Opinion

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.

Dear editor, I wonder why in today's "green society" with everyone worried about carbon this and emissions that, the Comox Valley Transit system cannot accommodate working people?

Dear editor, Last week’s announcement of a shutdown of recreational fishing is terrible news for coastal communities. Our company operates a number of businesses on the coast of British Columbia, including sports fishing resorts and marinas. Several of these businesses will be severely impacted by this closure.

Dear editor, Now that British Columbians have firmly rejected the HST, we should now be looking to our elected provincial and federal representatives to protect our interests and not punish us for finally getting our say.

Dear editor, The Friends of Strathcona Park have hired a Vancouver law firm to prepare a legal challenge against government efforts to give commercial rights in Strathcona Park to a private resort on the edge of the park.

Aside from the where’s-the-pea feeling while completing the ballot and mailing it, the HST referendum sure felt like an election. A single-issue election.

Dear editor, The success of the recent no-HST referendum shows us two things. First, democracy works if you get enough people behind the issue. Second, and more importantly, elected officials are not always right in their decisions.

Dear editor, As founder of Imagine Comox Valley, a non-profit society dedicated to promoting sustainable communities, I wish to provide clarity regarding the purpose and vision behind Car Free Sunday. Simply stated, we wish to provide an opportunity for the public to take to the streets and celebrate community.

NDP leader Adrian Dix couldn’t contain his glee at the result of the harmonized sales tax referendum. Bill Vander Zalm is thrilled too, still apparently unaware that he has taken money away from the poor and given it back to his fellow wealthy B.C. residents.