is Se ETM TT TE Dear Sir: Hanky Panky’s Ajier Christmas Melt Down Friday, December 26 & Saturday, December 27 which prompted this petition. any other regional issues have improved or deteriorated y. Christmas is over and Petition serves as a warnin “ty bowel g his way home but this petition are all residents of this area. We believe the is- Hanky 's ts just hicking There have been numerous letters accusing outside inter- sties are serious enough to make the effort to change our into high gear jor ests of supporting the recall of Mr. Helmut Giesbrecht. MLA. Some people believe we should wait until the next These letters have contained little to respond to the issues election to decide, because a by-election will be costly. New Years Eve. : Have they considered what Mr. Giesbrecht’s tax-funded —_ aa Stop on down and Instead of bypassing the issues, I ask these people if the pension will cost us if he completes his term? What has the J in the par provincial budget, education, health care, jobs, taxes or reduced tax base and increased unemployment cost our 4, an ky Pan S jo party. since Mr. Giebrecht has been in office? Since he is a mem- ber of government, his habit of blaming Victoria is dif- ficult to accept. I have been a resident of Terrace and Prince Rupert for aver 40 years, [ don’t think I can be called an outside inter- est. During this time I have voted for the MLAs which I believed would best represent our interests in this area, in- cluding the New Democratic Party. I have never held membership in any political party for this reason. The people dedicating their time and money to circulate regional economy and personal income during Mr. Gies- brecht’s term in office? tei in the Coast Inn of the West If the recall petition succeeds, the final decision will still Located e Coas be made by the voters of this area in a by-election, If we wish to retain our democratic rights, we have a respansibil- ity as voters to be familiar with the issues and initiate change when our government doesn’t represent our views. Regardless of the success of this petition, the mere fact it is being conducted tells our MLA that he must represent the voters, and not Victoria during his term in office. Tom Dimitrov, Terrace B.C, NDP in for stormy weather Dear Sir: f you have money invested in GiCs, T-Bills, or other fixed income instruments, you already A mock recall petition has been registered by Terrace resident, Mr. John How, an Environment Canada weather person. .« His explanation stated that Giesbrecht was guilty by de- fault in his capacity as our MLA for Skeena because everything wrong cannot be wholly attributed to El Nino. Mr. How has gone onto say that this wes only supposed to be a satire on a bill that the NDP brought to fruition. Andrew Petter principally blamed last year’s (post elec- tion) broken-promise balanced-budget nosedive on the forestry sector’s revenues whose operations were decimated solely by the very inclement weather ie. the long cold winter with hummungous snow packs. Alas an E! Nino in reverse, a barometric front of a government in retreat. I know this puzzled to no end many forestry execu- Dear Sir: We should be talking about our MLA’s performance over the past few years to strengthen our community. An important example of this is the youth works project in Kleanza Creek Provincial Park. Through the Environmental Youth Team program, in- itiated by the BC government at the insistence of our local MLA Helmut Giesbrecht, young people in our community have been able to learn more about the environment while About a park and privacy tives and loggers alike, still chuckle about it non-stop. I’m dismayed Mr. How can waste our very valid Skeena recall campaign's effort in a game of trivial pursuit semaniics. Here’s a reversible one up to eclipse Mr. How. The Crash Helmuters are cresting on strong system of prevail- ing northwesterly outflow highs forecast for our campaign. 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Employers can intimidate employees by simply asking them if they want to sign the petition. Will those employ- ees whom have been intimidated come forward to authorities? Probably not unless they have union pro- tection. Will the lists of those signing be used in the next election campaign by the reformers and liberals? Will the list of MEMBER Visit our website: www.rbeds.com The following mutual Sunes fave agreed te pay part of the cost of Uris advertisenient. know just how meagre your are other =| investment opportunities, but many investors are unsure about the risks. 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