Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Elizabeth Fry project welcomed, Letters to the editor, The Record, May 23, by Marianne and Andrew Phillips.

Readers have no doubt become aware of city parents' concerns regarding a certain Grade 11 math teacher at New Westminster Secondary - parents believe that she has had an upwards of 60 per cent failure rate with her classes.

Unfortunately, coroner's inquests by their very nature are usually proof that we have failed people. The inquest into the death of three Langley farmworkers in 2008 is one of the most tragic cases of hindsight we have seen in quite awhile.

Dear Editor, We have been Sapperton residents for 24 years, living on Kelly Street, and we are in favour of the proposed Elizabeth Fry rezoning of 273 and 275 Sherbrooke St. from residential low density to major institutional.

Dear Editor, With all due respect to Christina Myers (Confessions from a Pattullo commuter, In My Opinion, The Record, May 16), there is a lot more at stake over the bridge issue than just commuting from North Surrey to Burnaby.

Around this time of year, we often like to remind readers about the importance of road safety during busy holiday weekends or the importance of campfire safety while out enjoying the wilds of B.C.

One of the more puzzling, if not downright suspicious, moves by the B.C. Liberal government is its out the-blue insistence on privatizing the Liquor Distribution Branch.

Dear Editor: This new hydro meter appears to have many flaws. It seems strange to me, bills are only going up and never down! Shake your heads, hydro customers. Why would B.C.

Dear Editor: We want less traffic in New Westminster, not more! TransLink's question - "Do you want the new Pattullo Bridge with six lanes, two extra, and they'll be truck lanes, 'here' or 'there'?" - has got our attention.

Dear Editor: The next provincial government must be careful not to do an easy pendulum swing on transit governance. TransLink has had two different kinds of board. Both decision-making bodies are necessary.