Opinion

Editor: In the name of art and economy we are having our homes and private lives violated. After running a commercial business in an R1 zone, which is not the proper zoning, a local gallery has been forced to apply for rezoning.

Editor: I am scared because there is a newish zone being requested right next door to our house in Roberts Creek.

Editor: For the 25 years I have lived in Gibsons, there has been a long-standing desire across our town to support and encourage measures that augment our seaside village ambiance and fiercely oppose actions that threaten or degrade it.

Editor: As I read the letters to the editor this week, I couldn’t help agreeing with Judy Campbell that we should all “show our respect for the democratic process.

The following letter was sent to the B.C.

Editor: I thank Tucker Forsyth for stating the obvious in his July 11 letter. Gibsons’ “Best Water in the World” award was indeed a clever PR coup.

Editor: I would like to respond to Keith Maxwell’s letter in regard to the Polish shipyard getting the ferry contract (Coast Reporter, July 18).

Editor: My first memories of Allan Crane are of showing movies in his home in Gibsons and later in Roberts Creek, including many foreign films. Allan then started the film society at the Twilight Theatre. Allan worked for School District No.

Editor: I read with hope and some joy that the Sunshine Coast Regional District might institute a Coast-wide free mulch program (Coast Reporter, July 4) and I unequivocally support and thank Ron Knight and the Pender Harbour Garden Club for their ini

Editor: On Tuesday, July 15, I attended the Gibsons council meeting where I witnessed the most outra-geous behaviour by two members of the gallery. The first speaker launched into a vicious verbal attack on a member of the town staff.