Opinion

DEAR EDITOR: The New Democrats are displaying intellectual bankruptcy by invoking the romanticizing of and the use of grandiose rhetoric, while avoiding what most needed saying: "We simply can't afford this.

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Trains, noise and condominiums, and A message to the complainers, Letters to the Editor, The Record. The Oct.

If this paper had been given a vote at the TransLink mayors' council (see story on page 9), we likely would have followed the lead of the majority - holding our nose and voting yes.

The recent Throne Speech signalled that big changes lie ahead for B.C.'s public education system, and these will likely dwarf anything seen in recent memory.

Dear Editor: Re: Prioritize spending values, Letter to the Editor, The Record, Oct. 5. Andrew, you forgot to face reality and facts in your commentary. Isn't it amazing that our school teachers don't have any understanding of economics. In B.C.

Dear Editor: In 2006 I wrote to this paper strongly in support of our school district's business company.

The same person who advised Christy Clark to give Harry Bloy a major portfolio in her first cabinet must be the same person who told her that calling for TV coverage of court proceedings against drunken vandals and hooligans would be a good thing.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the 1987 comedy movie starring Steve Martin and Canadian John Candy, comes to mind when I think of trains, noise and condominiums at New Westminster's Quayside neighbourhood.

Dear Editor: I read the editorial column of local papers with amazement and many, many questions. It would appear that several of the same people write these things, and it seems to me they repeat themselves continually.

Presumably, the public is meant to assume that the throne speech is a map, an overview of the government's plans to do the business of the people.