Opinion

Dear mayor and council, I feel so exasperated by the negative changes to Richmond your council has overseen since I moved here in 1985.

Dear Editor, Re: “Paving way to pandemonium?” Letters, May 10. Thank you to long-time resident Mary Gurney for her excellent letter against paving the west dyke. This is an idea whose time has not come and should never come.

Dear Editor: Re: “Term limit for council?” Letters, May 12. I couldn’t agree more with most of Mel Goodwin’s letter in the Richmond News. I say most because I don’t agree with the age limit of 70.

Dear Editor, Re: “Term limit for council?” Letters, May 12. I’d like to suggest to the letter writer that there are limits in place, as decided upon by voters, who ultimately have a say in how long someone spends on council.

The house across from me was bulldozed the other day to build a house almost 10,000-square-feet in size. They took out all the trees. All day I’ve been watching the birds come looking for their nests.

I was at the Richmond Arts Awards on Tuesday night to present the Arts Education Award. In my little spiel before opening the envelope, I talked about the category’s three nominees: Mr.

Thoughtful person that she is, my good friend, Carol, called a couple days ago to invite my husband Harvey and I over for Mother’s Day dinner. Knowing that I lost my mom seven months ago, she said “It must be hard for you not having her here anymore.

At the Sharing Farm, our primary purpose is to grow food to donate to the Richmond Food Bank. However, we also sell up to 30 per cent of our produce to keep the farm in operation. One of the ways we do this is through our Harvest Basket program.

Dear Editor, My wife and I are very disappointed. We seniors were ticketed on voting day for parking our vehicle opposite the voting station.

Dear Editor, Despite the Liberal sweep in Richmond in last week’s provincial election, Richmond voted for change. Fifty-two per cent of voters did not vote Liberal.