Letters

What does one think of when one thinks of Oak Bay? Character homes, beautiful gardens … How about disgusting washrooms?

When is Oak Bay going to smarten up. I get up this morning, pour myself a cup of coffee, get the paper and sit down to read… immediately two neighbours with commercial lawn care companies show up and the first thing they do is turn on their gas-powered leaf blowers.

Myself and many other concerned residents of the immediate neighbourhood in Royal Oak have been active in our efforts to make known our valid, fact-based opinions and objections to Doral Forest Park, a proposed 242-unit condo development with two buildings, one of which is 11 storeys high, adjacent to the southern boundary of Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park on Elk Lake Drive.

A recent article in Saanich News pointed out that the District of Saanich may consider a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.

After reading the article in the May 26 Saanich News, it is obvious that environmentalist Teal Phelps Bondaroff is pursuing his personal agenda and pushing Saanich council to jump on his bandwagon.

Walking my grand dog recently past the very busy skateboard park on Fifth Avenue I was saddened to see the grass strewn with empty plastic bottles, cans, plastic ice cream containers, even packets from toddlers food.

Mount Douglas is a destination off-leash dog walking site for the region. Many dog owners in the region go to Mount Doug weekly or daily, and shop in Saanich along the way.

Mitzi Dean is NDP MLA for Esquimalt Metchosin

Reader says John Horgan not a leader on old-growth tree issue

Amy White, in her letter on age-restricted buildings , expressed viewpoints that are entrenched in the context of a valued citizen. The older citizens of Victoria are put in devalued social roles and not consistently given the support they need. Fair treatment for everybody does not mean everybody gets the same. Fair treatment means everybody gets what they need.