Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: City should be cautious about changing dog bylaw, Letters to the Editor, The Record, June 23. Diane McQuade believes that the City of New Westminster should not change its current discriminatory dog bylaw language.

DEAR EDITOR: I would just like to express how let down by city staff and council Lower Sapperton residents feel.

It's tempting to simply ignore the government as often as possible.

How would you feel if you were paying two, three, four, even five times as much property tax as your next-door neighbour, and yet not getting the same amount of services? That's the reality facing small business owners in British Columbia every day.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Dog attack seems unlikely, Letters to the editor, The Record, June 27. Although I know this is not the right forum for open arguments, I will not sit back and not respond to B. Kendall's letter about my "so-called dog attack.

Dear Editor: Re: City should be cautious about changing dog bylaw, Letters to the Editor, The Record, June 22. Ms. Diane McQuade's letter is concerning on a number of points.

We've often pointed out the importance of a community newspaper to the community it serves - and vice versa.

As the B.C. Liberal government keeps emphasizing its "Families First agenda," it is undermining its own efforts on that front with the ongoing train wreck over at Community Living B.C.

The first anniversary of the Vancouver Stanley Cup riots, Part 2, has just passed, an anniversary marked with cake filled with broken glass and decorated with candles in the shape of police cars.

Dear Editor: Re: Learning never stops for Keely, The Record, June 8. Congratulations to Keely George on her continuing education to obtain her high school diploma.