Dear Editor ~

“This i is the time of the year
that municipal councils must
give ‘consideration to their
taxation options. According
to. the B-C. Assessment
Amendment Act, North
Vancouver City must
register its choice of cither
Options A, C, or D with the
Ministry of Municipal Af-
airs:-before November 11,
1981. Since. this choice will
impact directly on property.
taxes, council’s deliberations

Dear Editor: are

There was safety ‘in,

numbers in the old days
when cars were forced. to

in our neighborhoods and |
they.don’t have that safetyin: cross
numbers. Drivers behave as* ‘Col

though, they forget that there

are still anes | and. that

oMinieipal ‘councils have a

Dear Editor:
Re: Grace McCarthy's
Welfare Cutbacks.

As a believer in free
enterprise, I am pleased to
see welfare cutbacks to
those who could and should
be working. As a mother, I
am concerned that some of
these cutbacks could be very
detrmental to the future of
some of the young people in
our society.

The ones that I am
referring to are young
teenagd single mothers. I
realize that it is unfair to

_ there. should be fewer traffic
| Safety: Precautions... On. the:

acutely aware

will be of gréat interest to all
taxpayers. However, . “ery

few taxpayers:.ever:: ‘provide
imput into this: decision-

& process,
' Suggested that this apparent
_ apathy is. really a clack.:: f

dif.
ferent: classes of Property.
Industrial ‘ proper
taxed at a higher’ rate
residential properties:
Option A_ is considered -

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protect ‘our children ‘now:
Just because there are fewer
children does’. not.. mean

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numbers of parents already
Jof: -how
-- overwhelming: the. odds ‘are

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young

lump all of these
mothers into one category,
and that some of them are
very good mothers, but some
of the statistics that I have
found indicated that there

are some very serious
problems in this group.
Apparantly the children of
these moms are more likely
to suffer from negicct,
malnutrition and abusc.

They are also more likely to

be placed in foster homes
and be available for
adoption after the firs! year
of life.

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normal and is applied
universally across British
Columbia by school boards
by provincial act.

Option B was a phase-in
factor when the legislation
was first introduced and is
no longer available.

Option C is last year’s
status quo. Intended as a
remedy for volatile shifts in
assessments, Option C is
rarely applied.

Option D taxes all classes
of property equally ac- -
cording to their assessed

Here was a child who did.
all ‘the. right things — she
crossed at a crosswalk and
reportedly crossed with the
light-.in here favor and in the
accompaniment of a friend.
And yet she was killed by a
car.

In the light of this it is

‘... absurd to hear that parents’

groups have been begping
North Vancouver municipal
councils for better crosswalk
markings and it is even more
absurd that these appeals
have so often been ignored.

I am not trying to con-
demn this group, rather my
heart goes out to them. As a
mother of three, I am very
aware of the pressures that
children bring, to be very
young, poor and alone must
be unbearable at times.

I do not think that these

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‘values. This usually ‘means a

lower mill rate, lower in-
dustrial tax but higher taxes
for the homeowner. Option
D is available. to those
municipalities who wish to

encourage’ industrial
development with lower
industrial taxes.

Vancouver and New

Westminster among others
have chosen Option A. The
City of North Vancouver,
with substantial industrial
development, has .chosen

Drivers have 80 hor-
sepower hulks of steel on
their side. Children have
only themselves.

Of course, a detriment to
both drivers and pedestrians
is the antiquated traffic
control system in North
Vancouver. Only one small
area looks like part of the
20th century, and that’s the
new Hamilton-Fell area
intersection and bridge
where ultra-bright traffic’
lights (used in other com-
munities for decades) have

iers need help

mothers and their children
should be ignored any
longer. Welfare, I do not
believe, is the answer, but I
do think there should be
some sort of facility for these
girls where they could have
good daycare as_ they
complete their education

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Option D at great cost to the
homeowner. I have main-
tained for some years that
the City of North Vancouver
should adopt Option A. On
October 28, 1981, there will -
be a public meeting in the
City Halt Council Chamber
to reconsider this choice. All
homeowners interested in
lower taxes should attend.

Sincerely,
Gary Payne, Alderman
City of North Vancouver

been installed and large
reflector dots mark traffic
lanes so drivers don’t have to
grope for the rozd in the
rain. _.

People should not have to ©
-beg for their children to have
a fighting. -chance against
speeding traffic. There is
such a thing e
control technology. A lot of
other places use it.

Sincerely,
Mrs. R.T. Merridew

and get training for jobs. J
think that there should be
parenting courses, nutrition
courses and financial
training in household
budgeting available as well.

Sincerely,
Sue Cook

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