Opinion

Anyone who has played poker - even a friendly game - knows you don't show your opening hand and then bluff with draw cards.

Dear Editor: Re: No accountability for city staff, Letters to the Editor, The Record, Oct. 5.

Dear Editor: Of course communities need to be kept together as they are and not split up, as seems to be done for elections. The motivation behind electoral reassignment is making all ridings approximately have the same population.

Dear Editor: Who are city planning staff accountable to for their actions? After the performance at Monday night's council meeting, it is clear they are not accountable to council.

For a few minutes this weekend, most of us will set aside some time to ponder the things we're grateful for. Good health, we'll say.

I've always had a fascination with the stories of settlers - people who left the comfort and stability in the east (or, before that, from Europe and points beyond) to make a new home in the west.

Dear Editor: If our city councillors are taking the time and effort to express their concerns about the re-drawing of a federal riding at their own time and expense, I give kudos to them for participating in our democratic system.

Calls for electoral reform in B.C. are increasing in volume once again - not surprising, as it begins more and more to look like a seriously lopsided result will come out of the next provincial election.

Dear Editor: Each day, I hear more alarming news pointing to an emerging climate change crisis of epic proportions. As the Earth warms and extreme weather events become increasingly common, hundreds of thousands perish each year.

Dear Editor: As election time nears, in every paper we pick up, it is noticeable that the politicians of all parties are out there in full force trying to convince us to why we shouldn't vote for their opposition.