Dear Editor:
With regard to your Oct. 2 story, Vicious Driver Assault Nets Probation, I am writing to voice my dismay with Judge Carol Baird Ellan's final comment while sentencing a 17-year-old youth for assaulting a Coast Mountain bus driver.
While I feel that it is not my place to criticise the punishment as there is often information that the public is not aware of, history, presentence reports and the like, I feel that her comment "If you get drunk you're not allowed to take the bus" totally misses the mark.
A more appropriate comment might have included: "You are 17 years old and if you are found under the influence or in possession of alcohol before your 19th birthday I would like to see you in front of me to revisit your sentencing."
Bob Gibbins North Vancouver
