Opinion

I can't believe the chain of events that have transpired over the last couple of years. It started with the school district telling a school of 50 kids that they needed to raise $30,000 for a new playground that our kids could not do without.

When hell freezes over. B.C. Chamber of Commerce head John Winter believes that will be the day the anti-HST forces will win their fight to repeal the harmonized sales tax. Winter had nothing but cold comfort for residents of B.C.

Bruce Strachan Right Side Up It's time Gordon Campbell bit the harmonized sales tax bullet, showed some political courage and let the HST debate proceed to the B.C. legislature for a full-blown debate.

I realize that being "Gunned down" in the streets is a big news story and worthy of the front page coverage that it received.

It is clear that the anti-HST movement has proven troublesome to the Liberals and their corporate friends. First the Liberals waited until after the polls closed in the last election to let the voting public know they would be introducing the HST.

The front page of the Aug. 16 Citizen was truly in the worst taste. Photos that graphic have no place for the public to see. Do you not think think friends and family of a murder victim should be spared the horrible sights you displayed.

I fully support The Citizen's publication of the picture of a gunned down criminal for one main reason.

It is mind boggling that The Prince George Citizen, a newspaper which has won national journalism awards, would print a picture of a deceased person on the front page of the paper. The article was completely sensationalized.

I'm writing regarding the Aug. 16 front page photo of the homicide on Oak Street. The photograph was shocking, intrusive and upsetting. That man is someone's son.

My goodness! Letter after letter all castigating you and your photographer for the picture of the murder on Oak Street. Truly, you have shocked members of our dear peaceful community to their cores. But I wonder...