Letters

Oak Bay has a reputation for standoffishness but the recent snow dispelled that notion.

I’m writing in response to the letter by Ken Lane that appeared in the Feb. 14 online edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

I was contacted by the writer of the letter to the editor who had alleged racial profiling by an OBPD officer.

At a time when budget discussions are underway, kudos to Black Press and its regional newspapers for shining a light on municipal wages in Saanich, Victoria, and Oak Bay.

I find the salaries paid to the top local bureaucrats in Saanich rather offensive. One is paid $60,000 more than the premier of B.C. Saanich has to clean up their house. The Saanich police chief from two years ago was making $10,000 to $15,000 more than the premier does today to look after 181 officers and a few dozen other staff.

After being asked by Wolfgang Depner to discuss pickleball, we were excited about the proposed article and looked forward to pickleball highlighted in the Peninsula News Review

With the advent of new variants, social distancing and mask wearing is critical. This should also be the case for all outdoor activity. I cannot tell you the number of times, when I, fully masked, have encountered mask-less walkers, joggers, and cyclists who have forced me onto the road because they refuse to provide at least six feet of distance.

I would like to see a proper wharf, similar in appearance to the existing structure, replacing the present Beacon Wharf – certainly not a floating catastrophe … a castoff from the Hood Canal.

The author of the letter to the editor that appeared in the Feb. 3 Saanich News insisting that more needs to be done for the climate seems remarkably out of touch on climate science, real-world climate trends, the business world, and economics.

It is 4 a.m. and I am so angry at Victoria city council that I have to write this email.