SIGNING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY at Tanners bookstore in
Sidney on Friday, media personality Jack Webster —
who’s never at a loss for words — took time out to discuss
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pels.

Maggie

Europe, the company was going to
show us what luxury ferry service
was all about. Alas, it didn’t quite
work out that way.

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To start with, the two ships
Stena pressed into service as a
replacement for the Maggie
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They were used if not old ves-
sels, and under the glossy refit, a
little worse for wear. Add to that
some labor problems and it was
bound to be rough sailing for
Stena.

Next, the company had prob-
lems with the American authorit-
ies which severely limited gam-
bling on the ships while in Ameri-
can waters and threatened Stena
with massive tax bills on its gam-
bling revenues.

What scares me more than any-
thing else is that there is already a
major lobby trying to “Bring The
Maggie Back.”

WED-SUN

The Shipping and Railway
Trust, a group of no-doubt well-
meaning people who probably
won’t mind being generous with
the taxpayers’ money, are trying to
get support for getting the Maggie
back on the Victoria-Seattle run.

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Sidney joins
in call for an
investigation

The Town of Sidney has joined
the City of Colwood in calling on
the Ministry of Municipal Affairs
for a complete investigation into
the operation of the Vancouver
island Regional Library board.

Sidney’s committee of the
whole recommended to council
that Municipal Affairs Minister
Lyall Hanson commission a com-
plete investigation into the affairs
of the library board “with a view
to determining its proficiency and
efficiency.”

“Of all the proposals this is the
one that pops out and makes any
sense at all,” said Ald. Herb
Addison.

Ald. Stan Bamford, council’s
representative on the library board,
said: ‘I would welcome an inves-
tigation and put this to rest once
and for all.”

Council wants an answer on the
validity of proxy votes during
board meetings, a decision on
what method of tax collection
should be used for the library
board’s requisition and an expla-
nation of the board’s proposed 11
per cent budget increase with an
addition of surplus funding.

“Tt’s all tied in with the kind of
levying to take place,” Bamford
said.

Council also discussed North
Saanich council’s decision to
withhold its requisition in protest
of the proposed budget.

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I have nothing against the Mag-
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the taxpayers aren’t going to be
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If the merchants feel they
depend on the service, and don’t
want to do without the daily
shipload of tourists from Seattle,

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about $1 million a year.

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