Opinion

I won’t pretend to claim I fully understand the official community plan (OCP) issues, and frankly my cynical mind tells me that taxpayers have limited if any influence on elected politicians hard bent on going forward with what they and their friends see as good for the rest of us regardless of our views.

Is a vaccine passport intruding on my privacy? Yes - but it is a measured and necessary action.

She is not Lang Lang, Clara Schumann, Billy Joel or Carole King, but she can play.

Thank you Nat Klein for your very concise description of our Sidney Wharf in your letter to the editor in the Aug. 19 News Review. We have a long way to go until 2028. I think we have had enough “change” in Sidney – from a delightful small town with a “big town” feeling into Condo City. Council: Leave some character behind, please.

Re: The article on the student housing crisis (Aug. 19). Student housing is the responsibility of the provincial government.

Two letters in Oak Bay News of Aug. 19 provide even more evidence that council is not attuned to residents’ interests and acting accordingly. However, it may be the administration who are acting as gatekeepers, holding back information and bent on preventing council from interacting with the voters.

Is alien life real? I cannot prove it, but I think probably yes. We as a species (humans) should not be too paranoid. If they really wanted to hurt us they would have done so by now. Perhaps someday we will have a good exchange of knowledge and ideas with alien life and develop a friendship with them.

I love Sidney and always spend most Saturdays there enjoying shopping and the beaches. But not so much anymore. It’s just not the same delightful little town that held its charm.

I noticed that the new Sidney calendar for 2022 is proudly displayed at a local bookstore. That the calendar is about the Town of Sidney is readily apparent in that the cover photo is of the blue and white building housing the fish market on the public wharf.

We have been dog owners throughout the 35 years that we have lived in Saanich. We support the Saanich People, Pets, and Parks Strategy and believe that there are many others in the community who support such a direction and who are concerned for the safety of their children, their elders, and their dogs. We also believe there are many in the community who are concerned about dogs running freely in environmentally sensitive areas in our parks.