Opinion

Editor: Property owners in the District of Sechelt have been charged a merged sewer specified area bylaw tax since 1994. The current annual rate is $115. I have been paying for 19 years, and still do not have access to municipal sewer.

Editor: According to the District of Sechelt's web page, the population is 8,544 persons. A survey of 211 respondents is equal to 2.4 per cent of the population.

Editor: Those who do not study history are bound to repeat it. About 20 years ago, the one-way Cowrie Street experiment was tried. It was a fiasco, and several businesses failed because of it. Now, let's try it again.

Editor: Re: "Don't let facts get in the way" from Sylvia Watson (Coast Reporter letters, April 5).

Editor: Sechelt Coun. Doug Hockley presented a few notice of motions at the June 26 committee of the whole meeting.

Editor: Re: "Town makes George documents public" (Coast Reporter, March 29). Your newspaper's outline of The George's "economic benefits" summary makes for interesting reading.

Editor: Re: "Cats ought to be outside" (Coast Reporter letters, March 29). The question whether a cat belongs outside or inside is a life-long question.

Editor: Jef Keighley is to be admired for his capacity to distribute misinformation (Coast Reporter letters, March 29).

It was only fitting that on Tuesday, World Autism Day, the community came together to kick off an important and amazing world-wide event that will be coming to the Sunshine Coast in October.

Editor: With respect to the Gibsons budget (Coast Reporter, March 29) and with respect for both the author and our director of finance Ian Poole, there is some additional perspective to be added to the otherwise excellent coverage of Gibsons' financi