Opinion

Editor: I am getting really sickened and disturbed by the number of people leaving dogs in their cars, in the hot sun, while they go shopping.

Editor: Re: “Dementia patient waits nine months in hospital,” Coast Reporter, April 29. Thanks to Sean Eckford for putting lack of dementia care in our community on the front page.

Editor: Yes, there is a crisis in care for dementia patients and their caregivers here on the Coast and it is not a new crisis. My husband spent nine months in 2013/14 “living” on the third floor of the hospital awaiting facility placement.

Editor: Area MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones is no friend of the commercial fishermen or pleasure boaters or weekend recreational enthusiasts, as her party gave the OK to Tuesday’s closure to the Canadian Coast Guard Comox Communications Station.

Editor: I have retained all of the emails that I have received from BC Ferries since May 25, 2015 regarding sailing delays on the Horseshoe Bay - Langdale route.

Editor: With the latest revelations about the corruptness of the Liberal regime and the Vancouver School Board’s refusal to present a balanced budget, it is high time to revisit the funding of private schools by public tax dollars.

Editor: I drove by both of my banners hanging in Gibsons today and felt an immense pride that I had painted them – albeit they did take me about 16 hours each to paint. My gift to Gibsons.

Editor: Re: “Leap sets out correct agenda” (Letter by Michael Siddall, April 22). The Leap Manifesto says: “There is no longer an excuse for building new infrastructure projects that lock us into increased extraction decades into the future.

Editor: Eleven years ago this month, I sent a letter to Coast Reporter expressing my concerns about the fact that anyone in B.C. can call themselves a therapist. This is still the case.

Editor: With regard to the recent controversy about the magnificent top-up of our premier’s salary by the provincial Liberal party: Whether or not the extra $50,000 is a “commission,” as suggested in the Legislature, it is highly unlikely the party c