: “HUGH? S VIEWS | _ HUGH NASH — What kind of an election is this anyway? The Bill and Bob show we’ve got going in B.C. is enough to sprinkle sleeny-bye sand in the eyes of even the most partisan. Is there no third choice? Are all animal parties, like the Rhinos, extinct? I thought so until late one night last week I, for reasons best left to the imagination, abandoned my car outside a local ‘watering hole. I couldn’t have been concentrating properly because instead of going straight home my feet took me to an unfamiliar section of a nefarious part of town. '. The houses were dark; the streets empty; there was no one to pul me straight. But soft, what light through. yonder broken window shines from that tiny garage at the end of the alley? I ran toward it but slowed when | heard voices coming from within the structure. I peeked through a crack. A dozen men were sitting around a huge picnic table. On one wall was painted ‘‘Oinkers’’. On another ‘‘All Troughs Are Ours.’? Wow, I had stumbled upon a animal party, policy-setting session. “Alright then, it’s agreed, we take over all private schools and stuff them into the public school system. Anything that embarrassingly successful must be quashed. Is that it for education?’’ asked a big guy who seemed to be chairman. “Not quite,”’ said a fellow in thick glasses. ‘‘Teachers have tenure but what about them university kids learning to be teachers? They need protection too. { know because my kid is one of them and she don’t know if she’s going to have a job when she graduates. I move we give tenure to all education students.’ “Excellent suggestion John and while we’re on universities, their fees are way out of line. I’m paying for two kids now and another’s coming along next year. 1 don’t think I can sw- ‘ing it. Let’s make education free after high schools It would g .. sure save me a bundle.’’ Ainimum ~ week's. _ ancestral ; Editor: : Gordon Ewan’ s letter: in: last oe contained ‘a minimum regard for facts plus a “number of wild guesses. “Itis the ““sort-of thing that ‘is. frustrating. tothe members of:.the’ North. oe and. South: Saanich “Agricultural , : Society’ who: are: ‘genuinely ‘con-' -cerned about the future of their ‘Review - Fair. I-am in as good a.position * las. any. to help clarify some: of. ~ the points mais in ‘Ewan’ Ss let- . the society has tried vorgcién. tiously.to answer every concern expressed by council.’ -2...No..member _ of. “the “municipal council, is: currently a member: Society. A pity. dresses of some 2,300. Central Saanich residents... An. addi- ‘tional:. 1,700 : outsiders | former residents were invited.to sign at the 1985-Fair. Most of - the 2,300 were approached. ona _ Motorway havoc ‘er ; are does not dispute that Editor. _ Having recently returned ‘from a delightful holiday at.my -home of. Chitchley Manor, in Bedforshire, England, 1 am appaled at learn- ing of the havoc that continues to be wreaked on your motor- ways, in particular, the one bet-. ween Victoria and Swartz Bay. It seems the worst accidents are happening at: the crassroads after that. last sweeping bend ap- proaching the ferry terminal, with cars actually driving off the road and into somcone’s ~~ front.garden, whilst other make ~~ dllegal turns against red Nahits -onto Wain Raad.. ; In the, first instance it Seems © ‘ridiculous to. place those -con- ~ erete pieces on the corner, They -would surely deflectany motor- ~~ car striking jt-baeksnto the str: “ing of ongoing traffic. thereby causing 1 more serious accident: _ - “Tsay let them drive off that cor. ~ There =: is: PENINSULA LIFE. ner if they do not have the sense. to. straighten out after rounding a bend. It is of no use your roadway department ‘changing. the road _to ‘suit the drivers; it is. the road. rules everyone are else -made. for and ly. no regard for anyone else, which is obvious alsa when one sees how they park their cars all. ~ over the main road as well as the ‘side roads at the ferry terminal area; Your drivers here need to-nol only Jearn how to-read: road: signs,~but to obey them also, ° But. mostly they should learn to © have cons sideration for others, absolutely. - of the ‘Agricultural ae ‘and . the drivers’ attitude that needs to be . Changed'as they seem to believe not themselves. They have absolute-. The question of minimum hourly wages was next. All said their relatives in the civil. service were grossly underpaid. Somewhere between $14 and $16 seemed an acceptable minimum but the discussion bogged down on how fast to get there. Half wanted an immediate jump. Others suggest $3 raises every year for the next four years, However, they did agree that the best cabinet would be one which included all members of the winning party and half the losers. The losers would get the junior ministries but be paid senior minister’s rates. Cabinet ministers’ tax free allowances would be doubled to offset the increase in personal taxes needed to pay for education subsidies and minimum wage hikes. It was agreed to provide government financial aid to any group that asked, but to give only half they requested. One member was appointed to alert favored groups of the new policy so they could gear their requests accordingly. “Now. as far as television in-the legislature i Is concerned, I ‘think we shoulld form our own TV ministry and produce our own shows. My brother could head it up. He takes pretty good slides and is out of work.”’ No one disagreed and they moved swiftly to eliminating all _non-B.C. alcohol from. liquor stores, taking over the local wine and beer industries and jacking the prices up — except for’ that. sold in the members- ~only liquor ‘store in ‘the Legislature’s basement. At the next meeting it was agreed to discuss tripling the gasoline tax, charging the public and press to enter the legislative buidlings and the moving of all Expo rides to Vic- toria where MLAs could use them — free. Each member was asked to bring a list of the Royal Com- ‘nissions he wanted and names of the people wai" ‘should be on them. This is great, | thought, a crazy animal party is alive and well and living in a dark alley. But there’s only a week left before the election. When will it surface? The answer came from the chairman following the recita- tion of the Oinker’s creed (What’s yours is ours; hand it over or we’ll take it) said while holding out both hands, palms up- | ward. “You guys get back to Bill and Bob and tell them our deci- sions. If they’ve got anything to add, or some-new ideas, br- ing them to the next meeting — which needn’ t be eantil attr , this stupid election is.over.”’ facts and wild guesses _ door: to- door poll. That ‘is how: -we know. the. figure. represents : 7 90 per cent of the homes. polled. “4. The amount of: money: in-: “ jected:into:the economy. directly: : by» the. fair-is’ indeed: in’ thes. : region of $250,000. This is com-- 3h The--petition in’ question. vs contains the signatures and_ad-.” . prised: of almost: $200,000 «ac- tually’spent: by: the society plus’ ; is . the. around ' $60;000° which profit: made by local service clubs operating concessions. on~ ‘the fairgrounds. ‘The: $200,000 ~ includes 1986 property taxes of $7,549.29. Although - most. of the work at fairtime is. done by some © 1,000. volunteers, $200,000 also “includes ‘wages totalling over’ $25,000. Neither. ~ figure includes any estimate of -off-fairground business receipts (motels; restaurants, etc.), = financial. Statements are prepared: by a- 5. - The: society’s firm of professionally qualified auditors. [ would be pleased to go over these with Ewan if he would care to make an appoint- ment. 6... Ewan’s remarks: about ‘parking are. baffling, There are less than five acres for parking, ‘nothing — wrong with: (he roads. in- this. country, which is far more than. ‘Tecan say for the morons who drive then! -“YIPES! FERRY 1 TRAFFIC er: nent en neectneettniaionnntantaneent tenement ne , “Tandy Pamela Norton ‘three. days, the’ “and paid help who ‘stay at. thé 2 fair for long shifts; for livestock -trailers. which’ are: there ‘for. all’ | and. for’. service’. |“ Vehicles... To. -speculate on. ‘four. ‘people ‘toa car : ‘turning. covers four times.a day i is, well, totally ee “sawesome. 202. Principal customer 7 parking’ is on: the 20. ‘acres. of rented “land::... on -Mt.. of That field becomes tightly pack- a. Newton. Cross Road. ed. at peak’ time (12 - 3. p. m.) each day of the fair. And here’s the primary pro-. -blem: the 20-acre field cur rently being used is.rented on an an- “nual basis with no guarantees of. is the flow of so many people across continuity. As well, it - Society. members. genuinely feel that: moving to a larger site _ would solve the safety problems of people and animals and help preserve. for the future what - Agriculture Canada has: classed © and - along. the. East Saanich | Road that is of grave concern to - Society members kh Onis sever onmenseg nen i _ NA th + “e "e. a ie SS ~ SOME. MEMBERS of Sidney conneit ‘ts well as loval NPP enn oe didaites were slinging buckets OF it recently = water (hat is, Team, « “leader and chief water dipper: Rom Kubek led the Sidney: squad ton _fourth place finish among 24 teams in the bucket brigade ee eke “ol Herb aa 9 at the Saanich Fire Hall. Ald. Gloria: Stevens and Ald Addison as.well-as Paul Williams and Pat and Christine’ Phillips “were others on the high placing squad, who survived a sonking for - Vickers guided their squad to a second place finish, hoping to move f “upainother notch by next week. os. so CONGRATULATIONS to Dob. Parkinson, the new Chamber of C ommerce manager. The 20- year aren resident, who organized last year's Comanche fly-in, will Te there. were three) “he starting: Oct. 27 what is supposed to be a part-time job. But just ask. out-going manager Peter Tredgett Abaont that ee LAY ON MACDUPFE! MacbDuft, the pet colli¢ who saved ‘his. owners in-an ‘early morning house fire on West Saanich Road may now be put. forward for.an award, Local. SPCA secretary manager Joe Heald ‘the glory of Sidney, And NDP candidates Carol Pickup and David. has pur forward MacDuff's name to his head office. for possible’ citation... HOPIS you get there in time. B, Gordon: ‘of Sidney Wits the grand-prize winner in the recent SAM Sidney on Sale draw, recent sttdy ar the University of Flaridn revealed lnk ing nara to low blood oxygen levels, In that case, some recent provincial Senmpaign speeches are pretty hazardous (o the healt. CTE CER. TAIN: MEMBERS af North Saanich council appear bowlegged, | don't warry. They are survivews af the recent annual ride up Cloake | ~ Hill to celebrate Ride B. Cc. Diy. Mayor Lloyd Harrop, and Alds. . f Gil. 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