Opinion

You probably know the Don't Votes. They were too busy to vote in the 1983 B.C. election. Same story in 1986. In 1991 they were out of town, in 1996 they didn't like the candidates and in 2001 they couldn't be bothered.

Editor, Now that the $20 million question is out of the way, is it time to look at what in my opinion could be done to make Squamish a better place.

The issue: Facilities Referendum WE SAY: Council listens and responds the right way to the vote It's not easy to listen to a message you didn't want to hear. It's even harder to respond to that message in a positive manner and work for a solution.

More than a year ago, I sat in the North Vancouver Provincial Courthouse watching a small television monitor as a blubbering Ryan Aldridge confessed to a police officer that he had, in fact, killed Bob McIntosh.

Editor,In the eyes of Wal-Mart detractors, the Arkansas-based chain embodies the worst kind of economic exploitation. It pays its 1.2 million workers an average of only $9.

Amy Shoup School Trustee In last month's column, I covered two of the four goals the School Board will be pursuing in the 2004-2005 school year. Thesewere student learning and technology.

The issue: Facilities Referendum WE SAY: Get more details and present it again in November Back in December, when the District of Squamish announced its intention ask the voters' approval to spend $20 million on new recreation facilities, we said in

Editor, With respect to the upcoming referendum and in reference to Bryan Raiser's comment in his Cynical Sunshine column in the Feb. 11 edition of the Chief that "...

"Open your eyes, we've already won the lottery." -J. McCormick There are different types of luck. There's money luck, and being lucky in love, but like everything else in life, the main luck is location, location, location.

There are things I wish I didn't know. Some of those things are just the quirks of life and growing up. I could probably do without knowing raw potatoes can be cut with a butter knife. And so can cheese for that matter.