Opinion

Editor: Re: Carolyn Minchin-White letter, Coast Reporter, April 26. Ms.

Editor: In response to the Town of Gibsons and Rogers' proposal to put a multi-use telecommunications tower at the Gibsons fire hall, I say we're already at maximum capacity. I live six houses down from the fire hall with my four kids.

Editor: Dopeople understand the consequences if the current wastewater treatment "coalition" has their way, and causes Sechelt to lose the funding associated with this project, that the taxpayers are on the hook for the costs of the project? Dopeople

Sunshine Coast youth are certainly making an impact these days - and in so many positive ways.

Editor: Students and teachers at Cedar Grove, Gibsons and Roberts Creek elementary schools, those at Ecole du Pacific, Gibsons Christian and Sunhaven Waldorf schools, and the Spider home-school program are to be commended for the exciting display of

Editor: Though several weeks have passed since the publication in a Vancouver paper casting aspersions against Sechelt's mayor, time has in no way diminished the vehemence it has stirred up within a large contingent of Sechelt citizens.

It's an interesting coincidence that Election Day follows Mother's Day so closely this year. I wonder how many of us had both our politics and our commitment to our province shaped by our mothers. In my case, I know that's certainly true.

Editor: Judging by John Gleeson's column (Coast Reporter, April 26), reporters and editors are not held to the same rigorous standards of research for the facts as they expect politicians to be. There seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

Editor: On April 29 while I was at a well-attended meeting convened to update concerned citizens of Sechelt on developments at the much touted wastewater treatment plant, I learned that our mayor and council had - out of view and without public discu

Not prepared for this problem Editor: I'm sure most Coast residents know someone who has been touched by Alzheimer's disease. More than 70,000 people in B.C. have dementia.