Opinion

DEAR EDITOR: Re: Consider the source, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Dear Editor: Elections for mayor, council and school trustees are only a few weeks away. We are already being encouraged to get involved, and we will soon be exhorted to get out and vote.

Sometimes I hate the Internet. Oh sure, it's great for finding people who disagree with your every opinion. In the past, getting into arguments required going out and talking to real people.

Burnaby council approved a timeline on Oct. 3 for the Burnaby tree bylaw review, with final decision-making on any changes taking place in fall 2012. A local tree advocate thinks it is a stalling tactic to make sure it isn't an election issue.

Dear Editor: Re: Does farmers' market need to move?, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 28.

We are rapidly approaching the March 31, 2012 expiration of British Columbia's 20-year contract with the RCMP. Did anyone have this date circled in red in their daytimers, we wonder? After all, the date hasn't changed in, well, 20 years.

Dear Editor: Re: Priorities all wrong in B.C., Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 3. I completely agree with Garth Evans that the $550 million the B.C. Liberals spent on replacing the B.C. Place Stadium roof is a huge waste of public resources.

Dear Editor: The lack of provincial government funding for groups to participate in the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is a direct threat to a successful outcome of that proceeding.