A6 - Sunday, June 19, 1983 - North Shore News

No-win council

The unenviable corner into which West Van council has painted itself over Sager’s pub is a classic example of the perils of trying to be all things to all voters.

Council policy, laid down years ago, is to consider applications for a neighborhood pub in Dundarave on their merits. The pro- cedure is clearly defined.

The Sagers punctiliously followed every rule in the book. Unlike earlier applicants, they won 66% approval from their neighbors within a half-mile radius in the mandatory LCB survey. Rejected by council last

‘February without any reasons, their applica- tion was reopened as the result of a strong public outcry — council this time appointing a two-aldermen committee to vet the revised bid. After painstaking examination, the com- mittee endorsed it.

At the second crowded public meeting last Monday a majority of speakers again sup- ported the Sagers. But noting there had also been a significant write-in campaign from opponents, four of council’s seven members (including three whose terms are up this fall) ran for cover once more and called for a municipal referendum.

The chances of such a referendum (as op- posed to a scientific house-to-house poll) be- ing truly representative are virtually nil. Anyhow, council is already in a no-win situa- tion. Whatever the final outcome, it will an- tagonize half the voters embroiled in the controversy.

Council now has more than enough input to DECIDE the case in accordance with its own laid-down procedure. It will save no votes by continuing to play cat-and-mouse with the forgivably frustrated Sagers.

Lost servants

Mach of today's public disillusionment with politics stems from the realization that MPs and MLAs, once elected, are no longer the servants of their constituents but the ser- vants of their party bosses. Until we devise a system that gives MPs and MLAs much greater independence to vote according to thelr individual consciences, no amount of political “new blood” will bring us better government.

FOGE VOCCE OF CHEETT DA AOE WERT VANCOUVER

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“SUPER ” is the way Daphne Beck described her growing squad of volunteer workers Fnday. Daphne 1s acting director of the housekeeping department at Lions Gate Hospital — charged with somehow keeping the fresh bedsheets coming, the pa- tients’ meals delivered and the bathrooms clean during last week's union sit-in of hospital employees.

In the forefront of the volunteer — effort were members of the Ladies Aux- ihary whose jobs are normal- ly confined to assisting ad- mitting clerks, wheelchair- ing patients to tests, distributing books and runn- ing the Dogwood gift shop. They and other helpers from outside, including doctors’ wives, were tackling with a will the tougher realities of the kitchen, the laundry and the janitors’ buggies — nor was it only the ladies who were pitching in.

North Van-Capilano MLA Angus Ree spent the whole of Thursday morning, from 7:30 a.m. onward, mopping floors. And a call Fnday morning to LGH_ Ad- ministrator John Borthwick brought the message from his secretary that he’d phone back later when he's finished cleaning toilets.

“Yes,” he quipped later, “I'm now King John'” As just one example of the size of the problem, the hospital's laundry normally handies 23,000 Ib. of linen daily. “The volunteers,” he said, “have been managing to put through 12,000 Ib. a day — they're just) great. We couldn't) have = survived without them,”

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munity effort,” added

Angus. “These people

deserve a big hand...” Father's Day is being

spend by Nicholas Tcher- noussoff of West Van doing what he enjoys best — keep- ing fit. He’s participating in a fitness display at the B.C. Place Stadium and his fitness instructor, Shirley Carter, has also reminded the or-

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chestra to play “Happy Bir- thday” for her star pupil — to add to the birthday wishes he'll be receiving from his wife, two daughters, seven grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Today, Nicholas ts 84...

THE DEMON NOISE is ob- viously getting to a lot of people, judging by the flood of mail following this col- umn’'s recent item on West Van's John Beltz, chairman of the “Right To Quiet” society which 1s pressing municipalities to lower the boom on electronic notse-

makers in parks, on beaches and streets. Without excep- tion, every single letter has supported his campaign to the hilt — many demanding a crackdown on numerous other forms of sound pollu- tion, too. We'll print some of the more vigorous views as soon as space permits. Meanwhile, John. rest assured you've touched a lot of chords ...

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JOB WELL DONE .. . Lois Brymer (left) was presented with a silver chalice Wednesday by Mayor Derrick Humphreys (right) in appreciation of her work as West Van's Community Day chairman.

