Opinion

Dear Editor: Last Friday, I called a meeting of my track team and told them I would not be coaching this year.

COLUMNISTS live in terror that their opus, or opi, will be overtaken by events. Suppose you write a truculent rant about Senator Wyndbagg. Deadline, Monday. On Friday your golden words are committed to imperishable print. Phone rings Friday morning.

Dear Editor: I wish to respond to the letter published March 7, Teachers Never Had It So Good. I am a senior high school English teacher with the North Vancouver school district and have 22 years teaching experience.

I must admit I have mixed emotions when it comes to telecommunications giant Telus. On the one hand, I pay them a lot of money. Every month. This modern age of home phones, office phones, cellphones, kids' cellphones . . .

THIS paper covered Premier Christy Clark's appearance at Vancouver Shipyards on Tuesday morning in the hopes that there would be some solid news tied to the event.

Dear Editor: I totally agree with your March 11 Viewpoint. Pointless Gesture. Over the years I have asked myself why on earth Canada (and, yes, the United States) has a senate whose members, as you clearly point out, hardly deserve a paycheque.

Dear Editor: I write regarding your Feb. 24 story, City Relaxes Industrial Rules.

AT the time, invading Afghanistan seemed like the right thing to do. It was the base for a flurry of murderous terrorist attacks and was ruled by a brutal band of zealots who would sooner see a woman dead than in school.

Dear Editor: If Henry Ford were to rise from the dead, I wonder if he would be surprised to see that we are, except for some extra bells and whistles, still using the same combustion engine as he put into the old Model T and that we are still burning

Dear Editor: I sincerely hope our local municipal engineers take note of your March 7 story, Twas a Dark and Stormy Night. This was an excellent article. I had to chuckle at the quote: "It's difficult to drive on a road here, it's hilly and twisty.