Opinion

Dear Editor, I applaud city council for taking the decision to reduce garbage collection to a bi-weekly schedule. And I am especially delighted that there will be carts of different sizes, with fees based on cart size.

Andrew Switzer, wine agent for Richmond’s Christopher Stewart Wines, has selected three wines to make your summer tasty and exciting. They’re from different wine regions and have different styles, and he likes them all.

To call Richmond multicultural is a bit of a misnomer. It’s better described as one city with two dominant cultures.

Dear Editor, The current state of bus shelters in Richmond is totally inadequate for the ever growing population, especially at a time when people are being encouraged to use bus services.

Dear Editor, Every time I see a young person clutching their hand-held electronic soother and checking it every few minutes to get confirmation that other people still know that they do exist, I am reminded of the time I challenged one of my college

Dear Editor, There has been much talk about on-going construction problems, specifically disruptive noise.

Open letter to our elected officials: I realize that citizens have access, although limited, to you through council meetings or requests for face time. But that involves protocols, rules and regulations, agendas and time restrictions.

Dear Editor, I see once again Richmond’s multicultural apologist-superheroes out in force trying to put out a fire storm of intricately interrelated issues with the squirt gun of “harmony”.

Dear Editor, I need your help to track the good Samaritan who helped me out on May 12. On that day, my dog crossed the street and got killed by a car at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Cooney Road, near the Granville Avenue intersection.

Dear Editor, Kudos to the Staff at Richmond Hospital. As I have multiple sclerosis, even a minor illness can trigger a nasty MS response. That happened last week, when I had to go into Richmond Hospital by ambulance with almost full-body paralysis.