POLITICAL POLLUTION: This subject which deserves and gets much publicity, even from Nanai- mo’s strange bedfellows, One Alberni alderman said he was not pre=- Island scene By V. VICTOR seizing and impounding any ani- mal trespassing thereon, con- trary to the provisions of this bylaw, provided that in so doing no damage shall be done by the poundkeeper to the lands so en- rag, makes for some pared to sign a petitionnowbeing te red,” circulated in the valley because some of the people who voted him into office did not sign it. But some six thousand resi- dents did sign the paper and there was certain to be hundreds who voted for this idiot. To bad the “right to recall” couldn’t be instituted in this coun- This smells strongly of ole Bill Moore who voted himself the city clerk’s job while he was still mayor with little hope of being re-elected due to other idiotic acts he had performed while chief magistrate, Little kids who own hamsters are now keeping them in secret try. Of course it would never become law for many of the poli- ticians who would definitely be recalled would have to vote on the issue, and these birds are not known to mess in their own nest, One mayor, God bless his little polluted soul, thinks the problem is more geographical than in- dustrial; and there is astatement that deserves some pondering. All this only goes to prove that some men elected to public office, who stated before election that they had the public interest at heart, have not the.citizens’ in- terest at heart as much as George McKnight, who is a layman. Meanwhile the petition of the Citizen’s Committee on Pollu- tion still circulates, and like a snowball, gathers scores of names each day. * * * COURTENAY CONTROVERSY: A man had some geese, three, within the city limits, They were, to coin a phrase, “edible pets,” but someone decided they were too noisy, so he laid a charge of public nuisance, or somet!:ing, against the owner of the birds, who in turn refused to pay a fine and served out his time in jail. City Hall, not to be outdone, has an amendment to the pet by-law which gives more power to the pound-keeper than the R.C.M.P. possess, This is the amendment: “The poundkeeper is hereby express~ ly authorized and empowered and it shall be lawful for him to enter upon any lands situated within the municipal boundaries of the city for the purpose of places so the poundkeeper will not be allowed to lay hand on them, One little fellow had some white mice which he fed to his eat rather than have the pound- man get them, Then it struck him the man could even take the cat away, SO he gave the fat feline to his little sweetie at school because she lived outside the municipal boun- daries of the city. Civil rights are not taken away, people vote them away by electing this ilk. * * * AMBULANCE BLITZ: A door to door canvass for funds is in operation in Nanaimo, It seems they need a new vehicle which will cost about $14,000. Here is another example of assisting a private concern to buy equip- ment to milk the public in much the same manner as the Gordon Street Parkade. At a time like this it makes one vonder where are the funds collezted recently for United Ap- peal. And while pondering these odd fa-ts one is inclined to wonder where the five percent sales tax money