Opinion

Editor: Re: Do as we say, not as we've done, Murphy's Law, Jan. 18 First, in the name of full disclosure and to prevent the usual racist slur that eventually is thrown out when one disagrees with First Nation plans, I am of aboriginal descent.

Editor: Re: Malls will have positive impact on community, letter to the editor, Jan.

Editor: My wife and I decided to go for a walk on Sunday. Our own dog had recently died so we thought, "don't waste a good walk, let's go to the local animal shelter and walk a couple of their dogs in the process.

Editor: Re: Cheaper, and tastier, way to deal with rabbit population, Community Comment, Jan. 25 Kudos to Steve Graham. I know the bunnies look too cute to consider eating, but we do eat lamb, only we don't see the fluffy, cute things too often.

Editor: After purchasing two other landscapes in 2010 from Faith Love-Robertson for friends, I commissioned her to paint a landscape of Boundary Bay as a gift for my wife for Christmas.

This is my 110th column for the Delta Optimist, and my last. Rather than a self-indulgent explanation of why, I'm simply going to end with some random thoughts that never made it to print. Enjoy... or not.

Adrian Dix is poised to become B.C.'s next premier - with less voter support than his predecessor, Carole James, received in the last two provincial elections.

Editor: When the Ladner brothers returned to Canada from California in 1858, two guides from the Tsawwassen tribe ferried them up the Chilukthan Slough to Canoe Pass.

Catastrophic! Paradise lost! Essential, deserved and needed! Status-quo, golden for some, is intolerable for others. Change is our hot topic. We need a baseline to evaluate change.

Editor: Ladner's rabbit problem and its solution leave me with a number of questions. First, the rabbits were in the leisure centre area for some time before the hospice was built.