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Focus on the important, please

Focus on the important, please

Dear Editor: Re: City moves ahead with centre plan, The Record, July 18.
Citizens' concerns ignored

Citizens' concerns ignored

Dear Editor: I know that the councillors at city hall have a very important job and, given the times, a difficult one.
Borrowing $59 million too risky

Borrowing $59 million too risky

Dear Editor: I am writing to express my dismay that city council has approved an additional $59 million in borrowing in order to complete the office tower over the new civic centre.
Clark's pipeline stance a good move

Clark's pipeline stance a good move

Picking fights with other governments can often be a winning strategy for political leaders, but it's unclear yet whether Premier Christy Clark's line-in-the-sand stance on the Enbridge pipeline will make her party competitive again.
Blame voters for situation

Blame voters for situation

Dear Editor: For all the outrage in the paper regarding the borrowing of $59 million, the electorate in New Westminster have no one to blame but themselves.
Child-care plan would be good for B.C

Child-care plan would be good for B.C

You'd think by 2012 we'd have this one figured out: quality child care should not be something that only a fortunate few are able to access.
B.C politics with local twist

B.C politics with local twist

Dear Editor: It is disgraceful enough the way in which provincial politics are being played out within our city council; but the extent to which city council is beholden to the "Labour Party" is truly staggering.
Crows create clever conundrum

Crows create clever conundrum

Crows are pests. They're the reason your garbage is scattered all over the lawn when the can lid falls off. They devour crops and are the indirect cause of many annoying hours of bird cannons in rural areas.
B.C. selling out for Big Oil

B.C. selling out for Big Oil

Dear Editor: Any hope that our premier might act decisively in the Northern Gateway pipeline boondoggle with principle and responsibility has been drowned in a sea of greed and cowardly politicking.
Will B.C. even have a say in pipeline issue?

Will B.C. even have a say in pipeline issue?

Premier Christy Clark's recent posturing over the proposed Enbridge pipeline is all fine and dandy, but her threats to quash the project if B.C. doesn't get its share of the oil profits are likely empty at best. The question is: Will B.C.