Page 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday. August 30. 1978 .

EDITORIAL
PEC. ....Whe?

No one living in this part of the Skeena riding
would evet guess the Progressive Conservatives

are Canada's second largest political group, and —

make up the official Opposition.

Party organization, among the Progressive
Conservatives in this part of the Pacific: Nor-
thwest appears to remain in a situation of em-
barrassment to them that they seem unable to
overcume. .

For those who are not aware, in Kitimat, Dave
Serry is their self proclaimed leader, and can-
didate to run in the next federal election. He
claims, also, to be selling party memberships at
a greater rate than anyone else. however, the
rest of the P.C.. organization - particularly in
Terrace - is said to be very unhappy about Mr.
Serry. They feel - despite his party membership
selling ability - he is much too radical (they tend
to use stronger, ‘don’t quote me” descriptions in
private).

Serry, himself, insists the party has held
meetings and invited top party speakers to
functions at which he has been all but excluded,
or notified only at the last minute.

The whole mess has been fairly effectively
kept out of the public eye although it is fairly
common knowledge also among the Liberals and
the NDPs. .

Itis, in my estimation, a matter that is only to
be deplored, and one which the Riding should
clear up without any further procrastination. It
is foolish to assume the situation will disappear
simply by trying to-sit onit, or sweep it under the

rug. .

If something is not done scon to choose a
candidate for the federal election that is ac-
ceptable to the Skeena riding, and one the party
will all get behind, perhaps the Federal PC's
should step in, dissolve.the present association,
and preside at the formation of a new
association, and start off with a clean slate.

Actually, the situation as it now exists, at this
late date, would seem to require emergency
measures by the Progressive Conservatives of
the most extraordinary kind.

Certainly it would appear to justify a visit by
their National Leader, Joe Clark, or a P.C.
stalwart like Walter Dinsdale, to the BC Nor-
thwest - or even a delegation of top PC MP’s who
_ would tour the area, spend a day or more each at

Kitimat, Terrace, Prince Rupert and Smithers,
_ Stewart, and a couple on the Charlottes. With
_ Peoper media coverage, they. would have nothing
* fevalose... =... and. .eyerything to . gain,,

edon't expect the Party will listen to us. -

But at least we will be able to say, we tried to
tell them.

Ute Stophens-
PC.
UL i,

How many times have we heard politicians tell
us that they are going to cut government waste
and spending? And how many times have they
failed to fulfil their promises? Taxpayers
(meaning all of us) can be excused if we have
become a little cynical. °
_ But if most politicians are honest and well
intended, and I believe they are, we have to
wonder why they cannot accomplish what they
set out to do. The answer to thie lies in the
natural tendency of all of us to spend whatever is
available to us. This is especially true of our
elected servants who are spending someone
else’s money under the protection of the law.
There is no reason in this wide world why anyone
should be surprised that bureaucrats can spend,
with the greatest of ease, money which they have
acquired not with the sweat of their respective
brows but with a simple act of taxation.

The present provincial government, elected
primarily because of the uncontrolled spending
habits of the previous reign, is now spending one
billion dollars more. per year . than its
predecessor. To support spending obsession
taxes and rates have been raised. Recently
many homeowners and businesses have been
faced with property tax increases beyond all
common sense,

As usual it is the people on pensions and fixed
and low incomes who are hit the hardest. But
overtaxation hurts all of us. It destroys in-
centive, reduces consumer spending, restricts
investment and creates unemployment. In the
end it destroys democracy by removing huge
amounts of income from the le who earn it
and placing it into the hands of an authorit
which is less than qualified to decide how it
should be spent.

Government growth can be controlled in only
one aha Aa by limiting the supply of money
available to governments at all levels and by
restricting their powers of taxation. This is
Conservative Party policy and this Is what
makes us different from all other political
parties in British Columbia.

If elected to form a government we are
committed to remove immediately both the 5
percent sales tax and the school tax on property.
Vie Stephens,

Leader
Conservative Party in B.C.

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Editor:

Re. your article on page 4
of your August 22nd edition,
It surprised and shocked me
that you printed the life story
of peuple sLmaginary or-not!
like Fr. Murphy and sisters
Mary and Jo. after they are
dead. They died saving the
life of others. Can't we think

‘of them ay peuple who were
dedicated for others’? Why
bring back a sordid pasl in
their life? Your paper in my
opinion had u goad clean
reputation in its editorials.

