Opinion

Dear Editor, Re: Wasting away, Letters to the editor, The Record, Nov. 16. I would like to comment on Kris Taylor's letter criticizing the city's waste reduction efforts, mostly to correct the inaccuracies in that letter.

This is not a column exhorting you to get out and vote. We've done that (see above) - well, perhaps in a more benign manner than we have in the past. It is also not a column telling you who to vote for.

Every three years, right around this time, we usually pull out the soapbox, jump on top of it, and start bemoaning the consistently low voter turnout at municipal elections.

Dear Editor: As an election comes close, an old newsman such as I can't resist tottering onto the battleground for one last look at the combatants.

Dear Editor: I found it interesting the positions taken by candidates Williams, Wandell, Puchmayr, and Cote on the WTE plant. All suggested that we move to a zero waste model.

This province may be about to feel the impact of a squeeze play by huge energy companies and Alberta, China and Ottawa. This scenario has been building for some time, ever since Enbridge Inc. first proposed building a $6.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Spreading party politics a bad move in city, Our View, The Record, Nov. 11 I find myself in disagreement with your opinion piece whereby you decry the practice of MLAs and MPs voicing support for civic candidates.

DEAR EDITOR: Am I alone? With the civic election days away, I wanted to write about an issue that has greatly disturbed me. First it was Dawn Black, and then soon followed by the federal NDP'ers.

Right around now in the civic election campaign we're thinking democracy may be overrated.

Recently we ran a story on city NDP MLA Dawn Black throwing her support behind candidates running for civic spots in the city. Today we publish a story on NDP MPs Fin Donnelly and Peter Julian's phone endorsement campaign in the city.