DR! SEAS EH ae OPINION ries THE PENINSULA’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Publisher: Jean Butterfield _Editor: Judy § Reimche ~ Phone: 656-1151 / Fax: 656-5526 - A divislon of Island Publishers Ltd. 9726 First St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C9 “Vol. 87 / No. 45/ Circulation: 13,796 EDITORIAL Anonymous election entertainment ae | North Saanich © I: s probably a safe bet that educated voters (the 25 to 40 past week. grade entertainment — take note of how many other times election coverage graced our front page this year —.to-the _ ous problem... “positions. against an anonymous message?. z representation. ~aItis not, however, the: only: piece ‘ofliterature ception ‘of the unfolding: race ‘to’ ‘forn “governing body. on oi 2° The. Heronwatch, -a- "newalettsrs ent out. ‘hy: hel ae Saanich Ratepayers Association, can ‘have just as dramatic ithe: : of the ongoing election | ‘process, if to serve'as councilors and:are. running again. stand, but still has a. heart in the right place. and condemn one who does not: Other than by list, the publication completely. ignores, five other. candidates in their comments... ~The condemned would: be councilor is, provided with no “opportunity to: elaborate or explain the position outlined in the newsletter, He is simply listed as someone who “was and. still may be committed to amalgamation, no matter what:the residents want.” flyers causing somuch concern in other areas of the dis- Al-Candidates meetings, but does dittle else. to encourage a peniiy | election process in the district of North Saanich, | ~ KW. A distinction we ¢ s well do without could “Have we had enough yet? Enough of gas prices ~ that are on par with North ~ Island as the highest in the province? That's what those of us living on the ~ gouth end of Vancouver Ts: ~" dand have been putting up “with since mid-summer, » _ when prices skyrocketed to 65.9 cents per litre... down ayain across the I gucss when they re south Island + to 63.9 CAGE as atk toe Ah ea Ng iaxed to 64.9 cents across . the board, we were sup: posed to look at that as ine bit of a break, ne But atthe same tine. the rest of the provinee. was paying between 53,4... and 57,9 cents per litre for the same product. This week, prices went ‘ ok cage gk bcga wore ae who bother to turn up for All Candidates meetings). .... know enough to disregard the anonymous “messages — popping up all over North Saanich i ins-mail. boxes over the Be ot attain ton adn enema ; a - . = me 7 = a ak GRATES NSD SCADA AROS EHSAN DNS ES LAND OS SSE TOT NYS ENA SERS 2 . PECL s eg STE ERE ES xT TSE RE And while the flyers. have added a small dose of lowe: : _ sewer-saturated discussion in the i they, are a seri- How can Council candidates defend. themselves: or r their - - When ‘candidates are being. categorized. without their a eos knowledge or.permission and don’t have a. chance.to re- >. spond, it can have'a negative. effect on the. whole election. | ~. To put a simple stamp. on the:practice: it'is cheap, itis. - wrong andit belittles the process: oe choosing democratic = ng-in. ‘North Saanich mail. boxes: tha can kew. voters. per-". district's next an effect through the manner in. which it PEESEntS: details : << In their October edition, writer (a). of the newsletter oat thank’ outgoing councilors and: throw support to previous : members of the Ratepayers Association who have gone on - : One past President receives mixed’ praise. from ‘the “<< group-as someone whose enthusiasms are: hard to under- The newsletter goes on to welcome two other candidates as people who.share the Ratepayers Association priorities - To make: such a blanket statement without the oppor tue nity fora response is not much better than the anonymous: trict. The Heronwatch docs encourage residents to attend: TERR NRC OG OMEN ARIES nPmavorertett sacar? hee Os : LOTIONS cents, Th some areas, _ they've even gone down as far as 68, 4. What a deal, years. 1940-1943. bombs ° ‘rained “down on the British Isles: A small Roman town called Chichester in ~ Sussex; located close-to ‘the south Coast; received several direct: hits. destroying old buildings but miss-:* : GEE HONEN... MANGE WE SHOULD OPT FOR. SEWER . SYSTEMS, Remember... — ee ‘Once. upon | a. ‘time Sune the grab me, some blankets and make arun for the brick shelter: behind the old pub next door, A few limes ‘my dad, a strong, leathery man, would grab me, my mother and the dog of whom he was very fond and we would all duck down under ‘the table in ‘the cellar” all: huddled together until the all- ue clear sounded. I'can vividly. recall : those excitement ue i : - live in. freedom: Not:just on No-. - vember 11, but all through the years. it seems decidedly feeble and: inadequate to say thank you, “we will not forget your sacrifice so that v we could live in peace, Margaret J. Sestico - Saanichton Get out and vote : Let’ s fiat show: too much con- -cern for. Y2K, Instead, let’s give a lot of thought to the future of this” ‘pleasant. town of ours, ae laney ay: « the-sea. Perhaps a review of some of the. developments. within the Town ~ during the last three years could be interesting. Plus some others almost ready to go, Even before that, though, take . where we: my y grandfather who died at age 21 in the First’ World: War gave up their lives: ‘with courage and forti- some e time to consider the people . who will represent us: at City, Hall 2 until 2003.: a ~ We will go ‘to the polls on, No -vembe -20.and hopefully. elect: