Opinion

The Editor, Re: "Calling all Trustees," Letters, Dec. 30. While living in Saskatchewan, a similar thing was happening to the education system there. The schools were being drastically under-funded, and were working on a bare-bones situation.

The Editor, As the president of the Richmond Food Bank Society, I have been able to observe and appreciate the way my community supports those in need.

The federal government's decidedly right-ward shift has some potentially big implications for B.C. and whichever party forms the next government here.

The Editor, In recent years, a trend perpetrated by Richmond's restaurateurs has been insidiously gaining ground at the expense of hardworking Richmondites: a gratuity automatically being slipped onto the unsuspecting patron's restaurant bill.

If there is one way history will mark 2011, it will be as the year the people regained their voice. With luck, 2012 will be remembered as the year that voice brought about change.

When it comes to the craziness of politics, I usually feel superior to my American relatives. They labour under the delusion, fed by The West Wing and a narrowly focused U.S. media, that American politics are interesting.

An open letter to the newly elected Richmond school trustees as they enter the New Year.

British Columbia's justice system is in crisis. This year, we saw serious cases delayed or thrown out because of a lack of judges to hear them or sheriffs to keep the courtroom safe.

The Editor, I am not one to write to the editor, but my recent accident and the help given by so many people deserves note. I am now one of Richmond's pedestrian struck statistics. On Dec. 20, while walking across No.

The Editor, Re: "Former cop becomes child advocate," News, Dec. 21.