizes
the panic-stricken Jean -
Chretien’ and his trained- :
- seal Liberal caucus into

risking the loss of Canada’

| « on the pretext of saving it?’

dominant? _

.. Deep Cove Community
Association (DCCA) representative
_ Trevor Carolan, speaking ‘out’
against the development of a gated
‘- housing subdivision in the Deep
Cove area. “( Fron a Dec, 3 North
Shore News story.) ;

: “Why, bave haine insurance? *
“You pay.at least a grand every ;
year and when the time comes
they say thank you very, much
-but we can’t do anything.” %<. °
, Ranger Avenue. resident Al
 Ardakani’ after being told the:
recent flooding in the North |
Vancouver area was-an act of God

* and therefore not covered by his

. policy. (From a Dee: J North Shore.
| News Horn). an

control. He Says: plugged culverts
should be unplugged. ”.

Absolutely brilliant ‘idea. The |
only ‘problem is,-ne says taxpayers

“quotes of the week canes

should do it. If Ernie were to give us

expertise . with the - district’ workers

before the annual “rainy season

begins. .

cillors once in a while?
Ray Gooch . :

: North Vancouver

s viewpoint

. Buns, we could do our own policing,
‘too. Maybe Ernie should, share his.

“4

:, Could we hear from other coun:

"parliament.

. Let’s try a little fun.with num-
bers to the nearest 100,000 (after

Which they get boring as well as a :

irrelevant).

The total population of La.
Belle Province is, give-or-take;.
seven million men, women, chil- —
dren and new-born babes. Of these

— it being an aging population —~ idum question c abb ed. tog

there are roughly five million chi

gible voters.

Quebec's PO government

‘claims an astonishing 92% of *

those five million turned out to
- vote in the Oct. 30 referendum — |
a percentage ‘never before known’

~ in any Canadian election, federa

or provincial. :
v Ufwe take their word — wi
‘large grain of salt —— that give:

» |. Some 4,600,000 votes actually.”
/ east. Deduct én equally ‘surprising

85,000.*‘spoilt" ballots, reducing:
valid votes to approximately. :

- 4,515,000. Of that figure the. se
ratists won 49.4%, or:-some:.’

2,230,000 “Yes” votes. 2 e+
| This assumes,-of course, that: (2+

_ tpi” ballots were evenly split
“ between the two sides: Jn fact they
were not. Post-election: analysis ;
indicated that most of the.“'spoilt’
“ballots were by “No”, , (federalist e
voturs, penalized, oftea for such.
quiggly. Whatever. that §
says about scrutineer impartiality,.
it obviously reduced the argin
“the “No™ vote, 70°" Boe

Sull with me — you, and: ryou

: trusty pocket catculator?.,

OK. But then we have another
Tile problem with those : Le
230,000 or so (49.4%) “Yes” °°
ae. Post-referendum polls show.

* that anywhere ‘from 25% to 30% ce

of "Yes". voters did not fuliys:
understand what they were. voting
for.

’ They. thought that after ‘separa
tion they would still be using the :
‘ Canadian doflar-and Canadian’:
passports, and sending MPs to a .
Quebec! Canada supe

Such is, ine soothing message

', Lucien Bouch
_-Parizeau..” ah

vates by'a ‘conservative. 25% an
‘ou wind up with ‘arotind,,/.!
,673,000 hard-core sep ratist |

supporters who, presumably. did

know what thiey. were voting fo

results of Canada’s: break- p

«small minority of their elde
 in-terms of total population. se.
‘same | 673,000 hard: -core Quebe

: “which a desperate Chretien 5

"putting ¢ 94% of the country, —

“Ary:
“ing to appease'a handful ot traite
ous nation-wreckers who!

rend tejected him

- igh’

» risk, easing it pothigis nobody in
ohis flice.c can do ele entary,

‘paintings by West Van artist
Joanna Watton < K ‘display:
Wi

C; VIRGINIA, there is no Santa
‘Claus. hs

“He once lived and filled the land ia

festive brightness and good cheer, and
“made glad the’ heart! of childhood. But -

NOW, I’m afraid, he contravenes munici-
“pal: bylaws. *

At--least in: North ‘Vancouver City, .
- whe: re. eagle-eyed city fathers" have’

“rushed to the ramparts te defend the cit-

“izenry against festive decor that eis

‘the sensibilities.»

“ship. whose’ enthusiasm for ‘he
‘has. Bone. too far. i

The, good. folk’ at Dick

Claus to new heights.

irwin ;
‘Chevrolet. — -home. of the legendary
“ preat, great, guy — have elevated Mr.’

‘But these heights: apparently exceed we

:

what is acceptable in the city...” :

-Never ‘mind : that “the dealership’ s:
massive inflatable Santa. Claus is a-
bright festive beacon for the surround: ”

» bureaucrats is that’ Dick’ Irwin’
- Claus contravenes local bylaws
_ So, remember: Virginia :

ing neighborhood, and - for. all “weary m

commuters who navigate Marine Drive. °

“Never mind that the rooftop display is .
‘evidence | that commercial. brio and.
“spontaneous good fun is alive and well in

_ the normally: staid’ and careful North >;
“Shore business conamunity. ;

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