Letters: Olympic Village, Glen Eden school, lingerie football, Adrian Dix …

No one should criticize Olympic VIllage?

Re: “Stones Thrown at Village.”

Michael Geller offers up some reasonable questions about Vancouver’s approach to the Olympic Village real estate, and about the value for money received by taxpayers in exchange for the millions paid to Bob Rennie companies.

Instead of enlightening the benighted public and responding substantively to Mr. Geller’s questions, Rennie responds with personal barbs.

That begs that question, who can criticize Rennie? According to him, it seems that only those who “sit in the boardroom with the decision makers and stakeholders” are allowed to pose questions about the city’s vast liabilities for the Olympic Village project. Since that effectively eliminates virtually every citizen of Vancouver, and given that those insiders aren’t posing the intelligent questions that Mr. Geller has, I suppose we’ll have to proceed with no questioning or criticism at all.

Perhaps that’s precisely what the “condo king” wants.

Mike Barrenger, Vancouver

Government has priorities

So parents of special-needs students at Glen Eden Multimodal Centre want another $200,000 a year to stay open?

Don’t they realize that the B.C Liberal government would have to layoff one ICBC manager to fund such a request?

Luckily, the government has its priorities straight. That school is toast.

Gordon Andru, Burnaby

What’s the diff?

What is the difference between watching women in the Lingerie Football League in Abbotsford and the Olympic women’s volleyball in London?

Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge

Dix shows leadership

The “Dix review” is predicated on revoking a secret behind-the-scenes deal the Liberals pulled off in 2010. This dirty deal was signed by staff because the minister responsible devolved his authority to avoid political scrutiny and push the whole sordid affair under the rug.

The result of the equivalency agreement signed by the Liberal staff was a forfeiting of our right to properly review and assess not just the Northern Gateway Project but four oil and gas infrastructure projects.

Revoking such an appalling secret agreement is not “shallow politics” but rather strong leadership and Adrian Adrian Dix deserves credit for making the move to restore our sovereignty and stand up for British Columbians.

Kevin Logan, Cowichan Bay

Good for Canada is good for B.C.

Pipelines will benefit all Canadians and it’s time to just chill out.

If you are driving a fossil-fuel vehicle then you really have no right to object to pipelines.

Stan Jensen, East Sooke

All about politics

I totally agree with your editorial. Dix is keeping quiet to win the election, fool the people of B.C. for four years, increase the deficit and increase the tax on everything.

In my opinion, he will do anything to win the election. I can bet that he will not be better than Christy Clark.

The more he opens his mouth, the more the real political colour comes out.

We are Canadian, we have one nation and B.C. is included in it.

James Thekkakara, Vancouver

Insure bikes

The conversation around bike helmets, lanes, cyclists and space on the road has been droning on for so long in the Lower Mainland that it’s nauseating.

How about the simplest and most lucrative solution? Insure bikes.

Any bike ridden by persons over the age of 16 on our roads should be required to be insured by ICBC like any other vehicle.

As part of that insurance we can stipulate vehicle maintenance, safety features like helmets and where a rider can ride.

This may force Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to mention it while he’s out there selling off our city in pieces to foreign land owners abroad, but it will close this argument once and for all, as well as generate revenue for transportation upgrades.

Brent Ritchie, Surrey

A drunk is a drunk is a drunk

As a First Nations person and an alcoholic myself, I find the sentence given to former Mountie Monty Robinson is not right.

He should be in jail

When I appeared before a judge on alcohol-related charges, I was told a drunk is a drunk.

No matter what race you are, you’re still a drunk. Robinson needs to know that many First Nations are upset that he got off his charges so easy just because he was an RCMP officer. Being native doesn’t make him any different a drunk.

I hope he belongs to Facebook because the responses on that page are all against him getting away with drunk-driving charges.

Many Nations people are disgusted with the judge. Robinson should have been put in jail, that’s where he belongs.

Lawrence Johnny, Vancouver

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