Opinion

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

Michael Poole is hardly an authority on B.C. power requirements (Coast Reporter letters, July 31).

A few questions to ponder, before jumping on the curbside recycling pick up program. One might ask, what will curbside pick-up cost the rural taxpayers? We hear $60, then $80, even $120 increase in taxes for curbside pick-up.

On a recent trip to the Gibsons and Area Commu-nity Centre, I couldn't help notice how much of our tax money is being poured into a facility we are barely even using.

We have always voted Liberal, with the exception of last year when we voted against the carbon tax.

When I read a letter in Coast Reporter months ago by Yvonne Mounsey, I immediately called her. Years ago I thought how lights were very needed in Roberts Creek, but I am not part of the community there. Reading Mrs.

While it's very nice that shopkeepers who sell tangibles will save some money on bookkeeping hours, the reality is that every service professional needed for business or for home will cost seven per cent more.

When the B.C. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) shot down the Campbell government's vaunted green energy plan last week, the controversial independent power projects (IPPs) took a withering broadside.

In the recent Question of the Week your readership said no, by a two thirds majority, to a proposed sewer treatment facility in East Porpoise Bay.

In response to Sheila Masse, of Director Disposal Corporation (Coast Reporter letters, July 31), I would agree that, indeed, in an urban situation where homes are closely knit and where recycling facilities can be many miles away, curbside recycling