Opinion

Dear Editor: I would like to correct some of the information contained in a Nov. 4, 2014 letter to the editor regarding the development approval process for a residential tower at 200 Nelson's Cres. On Sept.

Dear Editor: Re: 'Machine' is run by volunteers, Letters to the editor, The Record, Oct. 31. In her Oct. 31 letter, Jane Player writes that 'the machine's' "entire campaign is run by volunteers.

Dear Editor: Perhaps I am mistaken, but I find at all levels of government - federal, provincial, and now increasingly at the municipal level, Big Labour and Big Business interests are well represented at the policy table.

Dear Editor: People who live, work and play in New Westminster should be concerned, if not afraid. This time not about Ebola or radical extremism, but about our own city government.

Dear Editor: The level of anxiety of some citizens over the notion that the District Labour Council endorses and dedicates resources to local electoral candidates is reaching near hysteria.

The traffic woes facing our city are no secret, nor is the fact that people are worn out and fed up, but I can't help but be amused at the assertions of some city council and mayoral candidates that their "leadership skills" or "having what it takes"

Dear Editor: Approximately 25 years ago, the Hyack Festival Association presented the first annual Santa Claus Parade. It was a fun event hosted by sponsors and Hyack volunteers until 2013. I rode the float as Mrs. Claus for several years.

Oh, I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more ...

It's back, albeit in a watered down form. The prime minister has reintroduced his plan for high-income earners to shift part of their income onto their spouse's tax return in order to sneak into a lower tax bracket.

Dear Editor: I just finished reading your piece on “Drex” in the Friday, Oct. 31 edition of the Royal City Record. Fearless? Brash? Controversial? Hardly. Rather, Mr. Wicomes, ''Drex" or whatever he calls himself is none of the above.