The Editor,
My husband and I are not prone to protesting, trashing our city, causing damage, pushing our views on others who don’t agree, and yet we have voted in every election — municipal, provincial and federal — every year since we were of age. We have paid taxes all our lives, sometimes grumbling but basically realizing that is how the country is run. We read the newspaper every day and watch various TV newscasts, and the more we see, the more frustrated we are that the management of our governments is slowly eroding.
I am writing to state my view on the already legally decided Kinder Morgan project. I am for it. I take offence when I see people illegally fighting against this project and not only keeping our province from benefiting but adding to the taxpayers’ money grab with their antics.
The media also make these type of tactics look like that is how we are in B.C. Back east, they consider us tree huggers sitting around singing “Kumbaya,” with all the time in the world to protest, and think we are too strung out to think of the best interests of our country. Sadly, I am starting to wonder myself.
Julie Ann Waldron, Coquitlam
