Opinion

The Editor, Re. "PM won't do pesticides to battle beetles" ( The Tri-City News , Jan. 16) It's not surprising to hear Mayor Mike Clay is having second thoughts about Port Moody's ban on urban pesticides.

The Editor, Re. "Put lights where they're needed" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 30). Mr. Paone is quite correct that the engineering staff are spending a lot of our tax dollars in micro-managing traffic control in PoCo areas.

The Editor, One has to shake their head with the Metro Vancouver congestion tax referendum, as clearly the Metro mayors haven't a clue what they are talking about.

C oquitlam doesn't have a lot of special event space for large outdoor gatherings and so it's no surprise that it's planning to build an amphitheater on the shores of Lafarge Lake. And why not? It's got the money.

The Editor, Re. "City pays $11M for Burke site" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 21). The city of Coquitlam is paying $11 million for Burke Mountain lands in order to help out the provincial government, which is in need of cash.

The Editor Re. "PoCo mayor pitches hard on need for transportation tax" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 28). The looming transportation referendum on taxing us is going to be an enormous blunder. Call it off.

It comes as no surprise to penny-pinching drivers that tolling the Port Mann Bridge while leaving other Fraser River crossing options free would result in a wholesale desertion of the new bridge.

The Editor, I've noticed that the city of Port Coquitlam has managed to slow down traffic further on Prairie Avenue by installing a useless traffic light at Regina Street. It's obvious the city engineering staff has its priorities wrong.

Port Coquitlam has the distinction of having some of the cheapest gas in Metro Vancouver. But many drivers are getting used to a new normal, with most gas stations offering fuel at roughly $1 a litre.

The Editor, Re. "Safety work done at site of fatal accident" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 12).