Opinion

You may have seen an article in the Vancouver Sun a couple of weeks back that discussed the idea of a "regional food strategy.

Editor: Development proposals for the Southlands have been intensely debated in our community for over 30 years and all the detailed pros/cons, costs/benefits and technical studies need not be recited here yet again.

Editor: Many are the voices of what to do with Canada's final resting place for politically deserving friends-of-the-government. On sober second thought, let's leave well enough alone.

It would obviously be impolite to turn down the gift of cold, hard cash, but sometimes I have to shake my head at the mysterious ways in which government works.

Independents push legislature to make changes to ensure democracy is relevant to the modern voter

Editor: I urge Delta council to reconsider the expenditure of $48,000 of our tax dollars to install a fence on 12th Avenue west of 56th Street. I question the wisdom and motive of this project.

The moral high ground is proving to be one expensive piece of real estate.

Editor: Two recent items in the Optimist can signal small but significant shifts towards renewal for Tsawwassen and Delta. First, the excellent editorial by Ted Murphy on Feb. 8 heralds natural renewal for heath of community.

I hated parent-teacher conferences when I was a kid. I'd always dread when my parents returned home with the inevitable 'he's not applying himself' mantra.

Editor: I am writing in regard to the letters in the Optimist from Boundary Bay residents who are NIMBYs. My family moved to Boundary Bay in the 1940s when it was truly a place of bliss and remained so for many years, growing slowly.