Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a9 fun pms to m 2001 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain fax email adult video store not a threat i was slightly puzzled when i received a flyer in my Mailbox asking for my support in saving our Community from the evils of vital parents and residents concerned about the opening of an xxx rated video store in the strip mall at 628 Annes should get their Heads out of the they have based their argument against this by saying that this Busi Ness will put their children at at risk from i ask customers will Park their cars in a one Row parking they will enter the store and con duct their business which is not Visi ble to bystanders because the 10 or so feet of window and door will be Cov ered exit the store and leave in their As far As the safety of your children walking Home from i think you would be More concerned about the drunk driving Home from the bar at the end of the same strip mall after a liquid lunch on it appears the concern is that this business will be operating beside the local macs which is very Busy and often frequented by i am a Mother of two school age children and i live two blocks away from this strip when i take my kids to the macs for a cold in More concerned about what they May be viewing and Reading on the front not covered Cov ers of the adult magazines in Plain View behind the which Ive noticed have now been removed since this debate i on viewed adult movies its i have also frequented a store that Sells sex toys it happens to be situated beside a Doc tors does this make me a per Vert and a threat to the Community id like to think its Normal people frequent these adult video stores dont rent child pornography that paedophiles get their stuff from the do you have the internet do your children use it if this business opens in my comm do i think it will affect my property values do i think it will deter buyers if i sell my Home do i think my children will be accosted by movie renters when i take them for a drink will it increase traffic i will bet there Are More people going for cold drinks than there Are renting in not pro porn however i do feel that this cause would be better served if people based their arguments on fact rather than Cory Nicol Winnipeg seek other opinions on flood Way Issue with regard to the free press report ing on the flood Way it is becom ing More and More apparent that the newspaper has an Agenda and that is to promote at every Opportunity the views of engineering professor Jay it is astounding for an Issue that will involve hundreds of or per haps Over a billion dollars of the pub pics that the Only no government Engineer the free press has spoken with is Jay surely there Are Many other engineers with an understanding of water flows who could provide their views on what is or is not the Best course of the free and most of the other mainstream Media should not be confining themselves to the professors fixation with the option of the Agathe the readers deserve better than the Tunnel vision reporting that is clearly the result of the newspapers Glen Hallick Starbuck dont get flooded by statistics the flood Way expansion is once again the subject of Jay do rings now we Are told that Jay do rings claims Are based on information leaked to him from the ongoing Engi Neering Doering claims that the River walk and the Forks Are Only underwater 12 per cent of the time from june to he does not Tell us where this particular statistic was leaked we All know the Story behind statistics but for those of us keeping score at Here Are some facts to consider what about the month of May Why does Doering confine his analysis to the months of june to october the month of May in and of itself comprises 17 per cent of the six months that we might consider the outdoor River walk season last May through mid june was a Banner time for Winni Eggers and tourists alike to enjoy the the River walk and All of the then the Rains of june left the proposed parliamentary salary increase who Are maps serving after Reading about the maps in Ottawa crying about the need for a 20 per cent raise because Treyve been Downtrodden Over the last 10 it sure made me laugh when i saw what they really you can be Damn sure that most people across Canada did not see 20 per cent Over the last 10 lets say that the average wage across Canada is tack on 20 per or a maps get before their tax free expense account of tack on 20 per or a that is quite a spread Between the Ordinary Canadian and their serving who do these politicians think they Are serv ing themselves Lon Parrish Winnipeg Federal employees offered two per cent allow me to introduce i am a Federal government when we were asked by this government to help regain control of the deficit and to forgo any pay including Cost of we we knew Tough measures were needed to regain and rebuild an Economy that had suffered greatly under the past now however the Economy is doing Well and the honourable members of parliament Are Dis cussing an increase of 20 per cent or More in their own do you know what we have been offered two per cent is less than the Cost of living for this past do you realize the effect this offer has on people who have stayed As Federal employees through the Tough times and never wavered or compromised the Quality of service they give to the Canadian people is this what our employer really thinks of us i sincerely Hope one final Point for you to if parliament walked off the Job for a month and just shut Down what would be the repercussions now consider if every Public servant did the same what do you think would happen we have been there for the people of please be there for Lise Tetreault Lasalle walk submerged until mid july prime time for Winni Eggers not to mention tourism and tourist by comprised Over six weeks Over 20 per cent of the River level observations have shown a dramatic increase in summer flooding since statistics going Back prior to 1993 Are of marginal Rele Vance because a climatic changes documented in the Picc special report show increased precipitation Over this period of time in this b increased efficiency of Farmland drainage in Minnesota and the Dakotas has also prevailed Over this period of san Antonio boasts a vibrant River walk protected by an infrastructure that can be accomplished Here