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NICK LABA
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West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager is firing back after a critical letter penned by two former heads of the municipality criticized the current council’s decision to buy a waterfront building in Horseshoe Bay.
Earlier this month, former mayors Mary-Ann Booth and Mike Smith co-authored a letter to the editor for publication in the North Shore News. The letter – which can be read in full at the end of this story – stated that they had spent considerable time in office trying to correct the district’s “abysmal” track record of acquiring costly, aging assets. Those include Klee Wyck, Ambleside Youth Centre and the former police station. The former mayors likened the seemingly bargain $2.7 million price tag of the recently purchased Boathouse building to the tip of an iceberg. Below the surface lie the long-term costs of operating and maintaining the building, which they say far surpass its value. Booth and Smith said the former Boathouse owners had difficulty finding a new restaurant operator for the space, and that the 8,800-square-foot facility would require Continued on A16
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