Letters

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

Shutdown of Parksville dispensary no help to local patients

We took your question of the day and were very surprised to find that Paramedics were not under the umbrella of Essential Services like firemen and policemen.

City Council wants you to participate in a budget deliberation exercise, but doesn’t want you to be prepared for that debate. They’d rather keep the budget figures to themselves until the evening of debate and then distribute the numbers.

Parksville Downtown Business Association is asking City council for $210,000 for signage in the downtown area to help revitalization in the area. They want a guarantee of $70,000 per year for three years.

“Wayfinding” street signs that direct visitors to community attractions are springing up in many places around the province. Now Parksville’s council is considering supporting a proposal by the Parksville Downtown Business Association to put in a couple of dozen wayfinding street signs costing $210,000 of our tax dollars .