Dear Editor:
I am writing with regard to the $42,000 in free golf passes for city officials article in your Oct. 31 issue. Evidently the "yes vote" was skewed by the unethical solicitation by some officials of their "friends, colleagues, and personal lists" to support this elitist benefit. I for one will vote "no" to this excessive perk by refusing to vote for any of the listed officials who benefited from free golf last year.
For those citizens who missed the column in 24 Hours and wish to register a strong no to free golf for city officials, my "no" vote in the coming elections goes to: Colleen Jordan at $4,674, Wayne Peppard at $7,898, Paul McDonell at $2,633, to Katrina Chan whose husband elicited 60 to 70 people to vote yes, to Lee Loftus at $2,677, and to Alan Hutton.
Golf is a sport for the wealthy, beyond the finances of the average Burnaby citizen who enjoys the wealth of gorgeous park lands in our picture-perfect Burnaby, freely available to all. City officials should "pay as they play" or take a very long walk in the woods.
Patricia Fieldwalker, via email
