Opinion

Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of residents of Roberts Creek who signed the petition calling for a traffic light at Roberts Creek Road and Highway 101.

Editor: It was interesting to see how Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) supporters from another country could swing a majority of votes in favor of PPA on your poll (Coast Reporter, Oct.

Editor: On Aug. 20, our weekend cottage at Carlson Point, Porpoise Bay burned to the ground.

Editor: I've got a simple answer to the question Helen Halet poses in her letter (Coast Reporter, Oct.

Editor: We have waited patiently for nearly 18 years to build this cottage, which is a joy to us all, especially the cats.

Editor: How long are Canadians going to tolerate George Bush type attack ads on Michael Ignatieff and other political leaders? It's one thing to criticize a political party or the leader for policies or lack of them or the party's platform; it is som

Editor: I moved to Gibsons from Coquitlam about two years ago where over a period of 25 years I saw much traffic controversy similar to this situation. In Coquitlam today, almost every intersection has a traffic light, and more are coming.

Editor: Indeed, the tentacles of a world-wide Ponzi scheme extended into the Sunshine Coast in 2007 as reported in Coast Reporter, Sept. 25.

Every week we ask our readers to vote on our website at www.coastreporter.net on a question of the week. It almost always pertains to a story or issue affecting the Sunshine Coast.

As deadline looms, I am keeping tabs on news coming out of Ottawa. If all goes to plan, by the time this paper has reached your coffee table, Stephen Harper's government will have stopped the second slap shot by the Liberals in the last month.