Dear Sur:

In) the fiasco of the
Regional District cancelling
my contract for ‘the ski
school and rentals on Kit-
sumkalum Mountain there
are several questions lo
which I have not been able lo
get a. satisfactory. answer,

* Perhaps the Regional Board

‘and ‘Administrator ‘wold
like to answer to the public.

First, Mr. Pousette, why
did you recommend to the
Board at the meeting on July
22 that my contracl be
cancelled when you must
have known that a double
‘registered warning letter
sent on July 10 was not
received because the pink
card had not been returned
by the Post Office? And why

By Vic Jolliffe

Mayor Maroney’s action in
firing meas the Chairman of
the Planning Committee,
without cause, has created a-
great deal of discussion.

When. Alderman .
Giesbrecht tried to get the
mayor to explain his actions,
he was told by the Mayor
that he had to talk to him
privately in his office.

The mystery remains. 1
accept losing the Chair-
manship, but I challenge the
Mayor {o make a full
statement as to his reasons.

The record of the Planning
Committee is a good one.

The record of the Planning
Committee is a good one.
There is no back-log of
unresolved business. It has
met regularly and often -
eighteen times to ‘July 31st,
so, what can the problem be?
I suggest it is the following,
and I challenge the Mayor to
correct me if I am wrong.

There is ao division on
Council, some members
wish to go out and hire
consultants from the lower
mainiand to come in and re:
design Terrace.

The advantages of going
this route are mainly

litical; it ls fast, you get a
lot of pretty pictures, and
dream plans that look Ike |
Utopia, but are totally im-
practical to the northern
climate that we live in.
Consultants generally design
their presentation to be
acceptable to the people that

them, that way their
bill is pald with no queations
asked, 1 will Ignore for the
ent the other dangerous
feature of land speculation
which the rezoning maps
would bring In, but it Is
something that should be
idered

cons .

The way that the com-
munity planning Is at
present belng carried out,
and the one the Mayor op
pears to want to scuttle, is
the following.

The present planner for
the District is in charge, @

You seem to hive lowered
your slandards, why’? | feel
it would have been a
wautiful stery if you had

stayed.on the positive side af

their life.

Wealways have to face the
consequence af our actions. I
feel you have done your
share to destroy the memory
and reputation of people who
have probably contributed
more than their share of love
jur their fellow man. [ would
suggest (hat if we can't find

anything gem! to suy about
sammeone, let's say nothing

Alfred Potvin

*Editers Comment

The ‘fact that the article
crealed the impression ithe
lelter-wriler’s mind thal
sisters Mury and Jo were
two .**...people whe have
probably contribuled more
than their share of love for
their fellow man” should be
proof that it has done nothing
ta demean their memory. |

‘tells Pia Side of the Story

was a copy of the warning
ivtler not sent to my kawyer
when your office was well
aware that he was checking
aver the contract document"

Mr. Bunyay, why was
there so much of a rush all of
a-sudden ‘to get the cantracl
signed: when it: took; lhe
Regional District -a month
and a half to get

contract was awarded to me
April 1, 1978?) (The first:
contract was signed in Oc-
tober, 1975.) [ had informed
the Regional District that |
accepted all the ~ bid
specifications and: was going

‘tosign. I had purchased a 4-

wheel drive vehicle, extra
rentals and had committed

second planner would be
hired, whose wages would be
subsidized by the Provincial
Government, $15,000.00
grant already approved),

‘and together with our

present staff of Drafismen.
Superintendent of Public
Works, and Planning
Committee, with the rest of
Council's approval, have
been putting together an up-
dated community plan with
the minimum of changes to
the present zoning. Research
has been carried out from
the early days of Terrace, to
the present; how was it sub-
divided; why did this par-
ticular area move ahead,
and yet other areas stayed
dormant; are the un-
derground services being
used to the maximum, and if
not, why not; how will the
needs of the people differ as
we change from 4 logging
community to a service
centre with over twelve
hundred government em-
loyees?

It was intended to project '

what the changing attitudes
of these people would do to
both our social, cultural and
physical structure of our
community.

Now, that is the route we
were going, with local help.

"It was being done in a slow

methodical way. It was
projected to take three
years. Granted, a consulting
company would do it faster,
but wouldn't it be better to
have something we could
live with rather than a series
of pretty pictures which,
after the initial hullaballoo,
would join the other pretly
pictures in the municipal
vaults, which the taxpayer
paid many hundreds of
thousands of dollars for in
previous studies created by
‘ower mainland consultants.

