Opinion

Editor: I'm somewhat astounded to read letters saying no to the proposed low interest loan/grant combination coming up for referendum. This is not about the merits of the treatment plant. That's a done deal.

Editor: The looming Sechelt referendum to borrow $7.4 million for the sewage treatment plant has raised many questions in the community. Council has repeatedly indicated their satisfaction with the original plan to simply borrow $2.

Editor: We are letting oil and gas pipelines cut across our province with hardly any compensation at all.

The following letter was sent to Gibsons council and copied to Coast Reporter.

Editor: On Saturday, March 8, in recognition of International Women's Day, the United Nations will shine a spotlight on one of the deadliest conflicts since the Second World War.

Editor: Now that the majority on Sechelt council have manipulated us to where they want us at the spot between a rock and a hard place for the Sechelt sewage treatment plant financing referendum, are we going to give them a stamp of approval? Or are

Editor: I am voting yes on March 8 after attending several information sessions regarding the Green Municipal Fund financing opportunity. I'm voting yes because I now understand how this funding option benefits both present and future taxpayers.

Editor: In the Feb. 28 edition of Coast Reporter, you published two letters to the editor from Geoff White and from Sechelt Coun. Tom Lamb.

Editor: Just a quick note to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to commend him on his masterfully named Fair Elections Act, an act which you and I know is anything but fair.

The following letter was sent to the Town of Gibsons and copied to Coast Reporter. I was shocked to learn that for the last three years Gibsons has not had a functioning heritage advisory committee.