Opinion

EDITOR, Free dump day should be easy to manage. It should stay for good, as the letter in The Chief ("More 'free' dumping required," May 6) says. But the problem has always been timing and dates for most people. Bring back free dump day.

EDITOR, Re: The Chief, May 6, page A3 sidebar: "Open house planned at Squamish Valley SPCA.

The Eagle Eye Theatre is the location tonight (May 13) at 7:30 p.m. for the Howe Sound Performing Arts Association's (HSPAA) Star Search 2011, when young people of all ages will showcase their musical talents for the judges and appreciative audience.

Last year, a grey whale made its way up Howe Sound to the Squamish River estuary, the first recorded visit by a grey whale to our waters in approximately 100 years.

EDITOR, Nova Scotia again. Halifax, the Annapolis Valley and Cape Breton all have public transit. They have all been praised in national and international publications. Now they are sponsoring a Sustainable Transportation Conference for young people.

Council and the senior managers comprising the Core Leadership Team have recently completed the 2011 Financial Plan. While there were significant challenges going into this year's budget process, there were also many positive factors.

I hate paying for parking. It's not that I'm cheap, but because I use my debit or credit card for almost everything, I never have any change for the bloody meters.

Lenin once said that people vote with their feet. If that is the case, I'll add that our elected representatives need to know what "darning" means.

EDITOR, Let's face it.

The people have spoken. Or have they? Well, they have in the best way our first-past-the-post voting system will allow. In our view, it's a system that's incapable of rendering a fair result, and it should be changed. How does 39.