The move by Soutar is to
have the Regional District
Palnner put in charge of
Terrace's staff - while this
may sound fine, control is
lost Insuch an arrangement.
The Regional District

Planner, whilst a very ex- |

the .
document prepared after the

myself te building downtawa
on the basis that 1 had the

-vantract.

And, Mr. anyay. when t
phone sou and Mr. Pousette
on Monday, July 24, after
learning of the Board motion
through = a .friend, and in
formed, you that | had not
Feckived’ * the” ‘double
registered warning «teller,
why did you goahead on July
26 and finalize the contract
with another bidder without
contacting other board
members (o see whether
their decision would live
been the same knowing thal 1
had nol received the letter?

And, Mr. Jolliffe, you knew
we were out of town because
the Municipality of ‘Terrace

perienced person, has been
the Planner for Kilimat for a
number of years, and | really
think we would not have over
two hundred people living in
Terrace and Thornhill,
driving to work in Kitimual
each day, if the Kilimat way
of life suited them, so] would
prefer the ‘Terrace Planner
to be in charge of the plan for
Terrace, bul also use the
Regional District Planner’s
experience. :

1 have reviewed all the
minutes of the Planning
Meetings since January Ist,
1978, - there have heen
eighteen in total, | have
chaired seventeen of them;
the Mayor has altended only

two. of those mectings: |

January 4ih, he stayed for

parl of the meeting for fifty

minutes; January 13th,
*

By Jee Public ; .
~ "tT could not believe my ears as | listened to Ed
Broadbent, leader of the NDP federally, the
other night. For those of you not familiar ‘Broad
bent’ is his name and does-not describe his state
of mind, but as I listened and really this man hit
the nail on the head. He referred repeatedly, to

the high price of meat. It was very interesting to -

hear that the price spread between’ farm-gate

|. and supermarket shelf is 96 cents per pound in

Vancouver and across the Border its only half
that amount. However, he neglected to tell us

thatthe’ o'r is 15 cents per dollar in both
countri -
Much iaue of higher prices for com-

modities un Wanada but when you add the higher
cost of operating in Canada the bottom line soon
shows that we are still stuck in the same glue as
our U.S. compatriots.

It was even more interesting however to hear
candidate Jim Fulton lament on 4 22 percent
unemployment rate in Skeena Riding, yet it
would have sounded much more convincing had I
not seen his placard waving against develop
ment of Kitimat port recently. ,

It was amusing to see so many of the active

supporters of the move to stop the Kitimat Steel .

Mill Project a few years back.

Surely anyone who proposes more em-
ployment yet can achieve this without in-
vestment and new development has to be so
incredibly smart he ought to be deserving of the
title of Saviour.

Ed Broadbent was going great, and his appeal.

and areas of concern were something we all

agree at was an Ushocking™
story, as much of tile is
shocking. When br) Murphy
tald me the stary, | dit not
blame him tar lowering bis
standards. In dart | felt that
wi telling the slory a mieasure
of his love tor the (wo sisters
With expressed ‘That the

sisters had carried aut dhe

commen too ttide dood to
them that tate) sou and
despitetully use vou ap
peared to ime ta be the,
overriding uiessage un thes
story:

had received a leer from tis
an July 10 stating that Mr.
luselberg would be handling
aur alanis While we were out
yl town Why tid you not tell
Mr Ponsette that we would
not be receiving the July 10
warning letter from -the
Regional. District? Didn't

ya feel it your civie duly to

prevent this. -tiasea, by
Mention at the July 22
Regional Rear meetiog Ghat
we were out of dawn And
just why dd you brag about
town that f would cnever gel
the ski Will aga” Txt this
CUPPyin persona Aes
tow dir’

Yours truly.
Mickey Juhnson

which was aoineeting with
Abacus, whieh went (vo
hours tong, and resulted
their final decision tu
proveed? with them present
Shopping UVeutre develop
ment. amt their agreement
to peiy $2500 ta the
District af ‘Terrave for oft
site services.

Masor Maroney hos tot
attended a Planning Meeting
since January Lith, [it At

“wo time has he ever sal in on

our: discussians on the
Community plan, ofher than
the one closed council
meeling ¢alled for hy Soutar,
of August 9th.

Having estabiisiwad that
the Mayor is uninformed, |
would like to review the
changes ip the Committers
structure.

