Opinion

The following letter was sent to the SCRD and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear board of directors: I am writing this letter in regards to the cutback of Handi-Dart service from 75 hours to 60 hours.

As the new staff writer at Coast Reporter, let me introduce myself. We journalists like to hope we're a mighty objective lot, but invariably we bring our own life experience to the table as we research and write stories.

The following letter was sent to Premier Gordon Campbell and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear Mr. Campbell: I am writing to let you know that I approve of the B.C.

As a avid user of our new Sechelt pool I'm upset to hear that the facility has an on going problem with leaks.

After watching for a number of months the traffic congestion and mayhem since the traffic "calming" pattern through Gibsons was put into place, I have only one comment: the stupidity of the design, of this traffic pattern, is surpassed only by the ig

As you know, way back in 1996, a new road was built at Langdale. It moved the traffic bottleneck at the ferry terminal to the top of the hill two kilometres away and afforded a place to unload the ferry.

In a recent letter to the editor, one reader wrote in saying, "Just as a driver, just feeling really uncomfortable with this intersection and having a lot of close calls here to the extent that I don't use this intersection anymore.

On Aug. 3, the recently installed traffic calming on O'Shea Road was given a trial when a unique musical event happened that hot, sunny day. Where street parking was available, we now have traffic calming barriers.

I would like to congratulate Gibsons on the advent of its very first Pride Weekend.

A lack of provincial court judges, delays in trials, even cases thrown out and alleged criminals let back onto our streets - these all combine to make a dire situation, one that could get even worse on the Sunshine Coast and other communities unless