Editor:
Re: Blue Dot request gets rather cool reception, Jan. 16
I was shocked and disappointed to read the comments attributed to Coun. Robert Campbell concerning David Suzuki and his Blue Dot campaign.
Mayor Lois Jackson gave logical reasons why she felt that it was not necessary for Delta council to support the Blue Dot campaign.
That was all that needed to be said, and I thought she made a good case for her decision.
However, Campbell then used the occasion to launch a vitriolic and personal attack on Suzuki and to label the Blue Dot campaign as "nothing more than a feel-good motherhood issue."
The purpose of the Blue Dot campaign appears to be simply to promote the idea that we have a right to a healthy environment.
That one of my elected representatives should feel justified in attacking an individual in such a public manner, especially someone whose primary goal is to promote respect for the environment, is both unacceptable and embarrassing. I expect my representatives to deal with issues and not to attack citizens who have ideas and projects they don't support. Campbell's behaviour is bullying and not acceptable in a democratic society that values freedom of expression and differing opinions.
When public officials behave like this it is an attack on all of us because it discourages us from expressing ideas or promoting causes that the government of the day might not like.
Carl Stroh
