Island news, views and comments By V. VICTOR ALBERNI ANALOGY: There seems to be some parallel be- tween the’amount our Pentagon Puppet has decided to grant the Alberni Flood Fund, Last year it was so utterly easy to give members of Parliament a raise of ten thousand dollars which adds up to about two and a half million dollars per year, In other words, the two hundred and fifty thousand Prime Minister Pearson will grant the Alberni’s is only ten percent of the raise given members of the House, Biblically speaking thisisatithe, but it won’t come out of the pockets of any member of Par- liament, How many of the people voted to office will complain about the paltry sum the valley victims will get in restitution, ANSWER: None, The member you the people voted into office, over the next four years was given a blank check to the sum of well over fifty thousand dollars, In fact the average member was made so well-off he is today, almost un- approachable, As proof, try to phone your local member when he is home, If you should have a direct question the answer will most certainly be: “I have no comment, for it is not in the public interest,” Oddly enough, you are the public, Now there is the issue of a NEW flag for Canada, We need a flag, What flag will the Alberni- ites fly over their homes for the next few years ’til they get them back to where they were prior to the Tidal Wave? Might it be suggested, our next flag should be abstract, so that no one will understand it; or totally blank, just a white sheet, like we are surrendering, We are certainly surrendering our heritage to our Southern benefactors, To name a few: our forests, our fishing limits, the Columbia, and last, but decidedly not least, our verbal freedom, ms Ee, HUB CITY HUB-BUB: Local pusinessmen are very concerned about the proposed re-zoning (Provincially approved), for it seems, and rightly, Nanaimo must be by-passed by heavy high- way traffic, Twenty-five .years ago they were arguing in the same manner, At that time there was not the traffic problems of Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked} Meals at Jennie’s Cafe 335 Main St. @ Modern equipment @ Dining room service ah