Opinion

Editor: I am a grandmother and I would like to share a situation that occurred on the last day of elementary school.

Editor: I was biking along the dike north of Beach Grove on July 6 when I came across two consultants that had been conducting biological surveys of Boundary Bay for Port Metro Vancouver.

Editor: Re: Odd place to locate industry, Murphy's Law, July 13 I read your editorial with interest and amusement. The lands known as Boundary Bay Airport have a variety of uses in addition to being one of Canada's busiest and best small airports.

There will undoubtedly be resistance, but history suggests in time we'll come around. That has typically been the case with roundabouts, one of which is being considered for the intersection of Ladner Trunk Road and Arthur Drive.

Editor: I am very concerned regarding the rise of taxes and utility charges in Delta. Much of the political rhetoric of late has been espousing fiscal control and what a good job our purse holders have been doing.

Editor: Re: New overpass to provide direct access to airport, July 4 I am amazed at the number of overpasses all over Delta lately and also in the past 15 to 20 years. What concerns me is they're putting them up in all the wrong places.

Editor: When most people pick out a place to live, they have done their research to find an area that means a great deal to them and to their neighbours.

When I last wrote we left off with the Spetifore family facing a tax assessment on the estate reported to be $320,000 (Optimist, 1969), which in today's dollars would be well in excess of $1 million.

Editor: It is interesting to note the number of articles surfacing lately regarding "density" in our B.C. communities. The Vancouver Urban forum stressed the need to slow sprawl and preserve natural spaces.

Editor: Moved back to Tsawwassen again and here I will stay. Tsawwassen has grown in population since my first home in the 1960s but it has still retained its green, natural landscaping and lovely cared for residential gardens.