Opinion

Editor: Re: New West should compensate rental building owners for lost value , Record Letters, Feb. 3 I agree with your comments, Dale Darychuk, and would like to piggyback on your thoughts.

As the inevitable resumption of protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline project hovers into view, a growing schism is being played out between the environmental protest movement and some First Nations leaders.

Editor: Re: New Westminster aims to protect rental housing on 18 sites , Record , Jan.

Editor: Re: Halt on renovations and improvements I see that the mayor and his band of spend-thrift acolytes (Team Cote) are at it again.

Editor: Re: An app that forces my kids to reply to texts? I’m in, Opinion, Feb. 4 It’s about trust. It’s about privacy. It’s about burgeoning independence. If parents only text kids when they need to pass on a message, kids are likely to respond.

Back in the 1940s, the government of Canada decided that people should not be left on their own to make food choices. I suppose the government was right to intervene.

Editor: I wanted to express my thanks to New Westminster city council for having the strength to pass the new renoviction bylaws. I could feel a collective sigh of relief by renters of the city that someone is finally looking out for renters.

Is the workload too big for New Westminster city staff to get council’s ambitious agenda done? That was my question as I read an interesting quote in a Record story we published on Monday.

One of my pet peeves is trying to make dinner reservations on an evening when 90 per cent of the general population is also trying to attain the same goal. You may be able to perform this feat without pulling out your hair.

When my kids were young, the happiest place on Earth (besides home) was Disneyland. Now that that they’re in their 20s, our favourite place for a grown-up family Christmas is Hawaii.