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7 Our wishes for 1989

Some news stories we'd like to be able to write.in the

coming year:

Peace in school, good will toward kids — The Terrace District Teachers’ Association and the School District 88 board of trustees avert a strike with an eleventh hour settlement, Both sides claim victory.

Fishery quits floundering — A new management plan

for the Skeena River that might actually. work is revealed jointly. by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the provincial Ministry of. Environment. Commercial fishermen will still be able to make a living and the sport fishing stocks will prosper. (We? re allowed a bit of wishful thinking here.)

Someone in the mining business goes on record’ as

being convinced that the flight reliability at the Terrace-

Kitimat airport really has improved.

' City council’s controversial Kermode bear carcass disappears in the dead of night. Conservation officers later discover that the bear’s relatives ran out of patience and gave it a proper burial.

The provincial government reveals a comprehensive land use policy that works for everybody.

Public Works crews are instructed to no longer wait

for the rain to wash the snow away before they begin road clearing. .

Money arrives from somewhere to build sidewalks on all the residential streets in Terrace.

~The Project Starship sawmill begins opetating at Full

capacity and stays that way.

Terrace North residents discover an unlimited source

. of clean:drinking water. ‘The Premier’s - development region concept is -

scrapped and the regional district rediscovers its identi- ty.

A sensible use is found for the city’ S Expo Legacy grant.

Oil is discovered under the old provincial police

building — after the lot is purchased by the Happy Gang Centre.

The architect forgets to put a Muzak system in the new Skeena Okanagan mall.

Kids don’t sleep on the streets anymore.

. The area is inundated by Japanese tourists who insist ‘that everything they buy be made locally.

The international market for forest products | remains strong.

Everyone. gets what ‘they deserve.

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by! Bob. Jockman

Wedn esday yo _ Perspec ti e

The newly elected officials’

* seminar takes place the first

week of February, and. for one of our new aldermen, it won’t be a minute too soon,

Besides going into some of

. the more mundane functions of

Council, a highlight of the seminar is the discussion of conflict of interest — which basically states that if there may even be a perception by the public that you have a private interest in a matter, then you have a conflict and must remove yourself from Chambers during the discus- sion. .

A former alderman once ar-

~~ gued vociferously on behalf of

a local contractor during discussions of a tender bid, and was a visible supporter ‘of the new alderman during his elec- - tion bid. The new alderman at his first regular meeting argued vociferously on behalf of the local contractor on a property matter. Perception.

Prior to his election, a new © alderman argued vociferously on behalf. of a club of which he was an executive member for a favorable decision from Coun-

‘cil, Council made an un-

favorable decision. The new alderman at his first regular meeting argued vociferously on behalf of the club for Council to reverse its decision. Percep- —

A new alderman received

a particularly strong support

from a former Councillor dur-

~ ing the election campaign. The —

new alderman did not remove himself from the Chambers

_ during discussion of a.property matter affecting the former

Councillor. Perception.

TIS METER Joep Saat © SeTeMk ESre ACR oe aS

paces noses

There is a big diffetence be-

tween lobbying on behalf of

your friends and lobbying on — behalf of groups to which you have been appointed asa _ Council liaison. As‘a Council

_ appointee to the Terraceview Lodge Board, I have helped to get improved lighting on the street leading into the Lodge. As a Council appointee to the Union Board of Health, ! earn- ed at least some hostility from my fellow smokers for pushing the Union Board’s smoking bylaw campaign.

But I also removed myself -

from the table whenever a con- -

iributor or campaign helper had a bid on a City contract, or when a matter was discussed that had implications for my employer, even when the out- . come was self-evident. Again, perception. Your real friends: ‘won't ask. 7

@A gentleman whom. a quite “enjoy received a few

a concerned resident of Mc- Connell Avenue opposing the building of soccer fields at “Christy Park. This concerned ‘rugby-playing resident of Mc- Connell did not make a presen- tation when the Christy Park

~ Rugby Clubhouse proposal was

before Council.

@ I mentioned briefly last

week that the December 12...

Council meeting was not tele- vised, though the monitors were on in Chambers, Some people are definitely uncom- fortable about the meetings be- _ ing televised, and occasionally you hear statements like, “If the sound doesn’t i improve, | ‘maybe ‘we shouldn’t even

bother.’” 1 cettainly hope that *

- fight to keep the telecast going

- least reading their agenda”

- money, or act in your com-—

— > better with an arms-length rela- tionship?

. brother-in- law to handle an ar- paragraphs of news coverage as

' expected to do a title search. of - every company the City does | business with, and cannot be ”

_ of Midnight Rock and Tuntel,

- served, but that it is perceived aed

the TV. station management

— the average viewer is smart *— enough to recognize when. someone’s playing to the media. ~ or packing a hidden agenda, and though some items, par- ticularly committee reports, _

‘may be adopted without too —

much discussion, the public has

a right to know, beyond the — one-liners that catch the . a headlines, which aldermen are oo doing their homework (or at«

packages).

@ The problem with nepotisr is that you never know. if it’s. problem, Even if you, save 8

pany’s (or City’s) best interest, . can you ever be completely sure : that you couldn’t have done -

Hiring the administrator’ s

bitration case for the City =. might be looked on askance if: it had been a Council decision. — ‘But’ when the decision to hire is. made by the same person who”. makes the decision of whether: - or not a case should go to ar~ 7 bitration...? ° Council members cannot be :

expected to know the principals |

J&B Consultants, or 1-2-3. Enterprises. But Council should. be expected to set stringent | guidelines for staff.in these . - matters, to ensure not only thet. the public good is being well

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