REGINA, Saskalchewan -
It was announced here on lhe
oceasion of the Association
of Kinsmen Clubs’ Annual
Convention ‘that the
Association provided
$43,416,620.45 through their
588 Kinsmen Clubs from

coast to coast during the past
12 months, .
Mr. Don Masterson,

National President of the
Association, stated: “At an
average of over §73,000. per
club, our Association ¢on-
tinues to be one of the
world's most effeciive
service clubs".

REGINA, Saskatchewan -
Leonard Simms, 34, of Grand
Falls, Nid. was elected ihe
58th National President ol
the Association af Kinsmen
Clubs during
Organizalion's Annual
Convention held here this
week,

Mr. Simms succeeds Mr.
Don Masterson uf
Blackstock, Ontarin, as the
ehiet executive ‘or this

Country's only MECantdian
young men's — service
organization which has
18,000 members in 600
Canadian communities front
coast to coast,

During the past 1 months
Kinsmen provided over
$45 (400,000.00 in service fu
their communities, il wis
announced here yesterday,

Mr. Simms has been a
member of Kinsmen for 13
years In Grand Falls, Nild.
He has served his local area
as club president, Deputy
Governor and Governor, He
holds one of the
Organization's highest
honors, that of Master
Kinsman.

He Is employed by the
Government of Newfoun-
dland and Labrador as
Assistant to the Premier,
and ig active in his com-
munity, having been a minor
hockey couch, an execulive
member of the Grand Falls
Men’s Soft Ball Association
and a member of the
Masonic Order.

agree upon. He proposed low interest mortgages
and the little knowlege I have on the subject is
plainly wrapped up in the law of supply and
demand for funds, and the law of supply and
demand of housing stock.

How can you increase the demand on stock by
adding a surge of low interest cash, which in turn
drives up the price of the stock?

It is interesting to note that no mention was
made that because of the high wages of the
construction workers, (negotiated no doubt by
predominantly NDP trade unionists) the cost of
the stock keeps rising. Basically, the ideals of the
NDP are still as appealing as they ever were, but
surely the answers to “Hair of the dog that bit us
poor Canadians” has no simplistic solution.

Surely, Pierre, Otto, and the minister of fitness
in an unfit cabinet would have the idea stolen.
adopted, and regurgitated as Liberal policy by
now! The answer does not lie in Ottawa or
Victoria hut in the hearth and homes of the
Canadian people.

There is no easy solution other than Canadians
recreating the spirit of the CO-OP movement at
its inception in cach community, It is not the lack
of will to work that is wrong inCanada, but the
lack of the will to work together as co-builders -
that is the problem,

We only get out of our economy what we putin.
Have you invested in a local business lately and
taken some af the risks of the pioneers who made
our country great, or do you I
make so much, lending YOUR money? Until
people start believing in people again Tl stick
with a more credible Saviour

Missed 5B of 64 Meetings 0 ie Uninformed

Works Committee. ‘thal

Alderman Falstra, who
Commies thas nny

now Cebaes the Pkaamins

cry that the banks -

Committee, has actually
been relieved oat dis chair
titestip ot the Heereation,
and Pubhe Works Cam
pottees, amd set the word
“Hired obs pot used
Alderman Couper has been
given the Chawrmianuship of
the Tublie Works Com
miltes He was previously
Chairman of the Industrial
Development Commiltee.
This committee's record
shows Uhat he has had three
meetings in total this: year
On March 6th, the Con
mittee met ier twenty-five
minuies April ith, if met
tor fifteen minutes, On May
2ith it met for another
twenty five minutes. ‘TFotd)
lite and effort of Alderman
Cooper's Committee for
tnhstrial Development for
the vonmmunity of Terrace,
sixty-five niinutes and
that's fram damiary through
tu August. But, efforts af this
kind are rewarded with the
Chairmanship of the Public

propels suchas. paving,
drainage. ditches, ete, that
will be enmpleted: priar to
elevtion tine, which appears
to confirm that the Mayor's
mye Was at political one.

‘the new Plagning Com-
milter has exactly the same
people an it) as. the old
Plinnuing Committee:
Talstra. Giesbrecht, Cooper,
and Jolliffe, only the
Chairman was changed.
Why? so
_dine could ask, why is the
Mayor so ill-informed? The
record shows that out of the
sixly-Tour council committee
Incetings the Mayor only
attended a talal of nine.
Perhaps this is why he is
nuiking these erratic moves.
Ry not attending fifty-three
meetings the Mayor has very
little knowledge of the
background information 43
to why devisions were made
at the committee level, and
this {actor is showing up in
his lack of leadership.

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