Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Lottery would get voters to the polls, Column, The Record, April 5. The "Votto" would definitely get voters to the polls. This method is as effective as it versatile.

Dear Editor: Twenty million dollars lost as a result of fare evaders on the buses? I take it the transit people are looking for advice. (After all, they were too dumb to foresee a problem when the SkyTrain was built based on the "honour system.

Dear Editor: I have been a New Westminster resident for the past two years. Living next to the Quay, I enjoy the boardwalk and Pier Park every now and then.

This week is Emergency Service Dispatchers' and 9-1-1 Awareness Week.

When the NDP formed government during the 1990s, it found itself constantly on the defensive when dealing with two major power blocs in B.C.: the environmental movement and doctors.

Dear Editor: Re: One-lane Bailey Bridge possible, The Record, April 3.

Guess how many children between the ages of two and 17 in B.C. are considered obese? And guess how many are considered overweight? In B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Another clue in the uptown anchor retail mystery?, The Record, April 5. Now we know why the Royal Centre is keeping their new tenant under wraps. It might be Wal-Mart and of course there would be a lot of naysayers.

Dear Editor: Re: Coal dust raises questions, Letters, The Record, April 3. Former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscious to remain silent.

Dear Editor: Re: Coquitlam pushes for action from New West, The Record, March 22. TransLink and other municipalities shouldn't be able to use New West as an open sewer for the trucking industry.