Opinion

Dear editor, The fake bus tour of homeless shelters in other communities has been staged.

Dear editor, Voting against the long-needed improvements to our recreation facilities at the Lewis Centre, Coun. Murray Presley says that the City shouldn't be offering public services that the private sector can profitably supply. (Record, July 6).

Dear editor, For several months I have been watching the controversy in the news about the location selected by the CVRD for the proposed homeless facility on Cliffe Avenue in downtown Courtenay.

Dear editor, Thank you for the July 7 editorial and comment piece about the Raven Coal Project.

Dear editor, Last Wednesday鈥檚 editorial provides a refreshing contrast to some of the poor reasoning, failed humour and undisguised impoliteness that have recently entered the local press with regard to the HST referendum.

Dear editor, I do not understand the negative knee-jerk response to a suggestion that an off-leash dog park be designated in Comox.

Dear editor, Weighed down by a $14-trillion debt, the United States is now facing the prospect of economic collapse. And yet none of its leaders has the courage to suggest even a modest tax increase to alleviate the situation.

July 5 isn鈥檛 likely to leave a lasting mark on history. However, the end of Canada鈥檚 mission in Afghanistan is a historic moment for our nation. The book is closed on our decade-long involvement and it will take at least as much time before we鈥檒l truly understand what our soldiers were able to achieve.

Here's the true story behind the beautiful wildflower garden that mysteriously sprung up on the site of the old Palace Theatre in central Courtenay that is now destined to become a 'downtown oasis.'

I am worried about government's disconnect with nature. I know some of Premier Christy Clark's MLAs live in the country, and I would hope they all take as many opportunities as they can to connect with nature.