in Winnipeg with a Gate mechanism at the flood Way Entrance buttressed by flood Way the River walk should be available for use in a few weeks with perhaps 50 per cent of the season left to enjoy Bob Sokalski Winnipeg look to Amsterdam for solutions i now live in the Netherlands being a former i like to keep up to Date As to the goings on Back in the i do so by Reading the free press daily via the i notice that Winnipeg is caught up in controversial topics such As prostitution and Why not Send a lib Era minded City councillor or mayor Glen Murray to Amsterdam to speak with municipal representatives in charge of prostitution and you have answers right there and till Cost airfare and marijuana is another topic where discussion should Many Western european countries have legalized marijuana countries who we share excellent Trade relations countries whose Citi Zens enter our Borders freely without countries that Are allies in War research has been done 25 years ago by the Ger Many and Belgium and the information is free of charge at the archives of social studies in any of the aforementioned does anyone really care if their Neighbour is sleeping with another consenting adult for the Exchange of Money or do you really care if Smith watches the Stanley cup with some buddies and smokes a joint the Netherlands Are geographically equal in size to Lake Winnipeg Square Kilometres and hold 17 million people and a huge infrastructure and the society int plagued with a fraction of the problems you face in Winnipeg North end child kids sniff ing never ending senseless Street its about time you looked at the issues from a european standpoint and maybe increasing liberties and instilling a More Liberal value system into the youth can bring you out of the 50s and into the 21 Cen thank Omar Van Den Berg Holland who will rectify Condo injustice when i sold my Home Many years ago to buy a i believed my Cost of maintenance would be less than the Cost of maintaining a i was will ing to forgo the luxury of a private Yard and Garden for this How wrong i was Ive seen my property Condo taxes More than double in the last How does this City justify the yearly tax increase to Condo owners Why Are we being penalized for buying a Condo to make our lives a Little easier let ters and petitions to our government Are totally who will rectify the injustice to thousands of Condo owners Marion Silverman Winnipeg William Mcdougall decree illegal re Ron Madders letter Riel illegally seized Power May Ron Madders reference to the legally appointed representative of the government of Canada being kicked out of the coun try displays an ignorance of the this reference is to William Mcdougall and his inchoate appoint ment As lieutenant governor of Manito the appointment was to take effect Only when Manitoba became a part of Canada and that did not occur until july in the autumn of when residents of the red River Settle ment refused entry to neither Mcdougall nor Canada had any Legal authority whatsoever in the this is a matter of not uninformed the red River settlement was not then a part of Canada and the province of Manitoba did not then the xenophobic Mcdougall who called the Metis miserable half serfs and wild fraudulently purported to overcome his Legal incapacity in the red River settlement by issuing a proclamation to which he forged Queen Victorias besides being Mcdougals fraud brought into play a warning set Forth in a letter of from prime minister John Macdonald to Macdon ads letter stated an Assumption of the government by of puts an end to that of the Hudson Bay company author there would then no Legal government existing and anarchy must in such a Case it is quite open by the Law of nations for the inhabitants to form a government sex Necessia for the Protection of life and and such a government has certain Sovereign rights by the jus pentium the Law of that is precisely what happened after Mcdougall issued and pro claimed his forged a valid provisional government was formed in the red River settlement and Louis Riel became its subsequently the irascible Thomas Scott was tried and executed in the red River Settle All before Manitoba became a part of Canada and a the prime minister was so fed up with Mcdougals inept handing of the Situa Tion that in december Mcdougall was recalled to his career in these Are the actual facts based on archival and other not the erroneous Story provided by George Goulet Calgary is Arena plan doomed to failure after being raised and educated in i relocated to the Minneapolis area for employment approximately three years ago to practise City plan i was appalled to hear that downtown Winnipeg would be los ing one of its most historic buildings to a new Eaton was not Only a major Canad an retailer that began the formation of downtown Winnipeg years but is currently a landmark for the of All the buildings that sit vacant in downtown Winnipeg and the Exchange what was the reasoning behind the transformation of this particular building into a modern Arena from a planning i cant help but wonder if this is yet another Core area initiative project that is doomed for reminiscent of North Portage Avenue in the if i the same key phrases of Down town revitalization and putting peo ple Back on the streets were what was the result of that Trievel initiative i wonder what sparked the Conversa Tion for a new All these years after the loss of the jets and no nation Al hockey league team in sight the Arenas present location serves the City Well and is Able to accommodate the parking demand for a variety of i just Hope that there is some serious thought being put into How this new Arena will change the face of Down town As it exists today and where those dollars might have actually made a Dif Ference elsewhere in the Jennifer Chaput us Protection can come cheap readers should not be As author Dinah Clarkson apparently has by claims made by sunglasses manufacturers regarding us Protection dont scrimp on Eye May virtually All plastic lenses will Block ultraviolet there May be other reasons to buy fashionable but Eye Protection from us rays comes practically any pair will provide so keep technology and style separate in your Purchase despite what advertisers Michael Attas Pinawa doonesbury by Garry Trudeau to Why my cwj6h is so Happy not Many tha Tazz alone our on ;