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SALES COMMISSIONS
Real estate agents prevent ‘chaos’

Dear Editor:

There has been a lot of uproar in
the media of late regarding real
estate commissions. I’d like to put
a few facts straight just for the re-
cord.

Ultimately it’s the consumer
who will suffer as a result of all
this hullabaloo.

Buyers will still be paying the
same price for homes regardless of
the nitpicking between agents and
vendors because the market
determines the price.

The reason companies charge

what they do is because of com-
petition, not for the lack of it,
otherwise our rates would be a lot
higher.

Vancouver's rates are already 30
per cent less than in many parts of
the country 4fid if anyone doesn’t
think we don't earn every penny of
what we make, they should take a
stab at doing it for a time —
they’d soon find out how we earn
our money.

During a fast market there will
always be a cry regarding the cost
to sell a house but it’s strange the

Seymour needs school,

not a lot of squabbling

Dear Editor:

There is only one word to
describe Ernie Crist’s letter regard-
ing the Dorothy Lynas school and
that is mercenary.

The District of North Vancouver
originally obtained the land in
question at no cost and since they
started developing the area it has
been zoned for 2 school. The value
of the land is entirely arbitrary.

It took a lot of lobbying for this
school project to ever: make it into
the prcvincial government’s 1988-
89 budget. Then the district
changed the goal posts and
feman ded more money for the
land.

Shame on you, Ernie, for being
so greedy. Who do you think the
provincial government gets their
money from anyway? From most
of the same taxpayers that you
claim would be gaining half a mil-
lion dollars.

The district has niade a tidy
profit on the land sales and tax
revenues from this area. They
should not be allowed to undertake
such a large development without
taking some responsibility to help
provide adequate school services.

What the people of Seymour
need is a new school, not a lot of
squabbling from local politicians.

North Vancouver

Mediate on Batchelor Bay

OPEN LETTER TO WEST
VANCOUVER DISTRICT
COUNCIL

That the initial steps have been
taken to resolve the difficulties of
Batchelor Bay is greatly appreci-
ated.
Writing for all the residents of
Whytecliff, Dufferin, Marine
Drive, Copper Cove, Hycroft and
beyond — who treasure Batchelor
Bay — we ask you to continue the
frocess by coordinating a meeting
between yourselves, Hank Boas of
the lands department, senior om-
budsman T.M. (Scotty) Gardiner,
Dr. and Mrs. F. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Rec, and repre-
sentation from within cur com-

munity.
In cooperation with the Om-
budsman's Office, a meeting

would achieve a final and equitable
sohition to the continuing dilemma
of Batchelor Bay.

Bulk Housing
Report supported

OPEN LETTER TO WEST
VANCOUVER COUNCIL

The directors of the Ambleside
and Dundarave Ratepayers
Association, at their Feb. 8
meeting. received new complaints
regarding new bulk housing devel-
opment in the community and the
lack of attention to bulk housing
by the municipal council.

The annual general meeting of
the association (Jan. 19) unani-
mously endorsed the following
resolution:

This meeting supports the re-
commendations of the Bulk Hous-
ing Report and urges that pending
its implementation, ali new single-
family building permits be held in

abeyance.

The Ambleside and Cundarave
Ratepayers Association request
that the council consider adoption
of such a course of action.

Roff Johannson
West Vancouver

We request and urge you to
provide the leadership in bringing
together such a mediation — right
now when all parties are eager for
that.

P. Buitenbuis, O.M.P. Damm,
Peter Haworth, Judith Marcuse,
Kiaus Richter, N. Bunaing,
Patrick Fawkes, Christy McLeod,
Lilla Pedersen, Claus Schoenberg
West Vancouver

silence we hear on a slow market,
when companies carry houses for
months on end advertising week
after week.

The real estate industry is a very
complex one and one that isn’t
understood by government let
alone the public.

Just remember, folks, there is no
such thing as a free lunch and
when you start cutting corners
something else will have to give.

It’s the poor consumer who will
pay the brunt of this because the
integrity of our profzssion will fly
right out the window and it will

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only be the foxy and manipulative
who will survive.

Could it be that the government
has started all this furore so it
won't appear to be the villain if
and when it plonks a 12 per cent
sales tax on the sale of homes?

Believe me, if it wasn’t for real
estate agents there would be ab-
solute chaos in the courts with
buyers and sellers trying to
straighten out the mess they got
themselves into.

Msrgaret Brock
Montreal Trust
West Vancouver

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7 - Wednesday, March 15, 1989 - North Shore News

Cookin’ Tunes

Bring your cold lunch

and have it warmed up
with the Bachelor of

Music Transfer

program's ‘Hot Duo”
series. The first on
Monday, March 20
features Bob Murphy on
piano and Graham Boyle
on vibes. H113,

12:30-1:30, $5

admission. Call

984-4951 for more Ss,
information. :

Eat to the Beat

On Wednesday, March

22, let Cap’s Percussion
Ensemble with director
Ken Moore stir your
pudding. H113, 12:30-1:30,)
FREE. Call 984-4951 for §
more information.

The Fabric of Lives
In the barrios of
Santiago, Chile women
stitch together the
stories of their
politically-constrained
tives into colourful wall
hangings. These
surprisingly cheerful
Arpilleras will be on
display and for sale ($30
each) in the Women's
Centre, March 21-31. All
proceeds go to help the
women of Chile. Call
984-4841 for more
information.

Money and Working
Women

Broker Theresa Moylan
offers educated advice
on planning for
retirement Wednesday,
March 22, 7-9 p.m. in
M102. Call 984-4941 to
pre-ragister as seating
is limited.

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Rocks and Trees
Does a career in the
outdoors appeal to you?

i Come to the Outdoor

Recreation Program's
information meeting
Wednesday, March 15
at 7 p.rn. in A117 to find
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984-4957 for more
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if you missed the last
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