Opinion

Now that you’ve put away your white clothes and your last summer cocktail buzz has faded, it’s time to get serious. There’s an election happening. The extra-long campaign allowed a sort of grace period in August.

Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the letter about drivers throwing out “butts” from car windows because of a lack of ashtrays in newer cars. When I smoked in my car, I found a simple solution.

Dear Editor: Readers of (Walter) Cicha’s Friday (Aug.

Dear Editor: Kudos to Lucinda Jones who brought the 3E Film Festival to the Kay Meek theatre recently.

Dear Editor: While I do understand that I live in an area surrounded by apartment buildings and condos, please, please can someone tell me why we have to be subjected to the leaf-blowing guy constantly? This used to happen in the fall but now it’s pr

Dear Editor: I’m already sick of having my evenings disturbed by door canvassers and we aren’t even close to the election. There is little I need to hear from these people and I suspect that I’m not alone in this. The choice is pretty clear.

If there’s anything that the recent Tinklegate has taught us, it’s that political party machines would do well to have as much information on their own candidates as they do on voters.

Dear Editor: This week, children all across Canada will be going back to school.

Dear Editor: Regarding the Sept. 2 letter to the editor from Malcolm Barnes about the Capilano and Lynn Valley accesses to the Upper Levels (Trans-Canada Highway), I have been meaning to write every time I witness that dangerous situation.

Dear Editor: Re: West Vancouver Cop Sent Home with Boozy Breath , Aug. 12 front-page story. I am still quite unable to grasp the implications of this bizarre story.