Opinion

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.

Dear Editor: I'm not a fan of the idea of painting the columns in the Front Street parkade. The stark and bold architecture of the Front Street parkade embodies one of the latest concepts in modern design.

I am ashamed to admit it - but as the Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, expense scandal story simmers on social media and fills newspaper pages - I have gained a new appreciation for good cops who feel tarnished by bad cops.

One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.

We can hear the tongue clucking as the front page hits the doorsteps in New Westminster. "Hey, honey, look at how much money the top brass at city hall make, can you believe it? That's where our taxes go.

Dear Editor: Re: City's game of Dic, Dac, Dough, Letters, The Record, June 7. A water taxi would be a great idea and would not threaten any politician's pedestrian bridge legacy project, as both would be amazing additions to New West.

Dear Editor: Re: Is this the end for the B.C. NDP?, The Record, June 5. It is certainly a cogent and articulate column Keith Baldrey wrote, which explains mostly, but not entirely, the surprise B.C. election results.

Dear Editor: My name was Ruth Jenks. (It is now Mrs. Ruth Abel.) I had to take an ambulance to the hospital when I was pregnant, as I was hemorrhaging.