Opinion

The future is murky and hard to see. Until you fly right over it and see it marching past, covering the California desert.

There are a couple of things most people living in the Lower Mainland can agree on: one, a more robust public transit system is desperately needed; two, TransLink has been wasteful and poorly managed.

Dear Editor, Re: “Bridge name makes sense,” Letters , Jan. 14. I take Ms. Segal’s point regarding how it’s easy for her friends who have been visiting from Vancouver to follow No. 2 Road to the No. 2 Road Bridge on their return trip.

T rying to gauge whether a liquefied natural gas industry is going to finally establish a toe-hold in this province remains a risky endeavor, more so now that oil prices have plummeted to near-record lows.

T alk about missing the bullseye. Target is closing its doors in Richmond after a rather pathetic 14-month attempt to woo customers with the promise of unique products at discounted prices.

C anada is in the market for a new fighter jet, but we’ve been kicking the tires for quite a while now. You might remember back in 2012, when the government was all hot and bothered over the F-35, the so-called “fifth generation” fighter that the U.

C hances are, you got your property assessment in the mail this week and you grimaced at what you saw. Whether it is up or down, people tend to fret about taxes or whether their investment is maturing.

Dear Editor, Re: “Council shoots gown BB gun arena,” News , Jan. 7. What a relief to read that seven members of council had the good sense to say “No” to this business application and what a disappointment that two apparently do not.

Dear Editor, We all live in one home called Mother Earth. Mother Earth has many children in her family.

Dear Editor, Re: “MLA Reid cleared of any wrongdoing,” News , Jan. 9. Although Richmond East MLA Linda Reid’s expenses has concluded without any evidence of criminal wrongdoing by police, she is ethically wrong in spending lavishly taxpayers’ money.