Editor:
The other day I was walking along the rocky beach north of Snickett Park – a beautiful, peaceful beach. It would be criminal to ruin it by allowing the building of another concrete monolith like The Watermark.
Too bad we’ve never had a municipal council with the guts to oppose such inappropriate construction. A council with vision who would play up Sechelt’s “charming seaside village” ambiance, which is rapidly being eroded. So much more could be done to make Sechelt a popular tourist destination and a special place to live.
There are so many delightful little seaside towns along the coast of Washington and Oregon. Their character has not only been valued and protected, but augmented to attract tourists. When it comes to preserving the historic or picturesque, the Americans are way ahead of us.
Our local politicians just think development. They make rules and community plans – diversionary tactics to make residents believe that preserving the character of the Sunshine Coast is important to them, but as soon as a developer waves money in their faces, they happily change the rules and community plans to suit the developer. They seem intent on making us just another uninspired suburb of Vancouver.
Cecilia Ohm-Eriksen, Sechelt
