Opinion

Editor: Everyone from governments to householders, businesses, firefighters and gardeners must be thinking about our late summer drought.It's a challenge, but also a way to peer into the future and change our complacency about water.

For the second time in as many days, Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating a serious motorcycle crash on Highway 101. Early Sunday night, a 65-year-old driver crossed over the centre line and crashed into the northbound ditch.

Editor: As a distant observer of what happens in Gibsons, I was interested to read local reaction to the proposal by Klaus Fuerniss and his hotel.

Editor: We have never written a letter to the editor before, but when we read the letters that express a negative view of the proposed George Hotel for our waterfront, we felt we had to speak up.

Editor: I was disappointed to read (Coast Reporter, Sept. 14) that any plans for passing a no-trapping bylaw have been effectively swept under the rug.

Editor: As another long-term resident of Gibsons (30 years), I am perplexed by several points brought up by Sue Rhodes in her letter (Coast Reporter, Sept. 21) supporting the proposed hotel/convention centre and condominiums.

Editor: I was not surprised to see a flurry of letters to the editor regarding the George Hotel proposal for Gibsons. I have respect for those who do not share my positive opinion for this plan.

Editor: Last Friday's (Coast Reporter, Sept. 14) cheery report on council's solution to the trap ban issue was completely misleading and superficial. Here's what actually happened.

Editor: With the recent escalation on the Sunshine Coast to stage three water restrictions, it has occurred to me that our limited water supply is a serious problem that will only become worse.

Editor: I've been a resident of the Coast for six years and for the past two years we have kept our sailboat at Smitty's Marina. I have seen, first hand, the slow decline of Lower Gibsons.