Opinion

We've all seen them - or, more accurately, been stuck behind them - as they blissfully cruise down Highway 1 or the Lougheed Highway in the fast line, with cars and trucks piling up behind.

Dear Editor: I was glad to see that some residents have finally woken up to the, in my opinion, harebrained plan to demolish part of the downtown parkade.

Dear Editor An open letter to Mayor Jonathan Cote: It was highly concerning to read the report (Changes to council delegations procedure request form) to council at the Feb. 23, 2015 committee of the whole from your city clerk, Ms.

Change is in the air at New Westminster city council meetings. Shortly after being elected in November’s civic election, Mayor Jonathan Cote proposed that council eliminate the “council reports section” of the council agenda.

Is it time for the provincial government to crack down on municipal election spending? It’s a question that’s being asked around the province since election spending reports were released last week.

Dear Editor Re: Residents rally to save the parkade, the Record, Feb. 27. I too agree the western portion of the parkade should be saved.

Dear Editor How sad that unions and developers have bought lock stock and barrel our city council, as reported by the media.

The TransLink board of directors' recent out-of-touch-with-reality theatrics can only further diminish Metro Vancouver residents' views of the transportation body's governance and administrative competence.

Two issues have sprung to the fore in the opening weeks of the legislature that put the stingy (some would say miserly) ways of the B.C. Liberal government on full public display.

We use a lot of stories about our maritime history.