Nov. 10, 1986 Page 6

The Other Press

 

 

Other Editorials

 

Bus-tration

Well here I go again to
write another block bust-
ing editorial. Who can I
attack this time. A_politi-
cian, a teacher, or maybe
even the D.C.S.S. Nah,
they all desrve a_ break for
a change. It’s time for
another one on good old
B.C. Transit.

As we all know, B.C.
Transit is pissing us off.
Well now I think that they
are going out of their way
to piss us off. For example:
If you take the 147 (New
West Station) for
Lougheed Mall at 9:30 am.
you still have to pay $1.55
to get to New West, even
though you don’t cross
the zone boundary until
9:35.

In the D.C.S.S. office
there is a petition to B.C.
Transit requesting that

students receive reduced
fares, please sign it (even
if you do have a car). If
you don’t feel like signing
a petition, I’ve found an
alternative. Go to the Sky
train Station, there you .
will find a transit informa-
tion computer. In __ that
terminal there is a transit
survey. All you have to do
is complete the survey a
couple of times, rating the
fare system very poorly. |
Well my block busting
bitchin’ editorial is almost
done. In a closing remark,
I would like to request that
the letters which we have
been getting keep coming.
For you persons out there
who haven’t written; all I
can say is gett off your ass
and get them in. Have a
nice day!
Sigma W

 

 

 

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Hollywood North

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As you. might have
heard, the movie industry
in B.C. has’ begun to
somewhat “boom” in our
province. In fact, last year
over 70 million dollars was
pumped into our
economy via this lucrative
business. Vancouver. is
now referred to as
“Hollywood North” and
the film and _ technical
crews are all made up of
95% local people. The ta-
lent of the local movie
makers has now reached
the point where the
quality of their work. is
now a_ sought after
comodity by our southern
friends.

Question: Would it not
seem intelligent to stimu-

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late this industry which
could lead us to the better
economical stability —_in
B.C. by creating jobs and
bringing money into the

province?
Answer: Obviously not!
Not suprisingly, our

beloved (not to mention
easternistic) national gov-
ernment has decided to
heavily tax the American
film makers coming to
B.C. who are __ taking
advantage of our em-
barassingly weak — curr-
ency. The 15% witholding
tax placed on all foreign
film crews (and actors) has
already showed it’s
detrimental effects to the
industry here. It may even
drive the so-called
“American Action” — el-
sewhere, thus _ strangling
this very young, poten-
tially successful business.

 

EEEeeeekk!

Reviewing your mid-
term in class doesn’t seem
like an exciting event for
most Douglas College
students, but lask week
our class recieved an un-
expected guest. A small
mouse came running
down the wall of the
classroom, at which time
the instructor frightened it
back above the ceiling

tiles.

How many more mice —

are hibernating above the

heads of Douglas
students. True, it was a
relatively small mouse,

but the odds of it being the
only nouse running the
campus are minimal. The
College should look into
the situation, acting in any
way that they see fit to
alleviate Douglas of these
uncaged nuisances.

A concerned student

It is hard to accept the
notion of Americans com-
ing here to exploit our
cheep labour and unstable
economic atmosphere,
but tremendous _ gains
could be possible for B.C.

Now, with the new film

studios located at _ the
Dominion Bridge site, we
have the facilities to
mount a_ strong multi-

million dollar industry
ourselves in the near fu-
ture, without the Ameri-
cans. Why not make use
of the opportunity the
U.S. film makers have
given us to train and
create a strong provincial
film making work force,
then turn around and use
this newly gained know-
ledge to prosper as a true
“Hollywood North”
should.

Darren Trenchard

 

 

Bill nulls Blank

Dear Bob Blank,

In your letter from the
last issue, you mentioned
that Bob Skelly’s nervous-
ness was due to media
pressure. One quality of a
good politician is his
ability to open up their
lives to the scrutiny of the
media. If one can’t cope
with the pressures of the
media, they shouldn’t be
in politics.

For example, Bill Van-
der Zalm can face the
media and beat them. He
realized that you can’t
hide from the media, you
have to face them. You
said that, “if you think
every dog is going to bite,
you will be scared of
dogs.” in my spectrum of
knowledge, Mr. Skelly
hasn’t once entered So-
Cred domain. He _ keeps
his visits to NDP strong-
holds, where he can get
his ego filled and he can

expout all of his com-
ments in a safe area.

Whereas’ Bill Vander
Zalm has the guts to go
into NDP strongholds and
face the music rather than
hide and take a powder
break. Bob Skelly seems to
make promises left, right
and centte. While _ Bill
seems to make not quite a
great deal of promises, I’m
certain he will keep the
ones he does make.

If the NDP does get in to
power, then I am sure the
unions will suddenly get
what ‘they always wanted:
a government in _ their
pockets. I’m not. saying
unions are a bad _ thing,
but with power they can
become obnoxious and
over confident. If that
does happen then B.C.
can kiss it’s ass good bye
and claim to be the illegit-
imate twin of Britain. It
may seem like a_ far
fetched idea, but if Skelly
does get in, then it is a
highly probable reality.

Bill Null

Other Press room

(under the door)

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