Opinion

School District 43 was in a tough spot last winter after discovering that it over-spent on salaries and expenses by about $8 million and had to make some tough decisions to bring its budget in line with government funding.

The Editor, Re. "2.8% tax hike on homes" (The Tri-City News, Dec. 4). Again, Coquitlam is reaching into our pockets with yet another yearly tax increase. They are calling it the "good news budget.

I started wearing antlers during the Yuletide season. You know, the kind made from fun fur and wire. I did it simply because I wanted to.

'T is the season to make lists. Every December, newspapers and magazines invariably put out their top (insert category here) lists. The most influential, the sexiest, the best-dressed.

The Editor, Re. "Mixed reactions on OCP" (The Tri-City News, Nov. 29). For the many people attending the Port Moody town hall meeting on Nov.

As we age, our depth perception changes, our reaction time slows, medication might make us drowsy and our eyes are more sensitive to glare. For all these reasons, we might be more of a risk on the road to ourselves and others.

J ames Moore? Richard Stewart? Important people in the Tri-Cities, undoubtedly.

N o offence to the tattooed amongst you but I'm really not a fan of the body art phenomenon.

Like salmon - once a symbol of B.C. resource wealth and now too costly for the average family to eat regularly - our abundant electricity is now going to cost us an arm and a leg.

T ransLink - everyone's favourite whipping boy in the Lower Mainland - is about to be put to the electoral test and it promises not to be pretty.