Dear Editor:
Re: Trustee's trip expense wasteful, Letters, The Record, Jan. 16.
I read with great interest the excellent, truthful letter by Jason Hua and reread the article, Parent criticizes school trustee's expenses from Jan. 9.
During the same time period I happened to be reading a famous play by Eugene O'Neill.
In a Long Day's Journey Into Night, a financially troubled family is having terrible difficulty addressing the recurring patterns of spending restraint. The fog, drifting across the waters, seems to symbolize an extreme reluctance to see these serious issues which lie ahead.
"I really love fog. . It hides you from the world and the world from you. You feel that everything has changed, and nothing is what it seemed to be. No one can find you or touch you anymore," Mary Cavan Tyrone, one of the main characters, says. "It's the foghorn I hate. It won't let you alone. It keeps reminding you, and warning you, and calling you back."
Can Patrick O'Connor's criticism really be dismissed as "utter nonsense" or "just silly?"
Terry Hilmar, New Westminster
