Opinion

Dear Editor: Congrats to the West End Business Association and Chuck Puchmayr for a successful 12th Street Music Festival. I was only able to attend in the afternoon, but the lesismore, Wendy Biscuit and T.

Dear Editor: Re: Plans on track for train silence, The Record, July 16. I suppose we should be encouraged, after more than 11 years of waiting, that now city hall is finally trying to do something about “whistle cessation,” especially downtown.

There’s nothing quite like the August long weekend to inspire some serious warm weather enjoyment.

We’ve been sitting here in the newsroom, arguing about the First World War. Gads, I love irony. Stupid arguments is exactly what got that whole thing going.

Dear Editor: Many people think I’m crazy for deciding to remain on Front Street after the devastating fire that destroyed half the block in October 2013.

Dear Editor: Please tell me I am jumping the gun and the city of New West plans to do more than what I see now on Royal Avenue. Our building is on Royal Avenue.

You go away for a couple of weeks of rest and relaxation. You return to find your home has been burgled. That’s one surefire way to kill the post-vacation buzz pretty much instantly.

This one is written in honour of my editor, Pat Tracy, who's currently enjoying a well-earned stint of rest and relaxation on the East Coast - and who so graciously entrusts her office to this "working mom" during her summer vacations.

Dear Editor: An open letter to Education Minister Peter Fassbender: I am copying you on an email that I sent to my Member of the Legislative Assembly. I implore you to be a powerful problem solver for the sake of the children of British Columbia.

Dear Editor: Re: New West loses the Bailey bridge battle, The Record, July 4. New Westminster Coun. Bill Harper says that Coquitlam has “destroyed the relationship” between the two communities by winning an arbitration over the Bailey bridge.