Opinion

Dear Editor: If West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith's idea to collect garbage every other week spreads over to the District of North Vancouver, I will demand the $200 I pay in taxes for garbage removal to be halved. It would be a fair deal.

THE Wednesday edition of the daily commuter paper 24hrs Vancouver displayed a triumphant photo of Christy Clark with a bold headline proclaiming her the "Comeback Kid" after her performance in the leaders' debate.

Dear Editor: On Friday, April 26, I was shopping at Walmart . When I got to the checkout I couldn't find my credit card.

Dear Editor: By now, most people will have heard that the primary sewage treatment plant under the Lions Gate Bridge has to be moved by the year 2020. The lease is up and the Squamish Nation has other plans for the land.

MONDAY night's televised leaders' debate failed to deliver a turning-point in the election campaign upon which the B.C. Liberals might capitalize.

Dear Editor: Last Saturday night I hosted my wife's 50th birthday party in our Delbrook home. For this milestone I went a little overboard with a very talented local band (The Young Executives . . . you rock), because she means everything to me.

Dear Editor: Mayor and Council: Why, oh why, cannot you leave well enough alone? West Vancouver is so blessed with a beautiful natural waterfront, why turn it into a semi commercial waterfront? As the saying goes, give a child a toy in a box and they

Dear Editor: Regarding your article "Keating to Halt Council Pay During Election," April 14, we have to say that it's about time. Coun. Keating opened his campaign office on Feb. 2 and has been very busy on Facebook, Twitter and door to door. On Feb.

"I don't think the Port of Metro Vancouver . . . should become a major oil export port.

More than 300 families are burying their dead, or trying to recover their bodies after a building containing sweatshops collapsed in Bangladesh. The victims spent their last day alive making Joe Fresh garments for sale in Canada.