Dear Editor:
I read with great interest the op-ed piece written by James Crosty (Uptown plan raises too many questions, The Record, Jan. 31) as well as the response letter to the editor from the board of directors of the Uptown Business Association of New Westminster ('Misinformation' about uptown, The Record, Feb. 6).
One thing is for sure: Mr. Crosty has never met a new idea he didn't like.
From his opposition to the New Westminster Pier Park, the under-construction Anvil Civic Centre, to now the formation of the new Business Improvement Association (BIA) in the Uptown area of our city Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue, Fifth Street to Eighth Street.
Why he is so consumed against this new BIA is head-scratching, since I understand his business, Root Source Inc., will be outside of this new BIA district as pointed out by the BIA letter.
Crosty cited the American's pre-Revolutionary War phrase, "No taxation without representation."
Odd for a Canadian. Maybe for a Tea Party member in the States. But not in this country.
I am still waiting after all these years what Mr. Crosty is for rather than against. But I am not holding my breath.
Scott Larsen, New Westminster
