Opinion

Editor: Re: Metro Vancouver Incinerator The Greater Vancouver Regional District has been reviewing sites for the potential location of a waste to energy incinerator. Port Mellon, on the Sunshine Coast, was one location that was identified.

Editor: In response to the article on page 5 (Coast Reporter, Oct. 24) I would like to make a comment on one sentence in the article that I found offensive.

Editor: I’m compelled to comment on a letter in this paper from Bronson Moore, a resident of Sechelt. The letter was titled “Derogative comments serve little purpose” (Coast Reporter, Oct. 24).

Editor: I’m a grandmother, part of a generation that always complained that young people did not get involved in running our country.

Editor: I am shocked and appalled at reading articles and listening to comments about divisiveness and negative tones in Gibsons town meetings. To me it shows that the call for transparency and democracy is still alive and well.

Editor: I have always voted.

Editor: Before we start looking at a road link from the Sea to Sky Highway to the Sunshine Coast, I believe we should have a hard look at the highway conditions and capacity currently available on the Coast.

Editor: I was a frequent visitor to Shirley Macey Park with my two dogs a couple years ago before they became too old. The group was extremely careful to pick up any dog poo as well as cleaning up after other folks who had not picked up.

Editor: Compliments are due to the current Sechelt mayor and council. Local governments frequently operate on the principle of responding to “those who turn up” at their meetings and complain the loudest.

Editor: The opening of the new Sechelt sewage treatment plant is the most significant, positive, environmental event I have witnessed in my 35 years of residence on the Sunshine Coast.