Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor votes with anti-coal metro directors, The Record, June 19. At the May 13 New Westminster town hall meeting regarding the proposed transferring of coal at Fraser Surrey Docks , Mr.

Dear Editor: Re: Bring on the water tax, Letters to the editor, The Record, June 12.

Dear Editor: Re: Hopes for heritage demolished, The Record, June 14. Not everyone was surprised that the sale of 221 Third Ave. resulted in the demolition of the house and planned construction of two new homes. The previous owners of 221 Third Ave.

While those two oil pipeline proposals from Enbridge and Kinder Morgan have been hogging the limelight in recent months, another part of the energy debate is about to elbow its way onto the public stage.

Dear Editor: Re: Hopes for heritage demolished, The Record, June 14. The destruction of the 1926 Edward Riddell house (J.B. Whitburn, architect) and the surrounding garden was a major loss to New Westminster heritage.

While many of our fellow citizens labouring with disabilities do very well for themselves, it's pretty safe to say that people who require wheelchairs are coming from a point of disadvantage when it comes to earning a regular income.

Dear Editor: The last thing New Westminster needs is another bridge, especially one running through Sapperton with its current traffic congestion.

Dear Editor: Re: Are city managers worth their weight in gold?, Editorial, The Record, June 12. Your editorial states, "managers" salaries are pegged (at least partly) a good percentage higher than the employees below the manager.

Dear Editor: Can we please get these trucks off of Royal Avenue? I believe when I moved in, it was zoned as a residential neighbourhood. When I moved in, there were not this many trucks going by each and every minute.

Audience members were understandably puzzled during last month's townhall meeting about a proposed coal facility across the river at Fraser Surrey Docks.