No big Surprise Turnout is Low

(This letter was sent to the Alberni Valley News on January 2, 2024) Dear Editor, Like Mrs. Chen, I was left questioning why turnout was so abysmally low in the City by-election. People are cynical and disconnected in general right now. Political advertising is negative, gimmicky, even threatening.  Who wants to engage with that? Where …

The Elephant’s name is Amalgamation

(This letter was sent to the AV News on November 13. It was published in the November 18 Edition in print and online.) Dear Editor, Fees, taxes, and time… they all go inevitably higher but at least we can slow the first two. The Mayor is right, we don’t have industry to pick up the …

It’s time for a Stop Light at Cathedral Grove.

I wrote this after seeing this article from CHEKNews about visitors wondering why it was so dangerous in the Park, "Pedestrians cross the highway at Cathedral Grove after vehicles in both directions stop for them, causing honking from other vehicles nearby", what an embarrassment! Dear Editor (and Minister Todd Stone), Since what seems like the …