(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 …
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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 …
Goodbye Canada Action Greenwashers – Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising and Wind Down the Fossil Fuel Industry.
(Sent July 2, 2024 to the Alberni Valley News – Published July 17 Edition) Dear Editor, I was gratified to see this morning an empty spot where the lying LNG lobby group “Canada Action” had their billboard near Coombs Country Candy. Their billboard messages about LNG “reducing” greenhouse gases were blatant lies. Apparently the leaked …