Opinion

The hiring of a new city manager gives the mayor and council of the day the unique opportunity to shape the entire municipal government bureaucracy.

Dyer Straits

In his book Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear, Ottawa-based writer Dan Gardner summarizes the work of Paul Slovic, a University of Oregon professor and one of the pioneers on studying how people perceive risk.

I have had my faith in humanity renewed through a person's integrity and a business's honest employee. I ordered my lunch at the Fuji Japan restaurant on the corner of 3rd and Victoria.

It was with shock and dismay that I opened my utility bill from the City of Prince George. I could not believe my eyes when I saw that my bill had gone up $100.

I was all set this week to write about my grand plan for what I think Prince George needs to better its self-image and improve neighbourhood relations. I was going to suggest that Prince George needs community rec centres like Victoria has.

Mayor Green, I have written in the past about the job you had been doing, and how most of the city's ails were left over from the previous regime. I thought you had made some right moves and were on the right track.

Tim Bennett has spent his whole life giving back to Prince George, the community he grew up in.

Smart Money

I have listened attentively to the media and read every publication of the Citizen newspaper.