Opinion

The following letter was sent to MP John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter Dear Mr.

Editor: Debating the upcoming STV referendum has generated a lot of fear-mongering anddyspepsia throughoutour region.

The following letter was sent to MLA Nicholas Simons and copied to Coast Reporter Dear Mr.

Editor: Three important reasons to vote for the Single Transferable Vote (BC-STV) are as follows. First, the B.C. government vacillates between two parties, the NDP and the Liberals with resultant extreme changes in policy.

Imagine the next election. You step up to make your mark. The ballot contains 19 names, two of who come from our area, the rest are merely names on a piece of paper. "Drivel," say the pro-STV camp.

Editor: I would like to thank Paul Martiquet and the Health Officers Council of B.C. for their initiative to create a public discussion addressing the issue of prohibition.

Editor: The poet T S Eliot once defined life as "one long purification of motive." As members of the Clean Air Society we are concerned with "our one long struggle to restore the purity of the air we breathe.

Editor: Is it just me or is anyone else concerned about the current practice of shoring up and supporting new hillside properties in Gibsons with huge, stacked stone boulders? I assume they follow approved building and safety standards, but I still w

Editor: It's Earth Day 2009, and I would like to commend Stacy Benson of Wheatberries (Vintage) Bakery/Cafe for being the first take-out food and beverage vendor along the Upper Gibsons strip to have both recyclable coffee cups and a recycling box se

Editor: I have followed the debate on the pros and cons of BC-STV with great interest. I find it curious that we are asked to vote for a second time on a somewhat obscure voting system that is so complex that votes can only be counted by computer.