Opinion

Dear Editor: My name is Greg Jones, and I am writing as a founding member of Parents for Public Education (P4PE) in New Westminster. I have three sons, with two at the high school and one at Connaught who is also headed there next year.

Dear Editor: New Westminster's Jim Lowrie told us that a six-lane Pattullo would cost about twice as much as a four-lane bridge, but the released study reports an entirely different number.

The measles have escaped the ultra-conservative religious community in Chilliwack where the most recent outbreak of the dangerous disease started.

It’s often the case in politics that a politician can spend a relatively small amount of money, yet reap a heck of a lot of trouble for it. Misspend a few million dollars? Don’t worry about it.

Dear Editor: With the recent measles cases in the Chilliwack area, a mass marketing of immunization has been the talk amongst the community. As a parent and grandparent, I have learned that immunization does not prevent diseases.

Dear Editor: Re: Get a grip on city congestion, Letters to the editor, The Record , March 12. I quite agree with Mr. Kasper’s concerns regarding the actions of New West city council doing things that “promote congestion.

Dear Editor: An open letter to TransLink: Yesterday, I took my life in my hands to go across the Pattullo Bridge by bike from my home to Highway 17 (South Perimeter Road).

Dear Editor: In answer to the Friday, March 14 letter to the editor from a Paul R. Thompson (Everyone wants a piece of Hyack).

I'm not a "shoulding" kind of parent.

Kudos to two local eye doctors who recently saw some big honours come their way. Dr. Brenda Horner, who practises optometry in New Westminster, has been elected vice-president of the B.C. Association of Optometrists, and her associate, Dr.