Opinion

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Dear Editor: Re: City hall moves forward with plan The Record, July 18.

With the legislature closed for the summer and nine months, give or take, till the next provincial election, it's easy to assume that there's not much afoot in provincial politics these days.