Page 38, March 14, 1979 - North Shore News .

‘Victoria’s ill-conceived
Transit Bill is dead and good
riddance! Just how idiotic
and shortsighted some of the

als contained in it
were ts. evident by the fact
that, under the Act, the
_ Urban Transit Authority had
no fiom over roads,
pretending that roads are not

part of transportation.

Had the municipalities in
the Lower Mainland ac-

cepted this “bag of snakes”

as presented by Victoria, it .

would have meant an ad-
ditional burden of $15
million for the taxpayers in
the Lower Mainland in 1978,

to point out . that it makes
little difference because one
way or the other, he said, the
taxpayers have to pay for the
ieficit

which B.C. Hydro made up

the deficit? Why place an
additional burden on those

property taxcs,.

up with another
snakes” and, in so
will rely
present

hea
governm:
porters
such

accepted.
which pots an additional
burden. on maunicipal
however

Any formula.

sugar-coated must be

‘rejected.

Hopefully | the
representatives to the
GVRD_ will continue to
remain firm against each and
every attempt by the
provincial government to
imcrease taxes to the
are at it, they must ako

reject ‘Victoria’s aticmpt to-

North Van schools biggest spenders

Dear Editor:

I am grateful to your
correspondent Mr. Mac-
Soriey for informing your
readers that Trustee David
Craig and myself were the
only two School Trustees to
vote for any reduction in the
$44,000,000 North Van-
couver Schoolboard Budget.

He omitted to mention,
however, that we also voted
against Bylaw No. 11 which
was for over $4,000,0000 in
excess of 110% of the Basic
Education Programme set by
the Provincial Government,
and which previously
required approval by a
public referendum.

The Bylaw required a two
thirds majority of the Board
to pass and the presence of
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sible Trustee in addition to
the two Concermed Citizens
would have brought about

all of the reductions desired.

by Mr. MacSoriey. With the
passing of the Bylaw the
North Vancouver School
District has maintained its
lead as the biggest spender in
the Lower Mamland with a
1979 iting . Cost/Pupil
of $2,180 an increase of $190
over last year.

The Provincial average is
$2,028/Pupil with Districts
such as Delta as low as
$1,695.

Your correspondent is in
error on one pomt. Af no
time have we supported the
Community ‘ School
Philosophy which, if its
proponents are to be
believed, hopes to provide

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which believes that formal
education is bankrupt and
that the elementary school ts
an instrument for social
change. .

We do support public use
of the schools which is
altogether different and has
been with us in North
Vancouver for a con-
siderable time at little or no
cost to the taxpayer.

As no amount of posturing
or performing can. turn two
votes into a majority on the

school board, it is to the)

local Newspapers that the
Concerned Citizens must
turn to inform the eclec-
torate. The readers of your
columns are one thousand
times as many as the handful

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