oe page 2, Avei 5; 1978 - 7 Dear Editor: ” District Council's ‘recent Oh passing of a motion to.allow’ ca developers to organise : public information meetings prior to _ making formal - application ‘for rezoning will not help the» concerned... one iota, nor will it eliminate © neighborhoods" the angry ‘confrontations at t. - Council's subsequent publig! nae hearings. Pe bility for informing and_ drawing. the neighborhoods into the planning process onto the shoulders of the. biased developers instead of accepting the responsibility, themselves. | . ’ The reason why reaction to development is often hostile is precisely because the residents are in the dark about their neighborhood’s future. Also, when people area thaw are. move into an | Se weeg baa y usw frequently -told that — its present character will be maintained only to find out later that this is. not:so. Dear Editor: : Toronto publishers of Na- Coalition - tional Citizens’ have issued a special pre- “election (?) Bulletin RIPP- sions and reads as follows:- **Federal Civil Servants are ripping off the tax-payers YOU and ME.”’ This is not correct. The facts are: The Public Service: Superannuation Account has ‘a balance in excess of eight billion dollars. Contributors to this Account are required ‘to pay an additional one per cent of .salary to the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account to offset the cost of indexation - “pay ments. North Shore News. takes -place : in -ecoligically:. trary. to: generally. ‘accepted 5 pee rectified ‘by a. : developer ag organising. a. public meeting. » What. Council has, in fact,” done i is to push the responsi- - information: concerning the subject them. to. developer’s community and neighbor- © done.” on ‘the basis of ‘a ‘program | and: organised by. Council and its” : ; the legislation of Parliament. _ OFF which features on the front page -- Indexed Pen- — - local M.P., and Senator write |. @ am colege CAN YOU READ.THIS? | EVEN IF YOU CAN, LACK OF EDUCATION MAY BE HOLDING YOU BACK. CAPILANO COLLEGE CAN HELP ‘Planning’ Department, _ in conjunction | me “existing The. public is , particularly” riled _ when. . development — ratepayers, « sensitive’ areas. and. is: cot ‘guidelines, as is the casein GV. “Hidden. Valley”: -and Bridg- Py man Park, for instance. ° os >this. can. hardy bey .. forward For one thing, he cannot ben expected to be in possession. of unbiased and meaningful © care... te te What. we need. ine the | community. is not a. dead-end os approach to. sidetrack people. from the main. issues: and. propaganda. but ‘a long: term community. ‘plan. based ‘on *~ buck: and - claimin pees “heavy. a ‘workload’ . should get ‘busy ‘and pi leadership. At: the time, they ~ - should. attacking. ‘the, GVRD. Region Program. ANC its: $guidelines. instea ee ‘too is: long overdue. hood: needs. ‘This: ‘ehanta kh ae BaP APRRWIUBEGS - oc genuine. public participation | should be. North Vancouver . ’ Retired Civil Servants” ‘are < Sommnnity ae This would be « a real step ; “Apart from. benefiting the . ‘community as a whole, there - New: “Life. Recycling ‘has 4 | been conducting a_ monthly. ‘paper collection on the North ‘Shore since January, 1977. mn : garinot © . ‘collected. neighborhood, specially of. ‘immediate - ‘benefit | and : _when Council itself. has no “are, in> fact, long overdue. long-term plan. . Lynn! "Walley. where maior | "developments are being. con- 7 templated, is one and Lower: Lynn, which has: turned into : We have also opened a depot - | for ‘the receipt: a "recyclable. materials which “economically | -of ‘be 7 . “When New. ‘Life began - “ collecting. paper the.’ local - .- “market offered $20.00 per “ton: for-newsprint and more. “recently this has