Letters

It’s enough to make you turn over in your grave.

I’m reading a book, Utopia for Realists, available through our local library.

Our health-care system is always changing. Its weaknesses were highlighted once the pandemic was called. Three years later, little to nothing has improved.

Perhaps rather than taking the typical Saanich approach to everything, that one size fits all, has anyone actually thought about possibly restricting certain breeds to be on leash rather than all breeds?

Recently, a development consultant wrote in reply to my letter titled: “Saanich shouldn’t be providing discounts to developers”; that profit margins on construction projects aren’t as high as the public might think. So, his rationalization follows, that discounts from the municipality on community amenity contributions, developer cost charges, etc. would lead to more affordable housing.

You have to give those who are in control of Central Saanich’s tennis and pickleball courts credit for trying. Unfortunately, the end result is frustrating for all the pickleball players in the area.

I can’t believe your attempt to trivialize the effects of climate change as good for someone with your front-page article, “Climate change hurts the Okanagan, but helps Vancouver Island’s wine industry.”

Here is a novel idea for property taxes that councils might consider. Perhaps like individual homeowners, if they don’t have the money, they shouldn’t undertake capital improvements and continually increase operating costs in multiple areas.

My intent is not to dismiss the concerns raised by the people who are coping with an unhoused “encampment” near Danbrook Dog Park.

The Friends of Centennial Square is a group of Greater Victoria citizens declaring an interest in council’s intention to undertake a renewal of Centennial Square.