Letters

On Tuesday, March 28, I had arrived at QF for $1.49 days. I’m eight months pregnant and have some sore joints like many pregnant ladies get. So I parked in the parent parking and continued on my way.

Len Walker’s letter to the editor ( BC Hydro should be key election issue - The News, March 23) is quite right in recognizing BC Hydro’s mismanagement as a massive scandal, now in debt by $18.8 billion and headed for another $12 billion.

I offer the following comments on Qualicum Beach council’s recent advancement of the Laburnum development proposal.

I am the manager of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market. I am organizing the Food Truck Festival.

There is a section of the Inland Island Highway, near the Parksville Qualicum turnoff on the southbound lane, where accidents occur regularly during rainy periods. Five months ago the B.C. Supreme Court dealt with a serious case that happened near the Pacific Rim National Park exit.

Low guaranteed interest (GIC) rates caused us to rethink our long term financial plans when rates dropped to below two per cent. Our TFSA’s were already at maximum. Interest from GICs are taxable plus inflation also takes its toll. We were losing money. The decision was made to invest in a rooftop solar array. We went into this blindly because there were no statistics supporting solar as a financial investment in the Deep Bay (Bowser) area.

The Lonely Robin At 5 a.m.

Follow the rules of the road, for safety’s sake

The mismanagement of BC Hydro should be considered a massive scandal and the defining issue of the upcoming provincial election. Since the B.C. Liberals took office, they turned the corporation from a cash cow into a nearly bankrupt utility that is now in debt to the tune of some $22 billion. Consequently, hydro rates for British Columbians have increased by 34 percent (adjusted for inflation) since 2001 and will need to increase much more to cover the increasing debt.

It’s time for shooters to relocate away from growing population