Opinion/Letters to the Editor

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the City of Prince George. For the better part of 20 years I was a stoned drunk, careless and reckless with my words. I cared little about most things and had no boundaries vocalizing this.

I am writing in response to Michael Wood's letter on April 15, "Climate Change? Only for the better", but also to the many letters written by climate change skeptics and printed in the Citizen over the last few years.

I am a Prince George resident operating a business that employs between three to seven people depending on the season. It is my opinion that the HST needs to be scrapped. The politicians keep saying it will be good for business.

Regarding 30 year tax breaks. Tax breaks shift the tax burden to other businesses and home owners. The taxes not being received have to be made up from the only source there is, the taxpayer.

Economists think the HST is the greatest thing since mom's apple pie. I have a different opinion. I call it "help the south tax." There has been a sharp increase to the U.S.

During National Volunteer Week, which ends Saturday, the Canadian Cancer Society encourages Canadians to celebrate the volunteers in their community.

The residents of Red Rock/Stoner area are being told that a biosolids storage area on Patterson Road East is a good thing for the environment.

I read in the news how much effort the minister of health is putting into increasing access to health care for British Columbians.

I sit here pondering a scary occurrence to me yesterday, not wanting to tar all preteen or early teen boys with the same brush. I wonder, do parents sit down at the Sunday night dinner table and ask their children what they were up to on their day.

Vaughn Palmer's column in the April 9 Citizen makes some interesting points, however for those people who are opposed to the HST, his points are of little or novalue.