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y the time you read this the votes
will have been cast and the bal-

lots counted. But the cost of the.

municipal election will take longer to
tally, And we'are not talking money.
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bitter fight in.some quarters thiz time
und and, depending on the. results,
the after-effects will linger.
“Tn West Vancouver, despite the shad-
owy machinations: of the Citizens for
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was encouraged in his accusations by
mayoral hopeful Red Clark.

But even the ill-will in. the city pales
beside the viciousness of North Van
District’s grass-root politicking. We
have never seen so many signs disap-
pear during a municipal election. Not
knocked over, not damaged, but taken

away by a faceless coordinated cam-
paign. Mayor Don Rell has said that he
replaces any sign that he sees knocked

over, but even the sign fairy himself

would be hard put to explain the coin-
cidene of the sarne names left and the
same names removed all over the dis-
That coincidence stretches
credulity when one realizes that most
of the missing signs belonged to thase
who have said they suppor? in principle
the concept of improved waterfront
access for all.

Cheap politics carry long-term costs.

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