Editor:
In response to Jef Keighley's letter (Coast Reporter, May 17) I'd say we have a bit of "the pot calling the kettle black."
Keighley makes reference to a "plethora of coordinated letters" supporting Sechelt council's decision when he and his group are guilty of the same thing -not surprisingly his letter in this edition is followed up by one of his own.
As for his bewilderment as to why some of the writers' names don't appear in the phone book, it's a known safety issue that a woman (especially someone elderly) living on her own would not want her name, let alone address, posted - not to mention that many people nowadays rely solely on their mobile phones and are not in the phone book.
As for defending his not being a resident of Sechelt by using an analogy that "if you see a neighbour's house on fire it's your responsibility to warn your neighbour out of concern for their safety" -it sounds good, but he's leaving out the part about he, the helpful neighbour, first throwing accelerant on the fire and fanning it to get it going before bringing it to his neighbour's attention.
And last but not least, if lot L had been the chosen site, it's my understanding that Ebbtide would not have been closed down even then. If, however, for argument's sake, Ebbtide had been closed and sold with the proceeds going towards the new wastewater treatment plant, then I've got this to say: one doesn't need to know much about real estate in Sechelt to know that the proceeds from a former sewage treatment plant wouldn't put much of a dent in the cost of a new wastewater treatment plant of any kind.
Carolyn Minchin-White, Sechelt