Calling all former Van- couver Jaycees who may have lost touch — they want you at their 50th reunion banquet next Friday, June 24, at the Sheraton Land- mark. ‘Call 681-3830 for details and tickets.

FOLKTALES: Credited with an important contribution to Brian Mulroney's victory in last weekend's Tory leader- ship race is 22-year-old Stewart Braddick of West Van. A third-year SFU stu- dent in business admuinistra- tion, Stewart was Mulroney's

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naional youth campaign manager — heading the celebrated Mulroney “kiddy corps” which worked the convention floor tirelessly, twisting delegates’ arms for 11 perspiring hours... Writing has paid off for Ben Singer of West Van Secon- dary who has won the top prize in the International Commonwealth Essay Com- Likewise for Geoff Wing and Ming Sum Hui of Handsworth who've won honorable’ mentions worth 50 bucks apiece in the Association of Professional Engineers Essay Contest .. A smart salute, please, for Of- ficer Cadet Christopher Daley, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Daley of North Van and a 1979 Windsor grad, award- ed a commission in the Canadian Forces and a Bachelor of Engineering degree last month from the Royal Military College. Kingston ... Far from home at the University of Oklahoma North’ Van's Susan Doman has won the Lewis S. Salter Achievement Award and had her name engraved on a plaque tn one of the U of O's hallowed halls Closer to home William Townsend of North Van is the B.C. Institute of Technology recipient of the Governor-General's | silver medal ... Meanwhile BCIT fellow-student Barbara Knecht of North Van took the Board of Governors’ Award And two other North Shore-Howe Sound neighbors — North Van's Klaus Haensch and Albert Carson of Squamish — are each enjoying $5,000 worth of happiness after their re- cent Super Loto wins...

WRIGHT OR WRONG: To err is human; to blame it on somebody clse 1s even more human. And a very happy Father's Day to you, too

A lesson from two countries

THERE IS ALMOST a laboratory experiment in social, pohtical and economic philosophy now taking place in western Europe. It has important implications for Canada in the next few crucial months of our nation’s history

By WALTER BLOCK

The contrast is) between England and France. between a system struggling to return to the pnoaciples of pnvate enterpnse, and onc rushing away from it with all specd

There ts one thing agreed upon by her fiends and enemics alike Margarct Thatcher sticks to her guns

And after several ycar of remarkable and couragcous lemacily her policies are bear fruat

monctarist beginming to inflathon has been virtually wrestled to the ground from a tagh of 22% mm 1980. lo oa More reasonable 5% «Currently

There are stall problems in Creat Botan An taflaven of even 5% as sll too bagh

And there are aow VS millon people unemployed

a oresiduc oof the anfla fronary politics carned on

by Maggie s predecessors Bot with inflaton and in terest rates plummectng.$ and

with productivity nsing in many cases. past Japancsc Standards there is every hepe for the cconomn future oof the United Kingdom

And the

over wheiming

victory off Thatcher's Con- servalive Party tin the current clecton is a cause of op. tfumism This ts good news for the Bntsh cconomy as the Pnme Minister will be able to continue guiding the UK along the paths of modera bon

LIBERTIES ATTACKED In contrast, Francois Mat terrand is making quite a

splash oun the French

cconomy - for the worse

First he nationahzed the banks. and then several large industnal concerns. Then he hiked taxes, and set up numerous regulauons which interfered with what was lief of the private France

Asa result of all this) pro ducavity fell off, and peoplc scrambled to remove them hard-carned property to more hospitable economic clumes This led to a balance of payments crisis in’ this troubled land Ans infla bonary monetary policy has cancerbated these tls and the valuc of the franc has Plummeted ino international

virtually all of 1

sector in

markets Now the state scncsalist government of Matterrand

has cnacted stringent travel restr Qons limiting peopic from taking more than $500 Cdn oon foreagn holidays This will play havoc with the brencoh travel and tourtst in dustmes: and labertres

interfere with and mobility Tights How Jong can this at tack On cconomac

bbertes last’ (Dr Block is Sentor Fconomist of the Fraser In

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