Opinion

I was looking forward to writing my monthly column about something other than federal politics this time around.

Editor: Re: Davis Bay sea wall changes (Coast Reporter, July 30). My land, a share in it, is the same share as every other citizen of Sechelt has in our parks, which we all willingly share with those who are here more or less temporarily.

Editor: What on earth is Sechelt council thinking? ("Council votes to lose parking," Coast Reporter, July 30). To further reduce the width of the seawalk in Davis Bay is the worst of all possible solutions.

Editor: It's a shame to see the public service bureaucracy wasting so much taxpayer and citizens' money on the simple right of a property owner to protect their land from erosion ("Beach wall owners threatened with legal action," Coast Reporter, July

Editor: Re: Letter to the editor by Bert Hogendoorn regarding B.C. Ferries (Coast Reporter, July 30). We can assure the residents of our southern Sunshine Coast there is no complacency by our Ferry Advisory Committee.

Editor: I look forward to reading Coast Reporter every week. I love seeing photos and reading stories of so many people I have come to know the past 12 years I have lived here.

Editor: We are compelled to respond to letters in recent weeks' Coast Reporter (July 9 & 23) that were written to oppose a District of Sechelt bylaw change that will clarify industrial zoning in East Porpoise Bay.

The following letter was sent to David Hahn, president and CEO of B.C. Ferries, in response to the Horseshoe Bay ticket booth closure (Coast Reporter, July 23) and copied to Coast Reporter for publication.

Editor: The proposed changes to Highway 101 in Davis Bay are not needed and will not do anything to improve public safety. Like the changes that were done to Gibsons Way, this project will likely make things worse.

Editor: My children told me leading up to Sea Cavalcade that their favourite event was the water sports day at Armours Beach. Sure enough, the Gibsons Pigs Rugby Club delivered.