Opinion

Dear Editor: Irrational public policy debates like the long-gun registry interest me. In my view, your recent editorial trashing the Conservatives for abolishing the registry is seriously misleading (Safety catch, Oct. 26, North Shore News).

"He was doing what he was trained to do. He was saving everyone's lives. Unfortunately it cost him his life.

Dear Editor: There must be fear flooding through the minds of those who have an elderly parent in a care home this week (Coroner Says Home Lied in Senior's Death, Nov. 2, North Shore News).

IT was fitting that the latest chapter in the Kash Heed saga unfolded this week close to Halloween. Every time we think this political story has had a stake driven through its heart, like a vampire, it comes back to life.

Dear Editor: Once again, I'm returning from Vancouver on a Canucks/Lions game night, and once again I'm left standing for nearly an hour at the SeaBus terminal. I cannot fathom why TransLink refuses to add extra sailings on nights like this.

Dear Editor: As shocking as it may sound, Occupy Vancouver protesters do in fact have reasons for what they do. I wonder if this thought even occurs to the authorities looking to end the protests as soon as possible.

Dear Editor: In North Vancouver, we live in quiet suburbia. Or at least we did. Now, there is an elephant in the room. How could this have been allowed to come into our neighborhood? I refer to Cedar Springs - what a dreadful eyesore.

IN terms of sheer magnitude, the monkey business going on with BC Hydro's accounting practices may rank as the most misleading financial dodge ever performed by a B.C. government.

DEAR EDITOR: To my fellow West Vancouver residents: If you are like me, you chose West Vancouver to be your home because it was different from other communities in the Lower Mainland; it was a place where community was important.

DEAR EDITOR: It seems to me that Mr. Bill Vaughan and Mr. Michael Lewis have missed the target in their rage against the West Vancouver Citizens for Good Government (Stacking the WVCGG Vote, Oct. 26, North Shore News).