12 - Sunday. December 15, 1991 - North Shore News

Anna Marie

INQUIRING REPORTER

Garrow Bay

From page 8

of public funds on beach devel- opment.

Garrow Bay organizaton vice- president Mark Jarvis said his group has tried to represent the immediate community and sup- ‘ports the proposal.

The Garrow Bay Ratepayers want a better beach and improved access, but are not interested in an actual park, which they fear might create traffic and parking prob- ‘lems.

Keith Bower, vice-president of ’ the Gleneagles ratepayers organization, reminded council that his group had begged the municipality to buy the marina lot 15 years ago for $225,000.

THE CREDIT CARD cha-ch2 is a Httle more popular these days with shoppers who want to avoid orecarious dips into savings accounts while buying their Christmas gifts. Despite enjoying the convenience of plastic, some credit-card users (and consumer groups) say the current 19% interest rate charged on credit-card purchases is out of line given the prime rate of interest at only 8%. Con-

Do credit-card interest rates need regulation?

Stu Mcliveen

North Vancouver

If they lowered the rates, credit-card abuse would probably rise. Credit- ecard users creaie their need own problems.

Yes.

Irene Larson

North Vancouver

Interest rates have come down, especially for people that to use them, why should

and _ high.

they pay such

high rates? We've got GST, PST — give us a

break.

too small for marina use

He spoke against the proposal and sympathized with David Cot- trell, whose neighboring property would lose privacy with the new access and be affected by the shif- ting of the boathouse.

Bower suggested West Van- couver develop the little-used Tantalous Park into residential lots, and use the revenue to buy the marina lot or negotiate the right of first refusal on two of the luts, so that development of one could pay for the park use of the other.

West Vancouverite Derek Hawkins said the public should be given a more equitable portion of the usable foreshore.

While Diligenti continues to pay

high commercial taxes on the marina lot, the community lives under the far more distasteful threat of the land being returned to marina use or the development of a restaurant, her lawyer pointed out.

EL. Odegard North Vancouver Yes. They are way too

sumer groups are lobbying the government to tie cred- it-card interest rates with the prime rate. But financial analysts say good-risk borrowers are not adversely af- fected by high credit-card interest while poor-risk money

borrowe7s,

Helen Grahame North Vancouver

no recourse back.

who should pay more, propriate amounis of interest.

Yes. I think the current situation is like a licence to steal money from or- dinary peopie who have to fight

are paying ap-

Mike Horvath

North Vancouver

Yes. The banks make enough money and the. (credit-card interest) tates are too high.

Gleneagles Ratepayers

Roy Bartholemew of the Gleneagles Ratepayers maintained that the bay is too small and un- protected to be used as a marina; he said council should not be discouraged by its previously un- successful court challenge of Dili-

genti’s use of the Jot.

“It doesn’t mean that council doesn’t need to protect the public interest and enforce our bylaws,”’ he said.

The public hearing will continue Jan. 13, £992.

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Pacific Postpartum Support Society

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West Coast Altematives Society

Western Institute for the Deaf

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