Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: 99 and counting for local tennis player, The Record, July 25. How lovely to read about Ed Gladstone and his active life playing tennis! My grandmother is 93 and also still lives alone.

In the end, the final results were anticlimactic. Tuesday's deadline for concerned citizens who wanted an "alternative approval process" to oppose the city's proposed $59-million loan authorization bylaw came and went with little fanfare.

Audrey Hepburn. Marcel Marceau. Josephine Baker. Jimmy Stewart. David Niven. Shirley Temple. Julia Child.

Dear Editor: Another successful 12th Street Music Festival is complete, and to the many volunteers, sponsors and participants that made this happen; a warm and gracious thank you from the West End Business Association.

Dear Editor: Re: City hall moves forward with plan The Record, July 18. I preface my comments by stating that not one of the authors (Smith, Larsen, Marshall and Jaser) picked up a phone and talked to Mr.

Dear Editor: Re: Trustee jumps into fray, The Record, July 27.

Dear Editor: Re: City moves ahead with centre plan, The Record, July 18. I keep getting asked to sign a petition to try to force the New Westminster city council to get a referendum vote by the public before the city borrows $59 million.

Dear Editor: Re: Child-care plan would be good for B.C., Opinion, The Record, Aug. 1. I was really pleased to see your article on the challenges that parents with young children face when they want or need to access child-care services.

We often hear that what people love most about New Westminster is that it maintains that "small-town" feeling. And it's true.

The bad news just keeps accumulating for Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals, and there's little to suggest that pattern is going to change in their favour anytime soon.