Opinion

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Wood’s point and shows that the
Town of Sidney is not forced to
rezone the north part of the harbor,
and they have nothing to fear from
the developer if they do not wish
to do so.”

Council, by delaying a vote on
the rezoning while they mull over
the question of the occupancy rate
and inevitable increase in pollu-
tion, has floated a red herring.

Mid-summer are always busy
months in any marina, and for
most of the rest of the year the
Sidney marina is almost empty of
visitors. There cannot be any jus-
tification for expansion based on
two months of summer occupancy.

The province, the council, and
environmental groups should meet
without delay to stop any plan for
expansion. Do you think that a $3
million publicly financed harbor
should be handed over on a platter
to a private developer?

Cy Relph

Vice-president

Sidney Ratepayers Association

Taking action
Editor: g

New Democrats are proud of
their stand against conflict of
interest and the other forms of
unfaimess so prevalent in the cur-
rent B.C. government.

Many of us were surprised by
the news about MLA severance
packages and in the tradition of
our party we in Saanich North and
the Islands have taken steps to
remedy the situation.

My constituency association’s
executive committee has passed a
resolution calling for a commis-
sion, independent of the Legisla-
ture, to examine, make and adjust
all rules pertaining to MLA sala-
Ties, pensions, benefits and sever-
ance packages.

That commission should report
to the public on a yearly basis as is
currently done by the Auditor-
General’s office and the office of
the Ombudsperson.

It’s clear that in this province
we ve lacked proper processes for
dealing with these matters. I’m
committed to a style of govern-
ment that builds confidence, not

cynicism in the actions of politi-
cians.

Elsie McMurphy

Saanich North and the Islands
New Democrats

Respect opinions
of respondanits

Editor:

Our new open government in
Central Saanich, how wonderful.

A group of concemed citizens
expresses their opinion as they see
it and in return receive a 30-
minute tongue lashing by a council
member.

Then, a derogatory and in my
opinion misleading letter appears
in The Review from planning and
zoning chairman Ald. Clarence
Bolt (OCP changes made in open,
July 3) where the respondents are
referred to as “a privileged few
who have time and money to make
a living at lobbing for rezoning
changes for their own gain.”

These privileged few constituted
almost half of the total number of
questionnaires returned. One-
hundred and thirty-nine seems a
bit larger than a few to me and
those 139 must be counted when
these questionnaires are referred
to.

As for the OCP changes being
debated line by line at “open”
council meetings since January,
well not everyone has every Mon-

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