Opinion

Editor: Thank you for your reportage about the independent power projects (IPP) and the decision of the B.C. Utilities Commission (Coast Reporter, Aug. 14).

Editor: The B.C. government has signaled that it may cut grants to public libraries when it tables a new provincial budget on Sept. 1.

Editor: I am writing to express my strong support for the new traffic changes in Upper Gibsons. Here is a list of reasons why I appreciate Gibsons Way now more than ever:I feel safer when I walk between North and Pratt Road.

Editor: Since April, B.C. paramedics have been on strike to bring the Campbell government to the negotiating table for better wages and working conditions. It's not as if our government officials won't know where we, the public, stand.

Editor: Now that the initial flurry of letters on the Gibsons Way redesign has settled, I'd like to offer some reflections based on several weeks of cycling the road. For us two-wheelers, it's simple - the changes are for the better.

Editor: I have a 20 gallon Rubbermaid garbage can with a lid that fastens with a quarter turn which is opened easily by the garbage truck workers.

Editor: This is the other side of the coin relative to the recent advertisment submitted by the Community Forest board published in Coast Reporter dated Aug. 7, 2009.

The following letter was sent to the Roberts Creek fire department and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear firefighters: We are writing to express our profound gratitude for the work you did in the early hours of Aug. 1 on the fire at our family home.

Editor: Peter Schober of Renewable Power Corporation chastizes those who criticize his project as non-authorities on B.C.power requirements (Coast Reporter, Aug. 14).

Editor: In the hustle and bustle of trying to accomplish everything on our "to-do list," I happened to take the time to try again to visit a place I have been hearing about, mainly to find a book to read a good Christian book.