Opinion

Should Richmond council (A) kowtow to ALR speculators or (B) do their job? A, or B? If you chose B, please ask council to respect our farmland and the citizens they swore to serve at Monday’s public hearing.

Dear Editor, I moved into Richmond in 1952 after marrying my wife, who was raised in Richmond.

Dear Editor, Richmond Food Security Society is working to inspire a robust Richmond food system through education, advocacy, and community building initiatives.

Dear Editor, During the boisterous city meetings on the issue of house size on farmland, one kind of voice has been silent. There was no Association of Farmland lessees lobbying to keep mansions from being built on farmland.

Dear Editor, Perhaps I am a contrarian, but I don’t think that the Agricultural Land Reserve is doing anybody any good.

Dear Editor, The other day I was in Steveston Village, on No. 1 Road and Regent Street, where a new traffic light has been installed. Normally, I wouldn’t consider that a big concern, but it is in an unusual location.

Dear Editor, Re: “$300 million dyke plan forges ahead,” News, April 14, 2017. I hope the City of Richmond never paves the West Dyke from Terra Nova to Steveston, as suggested by Coun. Alexa Loo.

Dear Editor, Last week, there was a repair done to the eaves in one of the Imperial Landing buildings. It had been gaping open for at least two weeks and the stairs were taped off for “safety.

My mother was a character. She loved to play, tease and generally pester the heck out of her family. She was a character in her garden, too.

By O-Zone, I mean “Old Zone.” I realized I had crossed the invisible border between Baby Boomer and Old, when I bought travel medical insurance for a recent trip.