Dear editor,
Re: Health of downtown Courtenay core 'real complicated' (Record, Feb. 3).
No, it's not, Starr Winchester, Manno Theos, Ron Webber and whomever else was there at the start.
Hundreds of us told you during those four long nights of public hearings before you changed the zoning to allow Walmart to be built. We told you in no uncertain terms that you were going to kill the downtown core.
Well, guess what? With all the rezoning and big box stores you and subsequent councils allowed to be built in East Courtenay, South Courtenay, top of Mission and Ryan Hills, no wonder the downtown area is going under.
We told you so. We told you so. We told you so.
You had the benefit of 20/20 hindsight in advance because Walmart had been exterminating Ma and Pa stores and downtowns in the United States for 20 years before they decided to show their faces here.
"Real complicated" alright. You opened Pandora's box and now we all have to live with the consequences.
Grant Gordon,
Area C
