Opinion

Re: “School district faces $633,000 shortfall” (May 19). It is nearing time for all of us to decide to keep or lose something understood globally as critical to democracy: public education.

Around Squamish, many stellar employees are figuring out how to manage following tiny pay increases of one or two per cent, including, most recently, District of Squamish employees, who are receiving only 1.

We would like to strongly oppose the Third Avenue option for Squamish’s downtown trucking route. This proposed corridor would have severe impacts to our many seniors living near Third and Pemberton avenues. Safety is our number one area of concern.

I read with interest the budget shortfall in the school board budget (“School district faces $633,000 shortfall,” May 19). I have always thought the students are #1, teachers are #2 and administration is #21.

I would like to share with the public past conversations I have had with our MLA, Jordan Sturdy. I would welcome any Sea to Sky Highway upgrades through the town of Lions Bay.

Thank you to Squamish resident Star Morris for her letter to the editor, “Consider the future of water in Squamish” (May 19). The District of Squamish shares this passion for the importance of protecting the long-term health of our watershed.

‘We have rolled up our sleeves to generate economic wealth’

Hear ye, hear ye, the District of Squamish has issued an all-points bulletin inviting the denizens of this little patch of paradise to a series of citizen-led Squamish 2040 Official Community Plan (OCP) pizza night discussions.

I just read your article on the site choice for the compressor station, “FortisBC picks compressor site near Valleycliffe” (May 12). I live in Valleycliffe and have no problem with a compressor station on Mount Mulligan.

While walking our dog near the Stawamus River on Saturday, my partner and five-year-old son came across some people camping illegally. This is a very common event. Slightly less common was that they were having sex at the time.