Opinion

Dear Editor: I’m writing to offer a solution to certain letters you have received recently that speak of “vote conflict” and “strategic voting” in the next federal election.

We’ve lost count of the number of federal funding announcements this week. It’s been part of a multi-billion-dollar blitz across Canada as it’s now the worst kept secret in Ottawa that the P.M. is going to drop the election writ in the coming days.

Dear Editor: Re: Highway 1 No Longer Making the Cut , July 5 news story. I could not keep from chuckling to myself after reading the article and observing the picture of (District of North Vancouver) Mayor Richard Walton on the front page.

Dear Editor: During a picnic at John Lawson Park on Saturday, July 4, a few of us spent some hours attempting to contact a parks person to open the men’s and women’s washroom(s). The sign posted a 6 a.m. open time. At 9:30 a.m. it started.

Dear Editor: An open letter to Environment Minister Mary Polak: The granting of water removal rights to Nestle is not an issue just about a “dry” year here in B.C. — it is about private companies controlling water with the assistance of your B.C.

Membership has its benefits. Except when it doesn’t. That’s what more than a million Canadians living abroad are learning now that they have been told they cannot vote in this fall’s federal election.

Dear Editor: Re: Route 246 An Epic Transit Misadventure , July 10 Mailbox. It is with dismay that I read Corrie Kost’s letter about his experiences on the 246 bus. Most of his complaints seemed to be a lack of familiarity with how buses work here.

Dear Editor: In my humble opinion, pollsters will have difficulty in being accurate in their forecasts both federally and provincially. Why? The term “vote conflict” comes to mind.

Dear Editor: Re: Cats Licensed, Sterilized and Indoors Only , July 10 Mailbox. I just had to respond to these issues on cats in our community. It seems cats always get a bad rap.

One day earlier this month I came home from work to find my two sons choking each other out trying to decide who would get to pull down our Christmas tree. It was the same thing they were doing when I left the house in the morning.