Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: I'd say the results are good for the province and not good for New Westminster, The Record, May 15. I am not sure who said the above - Paul Forseth or Hector Bremner. It does not matter who said this or who we voted for.

The great thing about political punditry is the ability to be right and wrong at the same time and get away with it, which is why the pundits who were no better at predicting the outcome of the B.C.

Dear Editor: The pollsters, and even the New Democrats, did not take into account the advantages of incumbency, while Christy Clark's Liberals were all too cognizant of its disadvantages.

Well, I was wrong. Along with pretty much everyone else (with the exception of a small B.C. Liberal Party campaign brain trust), I thought the election last week was going to produce a result exactly the opposite of what actually happened.

Dear Editor: I was pleased to see a Hyack Festival insert in the May 17 edition of the Royal City Record; pleased until I saw a major omission from the schedule of events.

Dear Editor: I want to clarify a misconception that appears to be prevalent among some of the parents in New Westminster Minor Hockey - just because your child played hockey last season he or she is not guaranteed a spot to play.

The images of devastation out of Moore, Oklahoma this week catch at the heart. Children pulled out of a collapsed school. Entire neighbourhoods flattened. A barren, empty space where a daycare used to be.

Dear Editor: I congratulate the City of New Westminster on selecting what is quite possibly the worst place to erect a digital advertising sign.

We could wring our editorial hands over the low voter turnout - although it did bump up by a miniscule one per cent this time. We could decry the lack of substantive debate on issues during the campaign.

I must confess, I've always had a soft spot for Christy Clark. She reminds me a bit like Demi Moore in that movie, G.I. Jane. Of course, G.I. Jane's story and hers diverge a bit.