Opinion

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.

Editor: I took in the recent pitch of local entrepreneur Klaus Fuerniss outlining his personal vision for Gibson's Landing.

An open letter to Sechelt Mayor and Council If you have not already watched the movie 'The Wilson Creek Forest', please go to the Elphinstone Logging Focus web site and click on: http://www.loggingfocus.

Editor: Another summer is over and still the commuters on the Coast are frustrated that we do not have a reliable commuter boat. We know that during the summer keeping a schedule is difficult and we have accepted the later commuter sailing.