Opinion

Editor: Re: South Delta businesses gather to strategize as landscape poised to change, Feb. 13 Right on! South Delta merchants need signage. Perhaps a compelling message to deter mega mall competitors? South Delta merchants are well supported.

The numbers don't paint a very flattering picture. The standing room-only crowd that jammed the Ladner Community Centre last Saturday came indoors on a springlike afternoon because people in these parts have a deep affection for Delta Hospital.

Editor: Re: Group wants more friends, Feb. 11 As the executive director of Delta Hospital, I want to address some of the issues raised in your recent article on the hospital, and in particular our surgical program.

Editor: Re: Business cores need boost, Feb. 6 We'd all be happy to undergo transformations, Madam Mayor, but municipal hall needs to make it a more palatable business environment with lots less red tape.

Editor: Re: Voters lose say once tax in place, letter to the editor, Feb. 11 South Delta is just too small to get benefits of a bus system or, for that matter, an overhead subway.

I heard on the radio there was an online petition asking the provincial government to change the day of the Family Day holiday to the third Monday of February from its current position on the second Monday of the month.

Tap into the influx. When the two mega malls at the Tsawwassen First Nation open their doors in the spring of next year, shoppers will flock to these parts like never before. Tsawwassen Mills, the larger of the two at 1.

While travelling to and from Ladner via Highway 10, I noticed the Corporation of Delta advertising for volunteers for council committees.

"Ten people who speak make more noise than 10,000 who are silent." - Napoleon Bonaparte I am steaming mad about some news the Delta Seniors Planning Team just received. United Way informed us that our funding will stop at the end of March.

Can't find the necessary industrial land? Why not just create your own.