Opinion

ear Editor: Re: City says it fell short on explaining tower plan, The Record, Sept. 5. I read the article 'City says it fell short -' and was drawn to a few comments made by our mayor and council.

Some idle musings, random thoughts and scattered analysis of Premier Christy Clark's shuffle of her cabinet: ?Are the B.C.

Dear Editor: Having been involved with the Pattullo Bridge issue from the beginning, I must offer a small correction to the letter by Chris Dumfries (Re: What will NDP do for us?, Letters to the editor, The Record, Sept. 7).

Dear Editor: I have lived in this beautiful city most of my life.

We can officially anoint Fort Langley/Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman the most optimistic man in B.C. politics.

Someone recently showed me a Twitter comment accompanied by a photo of construction activity and jokingly suggesting that the official bird of New Westminster should be "the crane." It struck me that the comment couldn't ring more true.

Dear Editor: Re: Letter on Mott misleading, Letters, The Record, Aug. 31. In response to Earl Marshall, as hard as I try and no matter how many times I read Elk Ebert's excellent letter - in the Aug.

Dear Editor: Re: City fights to keep the 'Borough, The Record, Aug. 29. I don't understand. How is the city losing Queensborough? It will still be part of New Westminster.

It is something that we just don't see in Canada: Politically inspired gun violence.

M onday, Aug. 20. I came home from work to find a good-sized wolf spider scuttling across the living room floor. He must have been an inch and a half across. I swear, these hairylegged monsters are getting bigger every year.