Whitehorse Daily Star

October 17, 2011

• A bureaucratic guide for the MLA-designates Definitions for your protection from Bureaucrat X for new MLAs:
• Your generosity will help many people On behalf of the Horn of Africa, Famine and Drought Relief Fund, we want to thank you for your service to this cause which has allowed us to raise the funds that were received.
• Premier should show Hanson's class Ed. note: this is a letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.

October 14, 2011

• I value this great opportunity I would like to thank the constituents of the Mount Lorne Southern Lakes riding.
• How to make change happen! If you cannot point to someone your vote helped to elect, you are far from alone.
• Is anyone really surprised by the Yukon Party win? The Yukon election is over, and the Yukon Party was returned with a majority mandate for a third term.
• These ID rules are complete madness! Ed. note: this is a letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
• Take polls' data with a grain of salt I question some of the conclusions and the reported accuracy of the the DataPath Systems poll on the Yukon election (Star, Oct. 7).

October 13, 2011

• Canadian Cancer Society needs special volunteers The Canadian Cancer Society is looking for some jolly fellows and gals volunteers who look good in red and white and enjoy entertaining children during the Christmas season.
• We can make the Yukon a better place for all I am honoured to be the new MLA for Porter Creek South (Star, Oct. 12).

October 12, 2011

• Congratulations to all of our candidates The last great Yukon election is over for another five years or fewer. Congrats to all of the winners and condolences to the candidates who came up short.
• Letter writer omitted some pertinent facts Wade Carrell's letter of Oct. 5 needs a bit more facts added to it.
• What kind of justice can we expect? Yet again, Whitehorse residents get to see vandalism in action (burning outhouses at Rotary Peace Park, smashed windows at Takhini Elementary, etc.).
• You can count on me to deliver results Ed. note: this letter was released on the eve of Tuesday's election.

October 7, 2011

• Some parties want to help welfare bums I hear so much from the NDP and Liberals about jobs,
• The NDP does the working man no favours NDP Leader Liz Hanson is going to save the Peel.
• New Democrats would trash our economy in short order There is precious little economic detail in the Liz Party's platform document, but, taken with her public utterings, we can get a pretty good idea of Lizonomics.
• Remember the C.D. Howe report! The C.D. Howe Institute, a conservative "think tank”, gave an "F” to the Yukon government for its fiscal mismanagement.
• Let's maintain the status quo It has taken over 110 years to restore a level of sustained prosperity to our beloved territory.
• Beware of polling results Since the federal election in May in which Liberal MP Larry Bagnell was defeated,
• It's incumbent on us to vote for the wildlife Wildlife can't vote, and election time is here.
• Let's not be naïve … the Peel plan has a big cost Lately, we have seen a lot of discussion on the cost of the implementation of the Peel Land Use Plan "as is”.
• Wake up to reality, fellow Yukoners! Like many other Yukoners, I'm still waiting to see our would-be premiers acknowledge one of the real elephants in the room: our 19th-century mining laws.
• Grits: ‘responsible, proactive and practical' The Yukon Liberal Party's leader, Arthur Mitchell, has six years' experience as an MLA and brings with him years of financial experience as a business person and as the official Opposition's Finance critic.
• This broken-down regime has had it I have been following the election and news articles related to Yukon Vote 2011.
• This Liberal has proved his mettle I live in Riverdale South, and have three strong candidates in my riding.
• NDP's defenders should do their research first! Freda McMaster's letter that appeared in Monday's edition of the Whitehorse Star was an interesting piece of fiction.
• Pasloski is fear-mongering on the compensation issue Darrell Pasloski has stated he does not want to predetermine the outcome of the Peel watershed planning process by stating his party's position on the final recommended plan.
• Mining employs your friends and neighbours Let's deal in facts for a change.
• On Tuesday, rein in this lunacy! So the Yukon Party and the Liberals will spend us into the worst debt, on a per-capita basis, in Canada. All in the name of economic development.
• The government has racked up massive debt During the past few years, the Dennis Fentie/Yukon Party government has spent over $1 billion each year,
• This should be very scary for local residents I hope everyone listened carefully to the candidates' debate on Wednesday night (Star, Oct. 6).
• The Liberals are ready to govern Who am I to vote for?
• In Hanson, I see dedication and compassion In my 40-odd years living in Yukon, politics have not been my thing.
• Come clean on your funding! We all have seen the expensive ads, colourful signs and Internet ads by the three major Yukon political parties.
• History repeats itself After being in the Yukon for about 40 years, I've made some observations.
• Voters: don't be misled! Disingenuous.
• The only sane solution is the Yukon Party There is so much talk and discussion among the leaders about the Peel and housing that it is taking up all the election coverage.

October 6, 2011

• Scott Kent's roller coaster ride back to power Mr. Scott Kent supports connecting Yukon to the B.C. electrical grid.
• We endorse land-based addictions treatment Ed. note: this is a letter to Chief Rick O'Brien of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation.
• Story mentioned the wrong school During the current election campaign, many constituents have raised the issue of overcrowding at Elijah Smith Elementary School,
• What of the geo-thermal option? The Geologcal Survey of Canada reported last week that the Yukon has the largest and most viable geo-thermal potential.