. Ae - - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 10, 2006 } Fora -good Cause WOMEN AND . members © :Crissy. ‘Jurkic, from left, Frances Gosse and Alisa - Thompson — “held a. garage sale _group made $400, “which daughters. . Development, - April 29 to raise “money for projects — _ thatthegroupholds — during the year. The » 9 included. $17. from. a bake F . Sale held: by: some ‘of the- members’ iis _ MARGARET SPEIRS oh PHOTO ff - Dear Sir: woe "Congratulations on. your ~ prime. piece of investigative - ‘Feporting on the sale — resale fie flop of the former gov- -emment property on Keith | Ave. in The. Terrace Stan- - : > dard of April 5. ' What a ‘classic example -of a ‘government. that does “estate they own is worth. All the : millionaires in. ‘not’ ‘even know: what the'real © “this “country and elsewhere. - are in real estate — just - owning or buying. and sell- | . ing. Donald Trump; Nelson . Skalbania,- Peter. Pockling- . ton (he even ‘real estated’’a ~ hockey team), our premier, * ‘Gordon Campbell. They all "knew the rules. Real. estate & : is always safe. Buy low, sell _ high; don’t rent, own. “not be in business. This time they have proven that they, at least, should not be in. business, “Or perhaps: ‘not in Bush safety rises above politics. We have got forest worker health and safety issues so deeply rooted in this province, it’s going to take the cooperation of every CEO, bureaucrat, An open letter to: - John J ensen 4 cil m. the university bought it for c: CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD. government either. ee _ They emptied. this build- ing, while paying a lease on. a building uptown, declared it surplus ‘to their needs and ‘sold it to Mr..and:Mrs. Scott forasong. — And it was not much of a song. There can be no blame | »laid on Mr. and ‘Mr, Scott. They © saw a ‘government listing a $3.5 million: prop- _- erty for $500,000.:Like any Our current’ government good: business people, they * says that government should - ir 7 something. negotiated that down to 480 They saw a bargain and took it, marked it up 50 per cent (on selling), a modest While Roger did wear a political hat for four: years in the Skeena riding, were you aware that he was involved in many phases: of the logging , -profit:in the business world. ‘by just. following the rule, _ buy | low, sell high. ” "No, the. culprit here is the ' government. Those people we elected, to look after the taxpayer. Ss) our money. . They’ deliberately put the property on the market for - that price, and a song, coun- try’ western or Tennessee " rock, don’t matter. They got _ their price, but not the. song, but that: don’t matter. They sold out for a bad “deal, but that’s not’ the end ‘of i it. There can’t be more, of interests, make good deals for us, look after | Bag this silliest and the stupidest — but there is more. Authority sets the value of your house, and your busi- ‘comparative sales’. ‘When .a_ business ‘Prop- : erty is sold, the selling price of that property becomes the ‘assessed value’ of that prop- erty. Further, that sale price , ' . determines... the’ assessed’ value of all the other similar properties in the city. - ‘So when the Scotts bought the property for $485,000, that became the assessed value.of that property. When | °K’ Shan ‘House, The ' B:C? Assessment . _ ~all of these can have their ness which: what: they. call - ‘ assessment, using this deal I have mentioned as the ‘ com- © . parative sale’. Where” would the. city’. ‘regain this lost assessment? — Surely not from the. home’ $900,000, that became the assessed value.. That .as- = sessed ‘value’ then ‘became : the. ‘comparative sales’ for . all the other similar Proper- 8 ties in the city. ~ . . Next» February, -aSSess-’ ‘ment review time, all the . business block owners in .the city, the DaSilva blocks, — McCarthy block, the. two blocks from Kalum Street . east, the Talstra building Trigos, : properties reviewed, They can then demand an 80 percent reduction of their owners of the city: This gov- ernment has a dogma that is: killing us. : Les Watmough, — Terrace, : B. c. ~ Full Service \ a) Dear John:. — ‘Your April 26 letter to the editor, Mourn the dead, fight for the living, along with a few oth- ers that have surfaced in the province lately criti- - cizing the appointment of Roger Harris as forest safety ombudsman have caught my eye. > While the bulk of the content is very .opinion- ‘ated, which is fine, part of