Opinion

Editor: This year’s local government elections are pivotal for many communities across B.C. The Sunshine Coast is no exception.

Editor: There is an old saying, “If you are standing still today, you are already going backwards.” Fourteen years ago a couple from Vancouver bought the yacht club building wanting to turn it into a restaurant.

Editor: I could not help noticing the similarities between Gibsons and Berlin this past week. Maybe we have erected our own wall the past three years.

Editor: Well, if ever I was scared for the future of a quaint, semi-rustic, seaside village (and my chosen home after living in every corner of North America), it is this week, and I am referring to Gibsons.

Editor: Gibsons’ future will soon meet its new administrators. This is a very critical time for our lovely little town.

Editor: As we come up to this year’s municipal elections, I would like to whole-heartedly endorse editor Ian Jacques’ call for absentee election options for the Sunshine Coast Regional District in his editorial Oct. 30.

Editor: Current council members and candidates pay homage to something called “economic development” as the solution to all of Sechelt’s woes.

Editor: In November 2011, the quietly positive majority of voters showed Sechelt’s best side in the Target Marine referendum. Sechelt voters backed the company in a landslide vote of 2,687 to 663.

Editor: This spring the Town of Gibsons invited residents to offer feedback on how to improve our official community plan (OCP).

Editor: In 2012, For a Better Sechelt pointed out that Sechelt’s residential tax burden was 86.3 per cent and that needed to change — and we needed more jobs.