Opinion

Editor: I work with children, am a senior and have seen enough of bullies. Bullying has sick roots and is alive and well in many areas of our community today. I have my theories about this personality trait and our present social scene.

Editor: After participating in golf, badminton, tennis, squash, ball hockey, fastball, slo-pitch, touch football and soccer, I tried curling last year for the first time at age 54. My only regret is that I did not try curling sooner.

Never mind that I haven't been in a classroom for many, many years. Never mind that I haven't listened to a roll call or puttered in finger paint or written a spelling test or opened a report card for the better part of a lifetime.

Editor: Here I go again. We are apparently well into the age on entitlement. It seems the basic fibres of our bylaws are being ignored by those who think they are entitled to do whatever they want without any consequences.

Editor: Re: Now is the time to speak, letter to the editor, Aug. 16 I know this is a late response to Peter Malim's letter, but I have been away and not able to read the paper.

Editor: Although I have great respect for the Century Group in Tsawwassen, I have a complaint. Every time I visit the Town Centre Mall, I smell strong smoke, to which I and a lot of people are allergic.

Editor: Congratulations to Century Group for receiving first and second reading for its community farm and Southlands proposal.

Editor: As being appointed to the Senate is commonly acknowledged as being a reward for loyal (partisan) political service to the political party currently in power, why wouldn't senators feel free, if not obliged, to feed greedily from the public tr

Editor: Kudos to R.D. Grant for suggesting that cyclists should start paying to ride their bicycles.

Editor: Re: Second port not needed, letter to the editor, Aug. 21 Thanks to Roger Emsley for his succinct and sane assessment of the realities about Port Metro Vancouver's plans for the fragile estuary we all live in.