sapraereiec ae ORE a _LETTERS appainted that members of the regional district have voiced their disapproval ‘to the media about ~- Kitimat’s decision to opt out of .. regional planning. This decision was made. approximately seven months ago but now that budgets are being prepared, the board has opted to make this a. very public issue. — ‘The District of Kitimat has par- _ ticipated in the planning function . for many years; contributing to . planning ‘issues throughout the - region. Communities proposing new community plans, zoning bylaws, building code matters — and the like should accept the re- Parking by-laws unfair An open letter to: Bob Lafleur City of Terrace Dear Sir: ‘Tam writing in regards to park-. J ing laws and ‘fines for downtown hfe I know two people who have received fines for overpark- . ing in a one-hour zone which ap- pekrs to be most: of the parking times in downtown area. ' personally find this to be un- ject by project basis. If this is not acceptable, then Kitimat’s with- drawal from this function is. final. Members of the regional district who think saving taxpayers $22,000 is ‘‘stupid” ‘is an odd concept to grasp. The: reality is that if the regional district wants to provide a service, the benefac- TO THE TERRACE STANDARD It’s not “stupid”’ ‘An open letter to: sponsibility for both the outcome tors of that service should be will- Mr, Ray Brady, Chairman and the financial cost. ing to pay for that service... - Regional District of Kitimat- Kitimat has suggested that it Kitimat does not. see itself - Slikine * would participate in planning paying for official ‘community . 2: DearSin matters that impact this com- plans or zoning bylaws in _.. ‘The District of Kitimat is dis- munity and its taxpayers on a pro- Hazelton, Stewart, Terrace or anywhere. in between, Our plan- ‘s ning function is administered and financed locally. Our fiscal re- sponsibility is to ensure that cx- penditures are refleclive of com- munity needs, ' Richard W. Wozney, Mayor, District of Kitimat o” Tor a limited time only... Dinner / * x. For Two Just ._°2 Not Valld With: re ~ inal ? Dally Specials t The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 17, 1993 - Page A7 | DON'T LET THIS OFFER GET AWAY! , Step 1: Present this ad to your saver Stop 2: Choose any two entrees upto a value of $16,95 each Step 3; Enjoy your meal.,.and save up to $10.95 sy offer expires May 2/93 5 oo J Reservations: 638-0644 or 638-1503 fair because I have recently expe- 9m rienced on several occasions that I also have overstayed my one hour. It‘ has been unavoidable short of stopping in middle of what I was doing and going out to move the car. There is yery little you can ac- cumplish in one hour or less in § town. Available ‘parking is limited i in town and I_ know others have complained such as: Block merchants and seniors in- volved at the Happy Gang Centre, To expect our malls to provide . parking for all the town’s customers is grossly unfair and the city should not expect this. ‘T personally believe the time al- lotted should be ‘lengthened or meters should be installed so people have a choice of time limit. ; To hire, as the paper put it, big guns to collect fines is adding to the expense without providing a viable solution when inadequate :. parking is the reai issuc.. . Linda Fenrick, | Terrace, B.C. Spots. still there Dear Sir: I urge all residents of the: Skeena riding who are employed . directly or indirectly in the. forest industry to let our MP, Jim Fulton, know, how they feel about his close association with Colleen McCrory. I think back to the pictures of Mr. Fulton ‘and’ Ms. McCrory hugging and smiling | at the Earth Summit in Brazil last year. For anyone that doesn’t know already, Ms. McCrory is the so- called | environmentalist . who coined the phrase ‘Brazil of the North’”’ to describe logging prac- tices in B.C. J can think of another name for Ms. McCrory and like-minded in- dividuals who are attempting: to gét European countries to boycott B.C. forest products and put thou- sands of people out of. work in communities throughout B.C. The release of her tabloid coin- cing with Premier Harcourt’s fi tbe ‘forgotten. personal frend is ‘a danger to all persons who eam a living off the forest iridustry. . Recently Mr, Fulton bas tried to distance himself from Ms. McCrory but don’t be fooled. The leopard has not changed it spots. ) Dave Marsh, . very 8 "40. 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