Opinion

The Editor, The recently concluded municipal elections were unique in many ways. First of all, I would like to congratulate each one of the candidates for putting forward their names for public office.

The Editor, As talked about in the media these days, the police in some of our communities, and south of the border, have come under scrutiny, and stories of inappropriate actions, excessive force, human rights violations, have emerged.

The Editor, Congratulations to the local press, but perhaps not the candidates, for better pre-election coverage of their policies and profiles.

The Editor: May I congratulate Mayor Brodie on winning handily and all candidates who were successful on council and on the school board.

The Editor, I am very sad to see some dishonest campaigns being run in Richmond. Several campaigns have had their party signs uprooted and removed. Flyers and posters have also been removed from businesses by some opposing candidates.

The Editor, When going out to vote this coming Saturday, please put some thought into who you are voting for. Don’t just vote for a name that you have been seeing for years.

F or the past several years the energy giant Kinder Morgan has benefited in the public eye from the simple fact that it wasn’t Enbridge, another big energy company wanting to do what KM wants to do: build a pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta.

The Editor, RE: “20 questions for 34 candidates.” News , Nov. 7. I just wanted to say a big “thank you” for your “20 Questions for 34 Candidates” article.

We have to hand it to everyone. Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen members of the community, fellow news media and even the election candidates themselves do a good job of holding prospective council members’ feet to the fire.

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