Opinion

Dear Editor: No Turf War On These Mountains. Mr. Lautens is so far removed from the hiking /biking trails he knows not what he talks about. I wonder if he has ever even been on Fromme Mountain.

Dear Editor: A nine-bed drug recovery centre is hardly the equivalent of the Mongol hordes. Turning Point has an excellent record. About 75 per cent of those who attend are clean one year after discharge.

Dear Editor: Trevor Lautens thinks West Vancouver council is sure to approve the development and rezoning application for 752 Marine Dr.

Dear Editor: I just witnessed the “new democracy” in action at the Feb. 23 special meeting in the West Vancouver council chambers.

Dear Editor: Thank you for printing the letter Slap Developers with a Cost Charge to Help Pay for Transit (mailbox, Jan. 28), and thanks to letter-writer Don Bryant for his idea. I agree.

The City of North Vancouver is certainly going to raise some eyebrows by opening up the debate over whether to allow for-profit gambling after banning it nearly 20 years ago.

Campaign spending by City of North Vancouver candidates has reached an all-time high, it was revealed this week after finance disclosure statements from last fall’s civic election were released.

A prominent B.C. businessman phoned me the other day, wanting to know who “ran” the B.C. government. He knew enough of politics to know the answer wasn’t necessarily Premier Christy Clark.

Self-interest (aka money) rules. The real estate industry expertly knows how to twist the monster home issue: Divide the neighbours. There’s no end of chat about prospective monster home property buyers.

The province has dragged its feet long enough on bringing in some reasonable limits on municipal campaign donations and spending.