Opinion

Editor: Thanks for highlighting the ombudsperson's report on seniors' care, both in your front page story and your editorial (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24).

Editor: This week our community is mourning the loss ofRobin Wheeler, who died recently, too soon and too young, following a struggle with cancer.

Do you know who your children are talking to on the Internet? Clearly many parents do not, as evidenced by a group of parents who learned just how powerful social networking can be - in a negative way - last week in Halfmoon Bay.

Editor: It was shocking reading of the committee in Sechelt who have taken it upon themselves to represent a cultural vision for the entire Sunshine Coast.

Editor: On behalf of all the families with school-aged children who live along Davis Bay,Whitaker, Bay, Laurel, Chapman, Geer and Havies roads, I ask the drivers who are taking the detour route toplease slow down.

Editor: For more than 20 years, I have been squawking about the lack of a "yield" intersection at the south end of Redrooffs, where it meets Highway 101. There has been a multitude of serious accidents at this intersection.

Are we doing enough in this province to provide seniors with adequate health care? Judging by a 400-plus-page report from ombudsperson Kim Carter, we are clearly not.

Editor: I was disappointed to read that the Town of Gib-sons has decided not to pursue a group of the Gospel Rock developers for their share of the costs the Town paid consultants to work with their subdivision plans (Coast Reporter, Feb. 10).

Editor: I would like to respond to Art Devlin's letter regarding DriveABLE (Coast Reporter, Feb. 17). As someone who is approaching my middle age, I sympathize with the predicament that Devlin now finds himself in.

Editor: On June 29, 2011 I knowingly broke in to the Pender Harbour Elementary School, with intent to cause mischief and damage to the school.