it has definitely been " composed off of misconstrued information, prob- ably drawn off a.colleague of mine, Steve Hunt.. This is very evident to those of us that know ex-. actly how and why Mr. Harris was selected for the . position of forestry ombudsman. ". “Roger was appointed by the B.C. Forest Safety _ Council (BCFSC): Their head office is in Vancou- ver with a satellite office in Prince George: The BCFSC is made up of the highest representation, possible out of the forest industry of B.C. ~ When they sit four times a year you have the: ~ executives from the three licensee associations, the four logging associations, Steelworkers, sil- ‘viculturalists, fallers, Ministry of. Forests and. B.C. Timber Sales as well as representation from | :’ WorkSafeBC. industry up and down the coast from 1972-1986 at which time a falling accident caused him to have to leave the bush? Were you also aware that Roger’s knowledge of the forest industry was drawn upon by the For- _ est Safety Task Force, a group that was ordered together temporarily by then labour minister Graham Bruce, led by Doug Enns, Chairman of ~WCB’s Board of Directors to look into what can be done.about logging accidents? These points, not his four years as a MLA are why we gave Roger the position of forest safety ombudsman. It’s time that you and your cronies separated this appointment from politics. Here’s a little bit more information for you. If Thadn’t made.a phone call last spring to the Van- ‘ couver Sun from the council’s office asking them to start putting forest worker fatals in the spot- light; then. written and published a report called ‘A View from the Field’, people such as yourself would still be in the dark about what’s been going -on for years, not just since the Liberals took over. These two items blew the doors wide open for ev- eryone, including your unions. Probe > MacCarthy administrator, contractor and worker involved in the forest sector along with the relentless help of our WorkSafeBC officers to gain control of the . current situation. If you really want to be enlightened about what is taking place to get a handle on the unacceptable amount of camage taking place out in our wood- lands, you’re about to get your chance. » On May 13, there are people from throughout the province descending on Terrace to discuss three massive industry-driven forest worker safety” initiatives, which include the ombudsman, going _on right now in B.C. These initiatives have the backing of industry, , government and WorkSafeBC.. Doug Enns him- - self is coming to Terrace to help kick this meeting off. Either take part in that or sit at home with your » pen and keep writing opinionated letters on. sub- jects you’re not fully educated on. Mike McKibbin, | _ Chairman, Western Fallers Association, Director, BC Forest Safety Council, Terrace, B.C. sons) 8059 Be pallies R Wye eddy eels pect, Blocthy leap Gms VOrUni TU ites sranunl apxal Ohwitedisihop) france ‘Best deal on the pice market today! 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The Keynote Speakers will be: Keith Rush, Senior Advisor, SAFE (Certified) Companies Program MoryAnne Arcand, Director, Forestry Trucksafe Program Roger Harris, Forest Satety Ombudsman 7 iy you are employed in the Forest Harvesting Sector of British Columbia as an Inde ependent log Hauler or Equipment Operator, Independent or Contract Faller, Stump to Dump Contractor, Licensee or BC Timber Sales personnel, te u will not want to miss out on this very informative session. Any and all nion Reps and workers concerned with Forest Worker Health and Safety, as well as Worksafe BC Reps, are openly requested and encouraged to show up for this function as welll The BC Forest sory Council has generously offered to supply coffee, snacks and lunch, free of would like to ain us for lunch on site we ask that you preregister yourself and/or your elegates no later than May 9th by calling Bill Sauer (NWA) ar (250) 635-6801 | Mike or Deb McKibbin (WrA) at (250) 628-8729 Those of you coming from out of town and in need of accommodations Doors will be open and coffee available at 8:15°a.m. for those of you who would like to come e earlier! The North West we ond Western Fallers Associations have teamed | charge, to everyone attending this meeting, For those that. for the night could contact: The Coast Inn of the West at (800) 549-3939 V RECORD -BREANING. 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