http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0420714
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1981-07-08
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note: mm mmm ARNASON PREFERS DECENTRAUZA TION By BUDY LANGMANN MURRAYVILLE - Small is beautiful. So says Langley district's lone alderwoman, Muriel Arnason. For this reason she is completely in favor of decentralization. Instead of ' huge, modern steel-and- No action planned WHITE ROCK • Municipal council here will take no. action pending a report on' the Fraser Valley regional library's management inquiry. Council received a letter from Abbotsford council seeking support for a 'provincial government public inquiry Into the management and affairs pf the regional library. But an inquiry would hinder attempts to hire a new director for the library, said Aid. Hal Sinclair. He said the library board has asked for support from member councils for the neit few weeks. concrete buildings to house the district's ever-growing police detachment and to provide indoor recreational opportunities for local citizens, Arnason would like to see "smaller police stations, and smaller (swimming) pools." Arnason Is convinced that her concept of 'small is beautiful' would help curtail the steadily growing rate of petty crime in Aldergrove and Langley. Besides, she says, residents of Aldergrove expect their civic government to do something in return for the taxes they'pay into municipal coffers. They are convinced, however, she adds, that officials have no intentions of doing so, Aldergrove feels left out ... except when it comes to paying taxes, that is. "It, is .a psychological thing," she told fellow councilors here Monday morning. "They feel they are deprived in Aldergrove." Aldergrove's council representative, Aid. Don MacTavish, agrees with Arnason on the policing issue. He, too, would like to see a precinct - or "store front" cop shop - established in Aldergrove. On the recreational issue, however, he disagrees with Arnason. MacTavish is supporting Residents petition against creek crossing ALDERGROVE - Residents here have asked municipal cquncil to call a. public meeting in Aldergrove. Th…
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