Dear Sir: Your June 26, 2002 edi- torial on the Winter Olym- pics bid was right on, Premier Gordon Camp- bell, with the connivance of the federal government, is now planning lo spend billions of dollars while so many of our children are going hungry. To say it is misguided government which is on some messianic drive to nickel and dime the social programs in the guise of a few, that is. cannot justifiy spending such huge amounts to the 2010 Olympics. slatements now ring hoi- low as the sick, the elderly and the children are being asked to accept on faith that a new Jerusalem is being created on the well- eas manicured ski hills of - 7 Whistler. Someone said thal whenever a government States that such a mon- ument will pay for itself, you better count your si}- verware. It is obscene to ask the citizens of this province to accept that our most vulnerable in our: society must wait until some distant future when the returns start coming. The Canadian philoso- pher, Charles Taylor, noted that neo-conserva- tives like this crowd in Olympics a gamble Dear Sir; : 1 enjoyed your editorial ce June 26, 2002 about the 2 Olympic bid at Whistler and how it does nothing for us. But all the downtown scribblers miss the real point of the $310 million provincial antes for the Olympics. “ I have attended 30 meetings with government this year. One was with his royal highness and the theme of them all is “we are broke. We must cut costs. We have aa money.” Schools are closing, hospital districts are un- derfunded. You know them all, ] won’t list any more. But $310 million is teadily available for a bid on Whistler. And this is where the pitiful pundits go wrong, terribly wrong. This is just a bid. This is a gamble. The government of Campbell is taking $310 million of our grocery money and putting it on this high stakes gamble that stands an excellent chance of losing. This government that cries poor at every street corner is gambling with our grocery money. You can cry poor and close schools, or you can gam- ble on the Olympics, bul you cannot do both at the same time. It has to be one or the other, Les Watmough, Dear Sir: As I sit in my Nanaimo home reading about the excellence that was achieved by secondary school bands at Music Fest Canada, it makes me feel absolutely wonderful, Having been a student at these schools and doing very well at music festi- vals in the past, I] feel the excitement of the honour. With the economic si- tuation and the cul- backs that have hit the northwest in recent years, it is great te know that the calibre of music that teens are able to achieve is a constant. Congratulations to all who participated. This may be the road to putting Ter- race on the map. Becky Luedtke, Nanaimo, B.C. is being charitable to this. new era of prosperity, for a Campbell and his crew - build the infrastructure for . His “t feel your pain” Terrace, B.C. Good work AS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Letters to the editor Olympic referendum must be held Victoria are often obsessed with social planning that is dominated by forms of cost-benefit analysis, in- volving ‘grotesque calcu- lations’ putting dollar as- sessment on human lives. I laud your call for a re- ferendum. The people have a right to engage in a dia- logue with its government about such monumental public expenditures. We cannot just accept their easy assurances that this will pay for itself. It is a public issue that is appropriate for more dir- ect scrutiny before another dime is spent. But [ do not share your optimism that this government will listen 3 — the malter is a fait ac- compli. 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