Opinion

Frankly, I'm a bit excited about this year's civic election in New Westminster. There are four, count 'em, four mayoral candidates.

If the recent Occupy protests sent any kind of message, it is this: Canada is a much more comfortable and safer place to be than most any other country.

The stories that have come out from survivors of Woodlands sound like something from a horror movie, or a historical news reel about a far-flung prisoner-of-war camp: Beatings, children kept in straitjackets, teeth removed without anaesthesia, punish

Dear Editor: My name is Carol Picton (maiden name: Wood) and I lived in Woodlands Institute (center block) in New Westminster.

Dear Editor: I read the letter written to The Record by David Brett (Kudos to business company, Oct. 7) about the school district business company with great interest.

When did civic politics become such a nasty business? We pondered that after finding out that Brent Atkinson, a school trustee for 31 years, has decided not to seek re-election in November. On the one hand, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise.

Sometimes I hate the Internet. Oh sure, it's great for finding people who disagree with your every opinion. In the past, getting into arguments required going out and talking to real people.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Taxpayers must pay for teachers' wage increases, Letters to the editor, The Record, Oct. 12.

DEAR EDITOR: I would like to thank all the individuals who encouraged me to put my name forward as a school trustee for the upcoming election. I have, however, decided not to run.

DEAR EDITOR: The New Democrats are displaying intellectual bankruptcy by invoking the romanticizing of and the use of grandiose rhetoric, while avoiding what most needed saying: "We simply can't afford this.