Opinion

Dear Editor: This week, a member of Burnaby Gogos picked up three jars of pennies from a woman who called because she'd been saving them since noticing the Burnaby NOW article, "Grandmothers want change.

If I could redesign humans, starting from the ground up, I'd probably change a whole lot of things. But if I could only make one tweak, I'd add a safety valve.

Dear Editor: Re: We absolutely need a new hospital, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 5.

Dear Editor: The letter from Ziggy Eckardt says it all and so politely.

Dear Editor: I disagree with the opinion that the recent politically motivated and politically executed review of Burnaby Hospital operations is useless. I think we should bundle up all the copies of the report and send them to Burnaby Hospital.

Dear Editor: We women don't care for Christy Crunch. If you don't know why, you're out to lunch. We're millions in debt and taxed to the hilt, no homes for the poor for few have been built. Our hospitals, schools all need repair.

Dear Editor: One of the reasons there has been an increase in the number of accidents involving pedestrians is that more and more pedestrians break the traffic rules.

How do you protect taxpayers from boondoggles in provincial and federal governments? How do you protect consumers from tainted beef? How do you discourage all levels of governments from burying bad decisions, misusing public funds and mismanagement?

There is increasing pressure on NDP leader Adrian Dix to provide some clear indications of what kind of policies he would implement should he become premier.

Dear Editor: Re: Risks not worth it, Letters to the Editor, Burnaby NOW, Nov. 30 and Emergency generator part of $2M city upgrade, Burnaby NOW, Nov. 30.