/§ ~ Friday, November 27, 1998 — North Shore News “HE good people of Horseshoe Bay, up in carms over BC ‘Ferries plans to expand. its facilities i in the community, will like-. ° ‘ly not have. as easy.a fight as those who took on the big boxes at Park “Royal, ‘the ferry service is a necessary exten- - sion of the province’s highway infra- structure, BC Ferries holds: a valu- able card in that the land. it is using: is not subject to local municipal zon- ing and design bylaws. / / Coalition. ..for °*: Healthy “Community: (CHC) president Peter ‘Miller. advised Horseshoe ‘Bay: ferry’ “expansion opponents . on’. Tuesday: that his group’s experience with Park Royal’ proved “that.a lot of | lites * Davids can-knock a Goliath over.” _ The Park Royal. Goliath may: have. shes : d more than Canada’s political sy 1 “once as-an clected dictarorshi or’ that: party, we are’ always: being. BC biquitous race“of oantable point’ in voting if hanges, the-more, it are alot; ‘of ¢ m,.the oppr lack’ of grassroots be legible. (pre t name, full address and tele In addition to the simple ict that just th sweeping p rowers of the f the party line, but the fact ‘that, even though we are allow d to vote per dically for this” rere by th nacy of large. political oncezelected north shore news _ViEWroint | simply changed his mind for’ other reasons. Sustained public pressure ‘against. the project’ and. West - Vancouver council’s subsequent actions to modify. road access to the site clearly was a ‘fi actor. Yet the reason | ‘for Park Royal owners backing’ off on their plans to bringin several big-box retailers to the’south side of the mall ‘is unclear. _;What’ remains off the record is whether the result was determined by _/the. rumoured sale of the mall. Factor. in the. complications of: a'* ‘flat retail ‘sales. market and _a_general ‘marketing trend’ in which mega; i stores. may have already: seen their “heyday and it might just be the case’ that the big boxes cvaporated due to - conditions of commercial reality as - ~ much. as residents’. displeasure’ with the scheme. ‘ - An Olympi wl rise in anger to defend my. fellow. "West Vancouverite, Arthur. Griffiths.) 6. re Rest of Canada that when at - tender little separatis ; Quebecois sensitiv bruised, the ROCers gets; ‘into fisttights with cach ‘other, To see who ean “grovel first and most ful-” “somely. | The story: G riffiths . heads Vancouver-Whistler’s” “bid for the 2010. Olympics. Others competing to's 3°! atch bankruptcy from the: =...) jaws of solvency are Calgary and Quebec! City. Aw, just kiddin’ about the bankrupt —Pm (almost), sure everyone has learned the brutal financial lessons of Montreal’ ‘s spo’ 67." Decision Day’ was supposed to be, last: sanic | saturday, But, barely. 24 hours before the ‘big moment, the Canadian Olympic * “Association: decided to delay its decision | ‘wat the day after Quebee » Now. 30. provincial election!) . What happened? -Ortawa's ; French guage paper, Lz Soleil, had run a front-pag an challe “It’s unbelievable, So brainwashed i is The Lea ” ease : Vancouver C canuicks and WIC: . Broadcasting, elaims ‘Le Soleil misinterpret- ed him. Bur his clarification withdrew the sting only a little: Political uncertainty, he said, was a challenge” for Quebée City’s bidders.” “Well, you'd have ‘thought: 4 «the. flat earth had cracked off a'piece. It’s no surprise © that both Quebce Parti‘) ‘Quebecois Premier. : SS Lucien ! Bouchard and . once-Tory, now- Liberal | Teader Jean Charest spoke Eup ‘indignantly. ce RS “But it’s astounding that the ROC establishment” Te “a yesyeven in maveric “B.C >, also reacted: as if someone had pu “a Shoonee cushion on the Q LT Histened with inte -- discussing Griffith’s suppo “When they finished. [murmured “No goes unpuinished”.- “aa variant ofa fay saying of Time. magazine founde Luce, which was “No g good deed gi unpunished, Ma .. For Griffiths was saying what ¢ every It was just that this upstart Bri edly del story headed “Vancouver Plays the Political’. Card,” claiming Griffiths had said thats: ble’ and should- : Quechee i is “politically uns n’t be a candidate.” a/Nest'step: Heritage Minister Sheila’ Copps gor.on the phone. Following which the COA hastily’ reschedtiled the decision .. : “until Dec. 1 The COA denies it was pres : type Our. Arthur, sein of the prominent.” West Van family that long ow! ned the oe “ Doug Foot hat cmon u ‘Reality ch nined to break up thi their public policy.Thar’s tt for the ¢ istence, of othe p Timothy Renshaw :, Managing Editor Comptroller» 905-2131 (116) 2131 (133 s throne: ., i © Jand dumped trafii th darling of tio ne hic classes and media ps rashed more than'40 cen But.when Griffith by 2010 — or tong before, if the § 5 have their way = ee City might nor oT wo, development well rid of The “big b Park Royal. (only mid would have elbow ate and ee hood leaders like’ Fran Tis ree ‘oad ‘di was withdrawn, But. be alert: Two imaginativ Ken'Hayeock h standing proposal iirging a clo: t al board a sibly implied that: