Editor:
Re: “Reasonable doubts” (Letters, Oct. 16).
In a classic case of the organized anti-George group’s fear mongering, Ms. Gaskin trots out the same old geotechnical concerns, failing to mention that they all have been satisfactorily addressed by independent professionals and all recommendations incorporated into the master plan.
She concludes by stating: “Neither are we a minority as was seen at the public hearing when we outnumbered the pro-George speakers.”
It is true that the anti-George speakers did outnumber the pro speakers (not by much, though).
However, considering that they are a highly organized group who arrived well before the doors opened and then swarmed the speech sign-in table and, given that the pro-George speakers were almost exclusively individual residents not belonging to any organization, the fact that there were so many pro-George speakers was pretty amazing.
I was there, and judging by the applause, the audience was predominantly pro-George, which was surprising in itself considering that most people would rather have pins stuck in their eyes than willingly subject themselves to a stream of relentless negativity and anti-progress rhetoric.
Simon Broomhall, Lower Gibsons
