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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

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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, :