Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Stop council's tomfoolery and vote Yes' I have to respond to the rather predictable comments in letters to the editor by Mayor Bourassa and Coun. Buckway (Star, June 14).
The process may have been breached I have never been through anything like the referendum for a plebiscite in an Official Community Plan. However, I suspect the City has 'breached' the process, as it did on the greenbelt matter.

Undermining group is sad, small-minded' Yukon Artists at Work (YA@W) was started by a few artists with a vision.
Local voters must clean house! Ed. note: this is an open letter to Mayor Ernie Bourassa and city council.
We have not decimated our greenery Re: letter to the editor from Carole Bookless, Star, June 12.
Bring four voters to vote No Residents of Whitehorse are going to the polls for a referendum vote on June 22 regarding Bylaw 2006-11.
Who'd support close development? It is true that Whitehorse needs a green space bylaw.

We should all have a level playing field As the target of serious allegations made by a prominent downtown businessman in 'Competition is unfair, gallery owners say' (Star, June 9), I am compelled to respond.

Make sure the City hears your voice! On June 22, the City of Whitehorse will have its first citizen-initiated referendum.
Childcare workers deserve decent wages Recently, there has been a great deal of interest and discussion around childcare and daycares in the Yukon. The discussion is long overdue but late is better than never.
Fix accident-prone corner Why don't we just turn Second Avenue and Fourth Avenue into a 'junk yard' and be done with it? (Star, June 9).
Make it everything or nothing Why are there so many people trying to put words into my mouth, trying to tell me what to think and how to feel?
Firearms law should be investigated It seems to me that an 'inquiry' into the various 'columns of smoke' coming from the firearms act and its cost is long overdue.

Our assessments should be lowered This is an open letter to the Assessment Appeal Board chair (Aletta Anne King) and members (Truska Gorrell and Doug Phillips).
It's time to stop the insanity! I certainly hope the taxpayer is not paying for these ongoing redundant 'consultations' about greenbelts with the various bureaucrats and their assistants.
Your policy is unfair to gun owners, Mr. Milton This is an open letter to the Air Canada president Robert Milton.

This project would be a progressive move It was a pleasure to see the expeditious manner in which the newly-formed Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) proceeded to approve the proposal to develop Meadow Lakes (Star, June 7).
We become a banana republic MP Maurice Vellacott's recent comments about the Supreme Court have caused the president of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to react by writing a letter to the prime minister on May 9, saying that: 'behaviour such as this seriously threatens judicial independence.'

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