Opinion

Do you wonder where all the container trucks will go as the port expands or as the South Fraser Perimeter Road opens? Have you wondered when the road closures on highways 10 and 99 will end? Do you worry about the decreasing number of birds calling a

Call it the Vicki Effect. Up until the most recent provincial election, whenever a candidate was referred to as an independent, it was more than likely the term "fringe" could have been used as a synonym.

Editor: Re: Fence on way to stop jaywalkers, Feb. 6 OK, you got me! I plead guilty! But I promise to quit jaywalking on 12th Avenue if Delta council will promise to put that $48,000 towards a better purpose. Possibly to the library, if Coun.

As I hope you noticed, the Delta Optimist introduced exciting new technology with last Friday's edition. The introduction of Layar technology allows us to remove the line between print and digital.

Do you ever wonder what Delta would look like today if the Agricultural Land Reserve had never been implemented? OK, so I probably have too much time on my hands if I'm pondering such things, but I'm pretty sure the Delta we know and love would be a

Editor: Re: Delta should begin efforts to bring a casino to town, letter to the editor, Feb. 8 Wow! Talk about original, creative, out-of-the-box ideas! Tom Griffing hits a home run with suggestions that could transform Delta.

Editor: Re: Union upset by cuts at archives, Feb. 6 Two years ago Delta Archives and the Edgar Dunning Reading Room opened with ribbon cutting and speeches, a proud day celebrating a fine legacy created for all Deltans.

Editor: Re: 'Springs' requires drive-thru to attract high-end coffee house, Feb. 1 I would like to weigh in on the idling debate.

Editor: This letter is directed to the nots and the maybe nots. I attended last Thursday's information meeting on the Marina Gardens development. It was well attended with standing room only for around 200 people.

Is it realistic to expect things not to change? OK, so that's a bit of a rhetorical question, but the notion of change, or perhaps more accurately, the effort to resist it, has been a familiar, to say nothing of controversial, theme in these parts in