Dear Editor: :

After reading Noel Wright's column of May 28, | was unable to discover what the purpose was in producing it.

It could marginally pass as a Piece of election campaign mate- tial, but as a column in a com- munity newspaper promising bet- ter coverage, it grossly misinforms its readers on a matter that is very important to them at this time of year.

Even more, the article gratu- itously maligns council members and staff who worked on the 1993 budgets.

It is capped by a headline that is obviously wrong. | find this totally unacceptable.

As far as TI can determine, Wright did not contact anyone at the municipal hall to get his in- formation checked or have an ¢x- planation of the budgetary pro- cesses.

if he had, he would have found

Sorry, const. wrong drug

Dear Editor:

Ré: “Potent pot May 30

What are your credentials, Const. Doug Macdonell, besides a size four cap and size 14 boot, to make statements concerning the human brain?

We citizens appreciate your self-righteous concern that use of indoor marijuana ‘is leading to more and more problems."*

Do a little research on the ef- fects of alcohol, constable, and you shall find that the jails are full of people. led there by that legal drug.

If your real concern is the profit motive of others, then lobby your

problem,”

bosses and the politicians in Ot-'

tawa to sell the weed themselves in order to pay the deficit and cops with nothing to do,

“On the other hand, if your con- cern is for our youth and the very real. problem ‘of narcotics, then take. a’ posse down tn Medellin, Colombia, where. the real-life outlaws are,‘and let’s see your courage and dedication then.

Get a real job, Const. Mac- donell.

Peter S. Wolanski North Vancouver

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_ CORRECTION "NOTICE

“Torchy’s. in the Village” ad of June 6 offered 2 for 1 dinners Sunday-Thursday. This ad was run in error, as Torchy's currently has no such offer .

The North Shore News apologizes for this er- ror-and any inconve- nience it has caused.

right next th

NVD MAYOR Murray Dykeman

that no improper procedures or methods were used to prepare and

produce either: the operating or the capital budgets, that the 6.25% increase in taxes represents the true comparison of the 1992 and 1993 operating budgets; that the street construction account is not used to routinely fill pot holes; and that individual batteries were not acquired from the capital budget as a stock item, but with portable two-way radio equipment in which the batteries are used.

As a major source of informa- tion for the public on issues that arise in the community, a local newspaper, it seems to me, would have a goal of getting the issues fairly and accurately before its readers,

Even when a columnist wishes to gain the attention of the reader, is it foo much to ask that the issue he discusses be presented in an in- formed fashlos’?

J. Murray Dykeman, mayor District of North Vancouver

Great job Lynn Valley!

Dear Editor:

It has been some years since { attended the Lynn Valley Days celebrations, but on Saturday, May 29, accom- panied by my daughter and two grandchildren, | watched the parade and later enjoyed the variety of enteztainment at Lynn Valley Park,

Congratulations to the orga- nizers and the Lions Club on an exceedingly well-run pro- gram.

The variety was excellent,

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