Opinion

Dear editor, I am disappointed that Mayor Greg Phelps and staff at city hall have not bent over backwards to rezone or establish some means of assisting Maple Pool Campground.

Dear editor, It is with great sadness that I write this letter today on behalf of my son, his teammates, and their rivals. Five years ago, my then- nine-year-old son discovered football. After several prior attempts at getting him interested in a team sport, a last ditch effort put him exactly where he needed to be. He put his whole heart and soul into the game.

Dear editor, Re: Cougar attack of a small boy in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. I fail to see the rationale for an extended search and destroy mission for a cougar who exhibited 鈥減redatory tendency鈥� and 鈥渟urprised鈥� the family who were in the cougar鈥檚 territory.

Barring a miracle, B.C. teachers are on strike as you read this.

This newspaper has said it before and will say it again 鈥� those who risk their lives to save others are heroes. The Comox Valley has more heroes than you might suspect.

Dear editor, Well, thank you Bill Vander Zalm!

Dear editor, I am absolutely stinking mad. DFO is going to close down recreational halibut fishing as of Sept. 5? This action is an attack on my rights as a taxpaying, law-abiding Canadian citizen.

Dear editor, Re: Comox Marina condos. So we are going to have 62 residential units, restaurant, patio and staff parking.

Dear editor, The outcome of the recent HST vote is interesting. When voting for leaders, people should vote passionately. When voting on policy, people should vote intelligently.

Dear editor, In my view, if you feel people are being wronged, it takes courage to stand up and try to make it right. You can either take the easy path, or make difficult decisions that create a difference in our society.