Opinion

Editor: Low compensation for elected service in most communities in B.C. effectively prevents many people from seeking office.

Editor: As parents of a schizophrenic adult male, and as residents of the Langdale area, we value the right to have a voice in the rezoning application of ALR lands for use as a large mental health facility.

Editor: I am glad that Mike Lane ("Shame on your HST policies," Coast Reporter letters, Oct. 15) took the time to express his disgust with the HST - as did over 700,000 British Columbians. His anger at the Liberal government of B.C.

Editor: Re: "Cottage farm a surprise to most" (Coast Reporter letters, Oct. 8). Ms. Doupe's suggestion that the proposed Cottage Farm residential home would be damaging to the tourist trade on the Sunshine Coast borders on the ridiculous.

The following letter was sent to Sechelt Mayor Darren Inkster and copied to Coast Reporter. I've spent a lot of thought since last week's Davis Bay meeting. There is a good case for extending the sea walk, but not to widen the highway.

Editor: I must respond to Gord Harris' letter (Coast Reporter, Oct. 8) about the 71 acres on Field Road considered for removal from the Agricultural Land Reserve. Mr. Harris says this is not good land.

How much can $6 million buy on the open market? For the average household, it could buy groceries for 15,000 weeks - that's almost 300 years. For the average renter, it could provide housing for 6,000 months, which translates to 500 years.

The following letter was sent to Silas White, chair of Sunshine Coast Board of Education, and copied to Coast Reporter for publication.

Editor: What an upstanding young citizen the Sunshine Coast has in Jared Wheldon, the 10 year old who asked his friends to bring toys and treats for homeless animals instead of birthday presents for himself, and then donated them, plus a cheque for $

After a year and a half on the Coast, I still feel that thrill rounding Mission Point into Davis Bay on my morning drive to work. Sometimes, the vista is merely pretty - a gentle bay and a soft, understated sky.