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flyer questioned

Dear Editor:
No matter what your
voted on in last weekend's
civic election re: Waterfront
Task Force reconamendations,
one cannot help but wonder
about the rather deceptive
flyer that turned up in our
mailbox a few days prior to

“-: election day,

. _ The flyer alluded to high
rise buildings on the Deep
Cove waterfront.

Was this meant to be a
scaré tactic for those unin-
formed voters?

I also had to question the
timing of the delivery of this
“picee (elcction week); and the
lack of identifier — who te call
‘for more details on the intor-

ation contained in the fiver.

22: Ripping Yarns has only. one

flaw In the third to list para-

graph you say that: ferries are a
otis way” link.’

f they (ferries) 2 are conisid- vs
da highway; why. are they \

no} under, the umbrella of the

ing, i in
y not betwecir coastal °

haps it’s time to peti-

t election office to

miake it mandatory that infor-

mation pieces like this flyer,

and the one put out by the

“North Shore Concerned

Citizens Association” contain

hone contact along with

information on where funding
came from.

Tam not sure if anyone has
claimed responsibility for the
waterfront flyer, bur Ecan only
hope that the individuals
involved in producing this
item were not amongst those
elected to our new council.
Do we really need people with
this little integrity represent-
ing us on district council?
Marian ¥ilson
North Vaacouver

_marian.wilson@nwa,corm

communities?

SC Ferries has been told, I
understand, «that it . must
charge enough to cover costs.
Unfair. to the | users if this
should beso. 9:

I: say...let the
province help to pay for these
“highways” .with, a nominal
toll for users, Here on Bowen
_ Island we have been paying

for cons the transit charge o7'
eur Hydro. bills. Only this _

year did we. get local limited

‘Bowen Island”

- responsibility,

whole :

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Amazed by
marketing

Dear Editor:

You have to admire the
marketing genius that created
the newly elected North
Vancouver District council.

Under the guise of present-
ing, a seven-person slate that
would replace several council-
lors in a dysfunctional council,
it managed to conceal the real
objective, which was to con-
struct an impenetrable wall in
case the electorate passed the
waterfront referendum.

Last Tuesday, a notice
arrived at many “(all2) district
mail slots indicating that the
North Shore Concerned
Citizens Association was sup-

porting a slate that it had cre-
ated,

There was no mention of
the waterfront issue, The stat-
ed “rationale” was: fiscal
‘business-like
attitude, balanced ‘viewpoint,

» and respect for the

“environment, and ‘quality of

life.

An inquiry by the North
Shore News Partially
unmasked this association in
the “Citizens Group | Picked
District Slate Secretly” article
published Nov. 16. It was a

~ good article, but ic was too

late. The Concerned Citizens
marketers made certain of that.

In the same issue, the day
prior to the election, the same

; ae — presumably — in a

alt page advertisement, rein-
forced the “rationale” that was

contained i in the prior notice,
‘again without mentioning the
~ waterfront issue.

- Any concerned citizen wha

was going to exercise his or her
democratic right to vote on
the following “day could: cor-
rectly or incorrectly conchide
thar this slate was the mayor's
slate, in part because it was
consistent with. his stated
desire to rid this community of
several councillors

The mayor, by virtue of his

service, is
politically astute, and had plen-
ty of opportunity between
Tuesday and Friday to set the
record straight if he had cho-
sen to do so.

[t is unconceivable that the
News would not have made
space for Mayor Bell’s com-
ments, given that the Friday
article consunied nearly half a
page.

it is possible that the
majority of the “slate” were

not fully aware of its intent
until the tap had been sprung.
The good news is that having

accomplished its sole objective -

the “Coricerned . Citizens
Association” will probably fade
into the background and pay
as much attention to council as
it has in the past.

Who are these concerned
citizens who in their commu-
niques did not provide sny

“mechanism to cither identity

or contact then? Probably, it is
not a single person, but it
could be

Gary Hawthorn

North Vancouver __-
hawthorn. gary@hotmalicom

tf Su, Bgestion:

Estate Jewellery

1637 Lo N. Van. 983 6700
1730 Marine Drive, W. Van, 926-7710

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© Flood/water damage

24 dr emergency
“some restrictions 2p

a a a .
Canceliation of Candle Light Vigil

North Shore Crisis Services Society
regrets to announce that, due to
circumstances beyond our control, §
we must cancel the Candlelight Vigil
scheduled for 5:00pm. Sunday. ©
November 28th, 1999, :