Opinion

With the collapse of the potential partnership between the Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation and residential developers Qualex the recriminations and second-guessing have gone into overdrive.

Two Developers walk down the street. "You hear the latest joke?" "No" "Squamish!" "Ha ha good one, but it's not new." As the dust settles from the first waterfront battle now's a good time to check out the cards left on the table.

Tongues are wagging on the street and in our letters to the editor section this week about Coun. Mike Jenson's rather dramatic gesture at last week's Squamish council meeting.

This issue of has five pages of letters from residents expressing their strong views on the proposed Oceanfront Development and the partnership between Qualex Landmark and The Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation.

Editor, As Doug Day stated in last week's paper, he pays a lot in property taxes and so do I (at least mine are as a resident, not as a developer).

The fact that the Coast Guard and Environment Canada are at odds over what should be done to recover and remove the remaining 5,000 or so litres of bunker fuel oil from estuary vegetation is more than frustrating.

Six months ago, just after finishing journalism school, I was offered the chance to come back home and report on the town I grew up in and care so much about.

We don't want a quick fix on Oceanfront Editor, To Mayor Ian Sutherland and your hand-picked Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation board: please, not another "window dressing" open house where public feedback isn't taken seriously.

That's it Steve, you're off my Xmas list. No, it wasn't his recent, budget cut attack on women, First Nations and the handicapped. The last straw was this summer at the World AIDS Forum in Toronto.

The Oceanfront forum season is off to a good start, with more than a hundred interested citizens attending the District-sponsored event at the Brew Pub on Tuesday (Sept. 26).