Letters

Letter - Voting yes this time
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
The problems of our present library have been listed many times and, as an occasional shelver, I can… more
Letter - Referendum offer the best deal in town
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
As a published author and someone who has worked in numerous libraries I have a keen interest in the… more
Letter - Same old fiddle tune sours
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
I see that friend of libraries, Michael Friedman, is back at it. Having done his best to torpedo th… more
Letter - Nerve commended
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
Thank the heavens that someone has had the nerve to write in the Driftwood what most of us think: t… more
Library - SS library has excellent resources
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
I cannot agree with Mr. Friedman’s view that the library houses a “tired collection.” (“If island ca… more
Letter - Facts, not politics, on sea level changes
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
Regarding Kees Visser’s Oct. 28 In Response piece, I would like to commend Visser on his thoughtful… more
Letter - Five-metre point
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
Five-metre point I want to clarify the purpose of the article which you published two weeks ago rega… more
Letter - Raise the St. Mary Lake weir
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
In his “Don’t raise the weir” letter in last week’s Driftwood regarding the proposed raising of the… more
Letter - Personal invective no part in civil debate
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
It’s hard to leave this island without returning to discover surprising events such as the ill-natu… more
Letter - Clearing the way to beach accesses
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
I read your article on beach access (“Residents speak up to preserve beach access” in the Sept. 23 … more
Letter - Pathways gratitude
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
On behalf of Greenwoods Eldercare Society, I wish to convey appreciation to Partners Creating Pathw… more
Letter - Timely gathering
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
For people feeling overwhelmed by talk of global warming and climate change, a recent gathering of … more
Letter - Eyes on the prize
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
The prize: $4.55 million of federal and provincial funding for the building of the new library. Coul… more
Letter - Restore gaming grant funds
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
The following letter was sent to the finance committee of the B.C. Legislature and submitted to the… more
Letter - Too much traffic in Ganges
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
I visit Salt Spring fairly regularly as my family and I always enjoy our time there — visiting frie… more
LETTERS
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Nov-04-2009
Consider cat’s plight Last Thursday we heard a plaintive mewing at the front door and there w… more
Letter - Don't like library design
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
I don’t understand why the real “megaphone voices” want to stifle all comment on the library buildi… more
Letter - Make an informed decision on library
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
Let me add my voice to that of Peter Vincent, Roz Hobbs and others in support of the new library. (… more
Letter - Sacrifice should be universal
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
The following letter was sent to Premier Gordon Campbell “and other complicit cabinet ministers of … more
Letter - Getting exercise
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
Many of us are aware that the union contract for the Salt Spring Island Fire/Rescue service include… more
Letter - Costs of industrial agriculture
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
Charles Breth’s long letter claiming Elizabeth May has “no insight on food policy” (Oct. 21 Driftwoo… more
Letter - Award doesn’t make sense
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
When I heard that our Chamber of Commerce had awarded John Quesnel’s metal recycling business on Ra… more
Letter - Clarifying All Souls funding
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
The enthusiastic response to the recently completed All Souls Rising black heritage events affirms … more
Letter - Cuts do have local impact
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
The following letter was written to Health Minister Kevin Falcon and submitted to the Driftwood for… more
Letter -Don’t raise the weir
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
How many of the roughly 80 properties on St. Mary Lake will have their septic tanks and/or septic fi… more
Letter - Explore alternatives with library
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
The only “megaphone voice” is Peter Vincent’s, trying to kill discussion (“Don’t let megaphone voice… more
Letter - Library complainers are annoying
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
It is irksome to read the complaints of people like Michael Friedman, who expect our library to mee… more
Letter - Library proposal is a bargain
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-28-2009
Even people who use our library infrequently or not at all will recognize its importance to our com… more
Letter - No insight on food policy
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-21-2009
Elizabeth May’s op-ed piece in the Oct. 14 Driftwood (“Eating locally as a radical act”) reminded m… more
Letter - Look at the clock
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-21-2009
Please take a moment this week and do a Google search on “Redlining the Planet.” This is a stunnin… more
Letter - Tone down criticism, please
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-21-2009
A difference of opinion is to be expected and welcomed on Salt Spring but I have been disappointed i… more
Letter - Skate park society needs help
Gulf Islands Driftwood • Oct-21-2009
Last Sunday the Kanaka Road Skate Park hosted another entertaining and successful competition. The d… more

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