Opinion

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.

Editor: I am appalled at the unthinking attitudes of the local press to what appears to have been a stacked meeting with regard to the proposed George Hotel.

Editor: I would like to say thank you to Eric Bernsten for all the wonderful things he does around the neighbourhood in Halfmoon Bay to make our outdoors a clean and safe place.

The controversy over the proposed closure of the Kitsilano Coast Guard base and funding cuts continues to dog the federal Conservatives - and rightly so. The decision, announced in May, did not sit well with anyone.

Editor: I was looking at the long list of Sechelt properties up for tax sale in a recent edition of Coast Reporter. It made me wonder if people know they can prepay their tax by instalment.

Editor: On Sunday, someone left a note on our car that read: "It's hot, let me out." To the person who thinks he or she knows better than I do about my dog, thank you for your kind letterleft under my windshield wiper.

Editor: Regarding the sinking of the HMCS Annapolis (Coast Reporter, Sept. 21), the Environment Ministry sets the standards and approval. If it is clean, it is OK.

Editor: Gibsons is at a crossroad - facing the choice of remaining a charming beachcombing town or evolving into a town - strong and unique enough to keep residents and young folk happy and here. At an open house on Sept.

A 100-year-old gent named Jack Morgan, a real community pillar in Alberta's west country, was asked the secret of his longevity.

Editor: On Aug. 1, Sechelt council passed bylaw 486 prohibiting open air burning for the purpose of land clearing. After Jan.