Whitehorse Daily Star

November 9, 2016

• Please refrain from this terminology Re: “Lady warriors fight to supervolley title” (Star, Nov. 7).
• We could not do it without you! October and November are months when many things are starting
• DataPath poll accurately called the election The latest DataPath Systems election poll
• U.S. result was predictable months ago Re.“Clintonomics created Trump; only Sanders can beat him” (Star column, June 17, 2016).
• Do you need a break from reality TV? Are you often angry for no apparent reason?

November 8, 2016

• I would have voted for a reformer Four years ago, I wrote a letter to cabinet minister Currie Dixon asking him to make sure that ATVs stay on trails that are already there.
• Bumbling YP reduced our economy to a shambles Ed. note: this letter arrived too late for publication last Friday, the final publishing day for letters before Monday’s territorial election.
• Have we lost our connection with our flag? Back in the early ’30s, when I was born, our flag was the Union Jack. The flag was treated with the highest respect.

November 4, 2016

• Do you see the light on protecting our night skies? The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC): Yukon Centre (Yukon Astronomical Society), i
• A carbon tax is the tax to nowhere I’m just poor.
• Environmental violence and the voting booth Driving by the Yukon Teachers’ Association on Second Avenue in Whitehorse,
• Yukon Party may have to sing a new tune soon The Yukon Party (YP) may have to change its theme-song from Roll-Out the (Oil) Barrels to something a little bit melancholy.
• What is happening in the Philippines, U.S.A. I am lucky to know many fine, upstanding Philippines residents living in Whitehorse.
• Let’s avert more years of mismanagement Let’s make our vote count.
• Are the Liberals being upfront on fracking? The Liberals are walking a tightrope with their position on oil and gas.
• Ignore the polls and honour your conscience The true story told by the DataPath and the Liberal Gandalf polls (Star, Oct. 31) is hard to determine.
• Let’s buy a removal system One of the methods by which the Yukon can reduce carbon emissions
• The importance of truthfulness as an electoral issue is obvious It is not unreasonable to expect political leaders to be truthful and transparent in a democracy.
• We can build a renewable energy economy easily My dream is to see a Yukon that will one day run on a renewable energy economy and be carbon-free.
• Our proxy votes are not a vehicle for social change At this point,
• Stop preaching fear and stand up for Yukoners! It would be a shame
• It would have been nice to hear from the Yukon Party I posed questions to all territorial party leaders about whether they would give the people of the Yukon a vote, according to election laws, on future senators.

November 2, 2016

• Let’s ban fracking in all ways For the undecided about who to vote for and cares for Yukon, here are two answers that, I hope, can help you decide.
• The Liberals aren’t telling the truth about the fracking issue Ed. note: this is a letter to Whitehorse resident Mike Travill, referencing his letter published in Monday’s edition.
• Editor’s note The Star will not be publishing letters related to the territorial election on Monday, voting day.
• The value of strategic voting can never be underestimated It works. But do the majority of voters in a riding understand the benefits?
• Here is how to attract many additional votes, Mr. Premier Premier Darrell Pasloski: your political sins can be forgiven, if you do what you must do.
• ‘Scandal party’ is coming apart It’s the last week of the campaign, and the wheels are falling off some parties’ actions!
• Proxy rights should be equal In the Whitehorse Centre riding proxy vote affair (Star, Nov. 1), the concern for equality has not even been mentioned by some.
• Sign placement is offensive I own a property downtown, at 600 Drury St. This is just down the street from Liberal candidate Tamara Goeppel.
• Doing this for veterans is payback for our freedom A couple of years ago,
• What to do with all the money from the carbon tax? At the moment,

November 1, 2016

• Those living in poverty merit respect, inclusion I was disappointed when I read that Tamara Goeppel doubled down on her plan to get homeless people to sign proxy forms.
• A lack of connectivity means a welfare economy This is an open letter to the Yukon political parties.
• Public may be surprised by political ethics’ decay It takes about two years for politicians to lose their ethics.
• When voting, know we’re all in this together “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”

October 31, 2016

• I have no fear of a price imposed on carbon The Yukon Party delivered some propaganda to my door in the Mountainview riding. It says the carbon tax will cost over $2,500 per household.
• A legislated ban is different from a moratorium A legislated ban is different from a moratorium
• YP, NDP don’t anticipate winning The Yukon Party and NDP have declared who they expect to be the next government.
• I’m choosing clear commitments over charm We saw how far pretty words and charm can get you last October, when Justin Trudeau swept to power.