Opinion

The Editor, Re: “Don’t play head games,” News, Dec. 12. Cody Kusch, the Seafair Board of Directors, Dr.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a strange beast. It exists to bash any and all attempts to raise taxes, and to call attention to wasteful government spending. And sometimes that sends it down weird rabbit holes of stupidity.

Chances are you were hearing the name Uber and associating it with controversy before you even understood what the company was offering.

If a majority of Metro Vancouver voters endorse Translink’s proposed half-point increase in the sales tax to fund transportation projects, the ramifications could go well beyond the region and the specific issue being voted on.

Dear Editor, Re: “Twisting brain a major factor in head knocks,” Letters , Dec. 17.

Dear Editor, Re: “Oval moves to private enterprise for yoga services,” News , Dec. 10. The Richmond Olympic Oval was always envisioned as a blending of public and private services, a common practice among municipal facilities.

Dear Editor, Re: “Don’t play head games,” News , Dec. 12. Congratulations on an excellent article on managing concussions in the Richmond News. Cody Kusch and his team are state-of-the-art in concussion management.

No one gets up in the morning, pulls on their socks, and thinks, “Today I’m going to be evil.” Everyone, absolutely everyone, from nurses tending to Ebola patients to killers for hire, thinks they’re the good guy.

Christmas, as we all know, is a time for digging into your pockets, wallets and purses and finding change or notes to service the jingle of the Salvation Army kettles or Richmond Food Bank donation box.

Words matter to politicians. They can use them like lures to attract voters. Because words matter to me, too, I find such political lures alluring, though for a different reason. But first, a quick look at lure itself.