Opinion

Editor: Re: “Kudos to the SCRD,” Letters, Feb. 18. Communities like Roberts Creek do not just fall into place. They come together through sweat, planning, public process, shared values, and sometimes even a little bit of magic.

Editor: Last summer’s drought was a huge stress for our families and businesses as we all struggled together to save every drop of water from our showers and baths and kitchen sinks.

Editor: I feel a need to get a few things off my chest before I go back to pretending all is well with government. 1. School board’s eight per cent increase. Thank you, Lori Dixon and Greg Russell. As for the rest of you, I’m at a loss.

Editor: I was somewhat curious why Mr. Gleeson’s editorial elicited the rather lengthy sermon delivered up by our mayor on Feb. 18 (“Preposterous charges” by Bruce Milne, Letters). So I revisited the Feb.

Editor: My husband and I attended A Night at the Longhouse put on by the shíshálh nation on Tuesday evening.

Editor: The Chapman Creek Watershed is in question – again. It seems a direct experience of Stage 4 water restrictions and drought are not enough to call us into right relationship with water.

Editor: Re: “Irresponsible hunter,” Letters, Feb. 12. As a “responsible” hunter I find this letter disturbing. Firstly, the hunting season for deer on the Coast ended on Nov.

Editor: Re: “Sechelt shows a touch of bias” by John Gleeson, Editorial, Feb. 12. I have been struggling to fully understand Mr. Gleeson’s editorial contending a “touch of bias” at Sechelt council.

Editor: Anyone who has spent the last few weeks on the Sunshine Coast should realize that we do not have a shortage of water, but rather a shortage of water storage. We have built our infrastructure for optimal summers, a serious shortcoming.

Editor: Re: “School trustees vote themselves 8% raise,” Feb. 12.