Opinion

Encouraging signs are emerging this week up and down the Coast as community groups and political leaders continue to move towards the goal of a truly zero-waste community.

An open letter to District of Sechelt mayor and council: Sechelt property taxpayers pay you and District staff to do a quality job for us. We also pay you our hard-earned tax dollars to keep our roads safe.

The following letter was sent to Sechelt mayor and council and copied to Coast Reporter for publication.

The following letter was sent to Sechelt mayor and council and copied to Coast Reporter for publication.

Editor: Re: "Coast hears Sooke's hotel-attraction tips" (Coast Reporter, July 9).

Editor: I am a long-time, frequent walk-on commuter and have some comments in regards to the service levels on the Langdale route. Simply put, there are not enough sailings in the late afternoon during the busy late spring to fall period.

It's Golden Girl time on the Coast. And no, this isn't letting the cat out of the bag.

Editor: In an excellent job of reporting by Brent Richter (Coast Reporter, July 16) some glaring gaps are starting to appear in this recycling survey.

Editor: I was recently struck by the beauty of the garden wall along the mandala turnaround at the beach in Roberts Creek.

Editor: The recent announcement of another round of cuts to the arts in B.C. continues to confound and boggle. It represents nothing less than a frontal assault on art and culture in all local, regional and provincial sectors of B.C.