Opinion

An open letter to MP John Weston, MLA Nicholas Simons and SCRD Area A director Frank Mauro: This letter is sent with the utmost respect for the integrity of the individuals addressed.

Editor: Recently the Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce asked local businesses to participate in their Business Walk, determining each business’s successes, barriers, and solutions to improving business in the community.

Editor: It should be of concern to all taxpayers when governments needlessly duplicate services and create expensive bureaucracies while at the same time pressuring our educational system with “fiscal restraint.

Editor: I recently attended the March Against Monsanto in Roberts Creek. As always, it was an uplifting experience to attend a political protest.

Editor: At the top of the letters page in last week’s Coast Reporter is the question of the week, in which a poll found that 83 per cent of those responding thought that NIMBYism was an issue.

Editor: It is difficult to explain proportional representation in simple terms, but the injustice of our electoral system is glaring. In the last election the Conservatives won 39.

Editor: “It is easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.” I cannot understand how prominent, educated, and skilled individuals from the Vancouver business world do not know about zoning.

Editor: I was sickened to read of the intention to kill two healthy young cougars that have done no harm (“Cougar trap set in Gibsons,” June 12). I once believed Sunshine Coasters respected the land we live on, the creatures we share it with.

Editor: Thank you for your article on Bill 11, the Education Statutes Amendment Act, and how school boards are concerned about losing power (“Bill 11 leaves next school year unclear,” June 12).

Dear Family and Friends: It takes a village to raise a child. We would like to thank you, our extended family and community, for your support and life-long encouragement for our son and brother Daniel.