Opinion

The one feature of the B.C. Liberal Party leadership race that stands out the most is that no one stands out. There are more than a half dozen candidates, but there is no obvious front-runner and no clear advantage held by any of them.

Dear Editor: Myself being born and raised in New Westminster (Sapperton), now living in Langley. Downtown needs a waterfront dock for pleasure boaters to stop. I would love to visit but have no place to stop for the day and spend my time and money.

Dear Editor: Putting in my two cents’ worth regarding the Aug. 31 article about recycling (Don’t waste your chance for a greener planet).

You inherit the good and the bad when you are a new government replacing one that has been in office for 16 years. The good is fairly obvious – a whopping surplus in the bank. The bad is often less obvious and rolls out over time.

The claim by B.C.

For the cynics who bailed on voting in the last provincial election because: “Ah, it doesn’t matter who is in the government. It’s all baloney,” the NDP has made it quite clear – it does matter. It matters a lot.

Dear Editor: This summer, the Front Street mews opened with great fanfare, but there was no official recognition that it was about eight months behind schedule.

Several weeks ago, NDP house leader Mike Farnworth insisted to me that he was convinced his party was going to be able to cling to power longer than many – including those in that party – had speculated.

The B.C. legislature will have a noticeably different look when it resumes sitting later this week, as a sea of new faces – 27 of them – will take their places as rookie MLAs.

Dear Editor: Re: Don’t waste your chance for a greener planet, Community, Record , Aug. 31. I have always believed that in order to get people to comply with ‘a new way of doing things’, such as recycling, you need to make it as easy as possible.