Dear Editor:
Your editorial on longboarding, Board of Education, (North Shore News, Feb. 1) ignores several important elements on this issue. One is that most members of what you call the longboarding community consistently show a complete disregard for the rights and concerns of others. Another is that the proponents of this appallingly dangerous practice must be either too young to know any better, suicidal or in it for the money.
How can there be debate or accommodation here? As someone who has to use Skyline Drive on a daily basis, I appeal to District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton and his council to show leadership and concern for the safety of their citizens (including young longboarders) and ban this lunacy from our streets. What are we waiting for?
Joseph W. Hind North Vancouver
