Opinion

Editor: Gas prices here on the Sunshine Coast are the same as inMetro Vancouver. Metro Vancouver has a 17 cent per litre transit tax. Why are the residents of the Sunshine Coast being ripped off? I propose that the residents only purchase gas.

Editor: Re: Clark Hamilton's letter, Coast Reporter, April 27 It's called democracy, Mr. Hamilton, governing by the rule of law in order to protect individual rights from being steamrolled by the rich and powerful. And it's worth every penny.

Hunger seems to be filling a lot of our pages this week, stories that are heartbreaking in a rich country such as ours.

Editor: Mr. Hamilton's tirade (Coast Reporter, letters, April 27) against the lady who defeated the latest Target Marine rezoning application, suggests that his sole concern is tawdry economics.

Editor: It is my belief that walk-on passengers are a secondary consideration to B.C. Ferries. To back this claim, here is a sampling of the corporations' "body language.

If you haven't already, you should get a Twitter account. Now I know social media can sometimes be more of a bad habit than anything.

Editor: In his letter and poem (Coast Reporter, April 13) member of Parliament John Weston accuses Iran of nuclear proliferation.

Editor: It is appalling to me and everyone I've spoken to regarding the "coup" initiated by one disgruntled citizen exercising her right to contest a procedural oversight in a rezoning application.

Editor: As a resident and taxpayer in the Town of Gibsons, I have attended many council meetings and also Gospel Rock meetings.

Editor: Even though part of the unique appeal of the Sunshine Coast lies in its past as a haven for hippie ideals, I was somewhat disheartened to see an advertisement in the classified section of the April 27th edition of Coast Reporter for a positio