Opinion

FACE TO FACE: Should a 0.5% tax be added to the PST to pay for public transit? M y colleague opposite and I agree that transportation should be a top priority for our city governments.

FACE TO FACE: Should a 0.5% tax be added to the PST to pay for public transit? M etro Vancouver mayors want to increase the PST half a per cent to fund TransLink.

The provincial election will not be held for another three months but campaign advertising is starting in earnest.

I made a grievous error writing an obituary for Sue Haberger this week. My article was stuffy and pretentious where she was not.

Imagine a province where party leaders are chosen in an independently supervised vote, with 12-year-olds, dead people and pets prevented from voting.

The Editor, Re. "Polak undecided on proposed tax" (The Tri-City News, Feb. 8). As P.T. Barnum said, "There is a sucker born every minute." And it seems Metro Vancouver mayors are being suckered by TransLink's demand for more money.

Things are clearly getting desperate for Lower Mainland mayors if they are seriously proposing a sales tax to help pay for public transportation in the region. The proposed TransLink sales tax would add up to 0.

The Editor, Re. "TransLink vehicle levy back on Metro mayor's agenda" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 23). We know that TransLink has an insatiable appetite for other people's money.

Aplan to provide low- and no-cost services so older seniors can stay independent and at home longer will soon be coming to the Tri-Cities.

A s associate dean of science at Simon Fraser University, I've conducted thousands of experiments.