Opinion

Dear Editor Those trees infringing on Quayside views should go ASAP. This is an error planting trees there. They are in the way of calming and relaxing views; not fair. Just an idea.

Dear Editor The installation of universally accessible, public washrooms in a paid-fare zone at Waterfront Station should be a priority in upcoming TransLink planning.

The B.C. economy keeps chugging along and leads all provinces in terms of performance, but there is a dark cloud on the horizon that may change all that.

Every single day I hear from people struggling to find affordable housing.

And just like that, another snoozer of a provincial election race took a mighty interesting turn.

Dear Editor The first public parklet was introduced in San Francisco in 2010 and they now have more than 50. Being the leaders in this area, they have a fabulous website called Pavement to Parks, www.pavementtoparks.

Dear Editor, Re: The Great Divide in B.C. politics? Inbox, Record , Oct. 6. Keith Baldrey may have been talking about apples and oranges, but it’s disingenuous to compare them in this case.

There are a lot of things the very young and the very old have in common. When you’re very young, people older than you think it’s OK to comment on how smart you are for your age. How you can walk so well at such a young age.

Dear Editor, It’s been a year since the longest federal election campaign in modern Canadian history, and many campaign promises are slowly taking shape.

The recent gathering of provincial politicians - mostly municipal, but also provincial and some federal - in the capital provided ample evidence of the Great Divide that is deepening in this province.