Letters from our readers: Saying thank you to Victoria's outgoing mayor, wondering why a B.C. Ambulance bill took so long, keeping it slow on St. Charles Street
Special thanks for our ample supply of water Victoria has just experienced a record period of drought, and has been identified as the driest city in Canada. And yet at the end of that period our reservoir was still 70 per cent full. How fortunate we are, after such a drought, to have an ample supply of what is possibly the cleanest and least treated drinking water of any city in the world.
Truth is, investing in mental health supports, affordable housing, social justice, health care and climate mitigation will benefit every British Columbian, including First Nations peoples who are disproportionately affected by all these crises. Would you sign a mortgage agreement without knowing the interest rate charged or the amount of dollars you are signing for?Water as a deterrent is not a new idea In the 1960s I worked at the Bay in downtown Vancouver. That corner became a gathering place for the much-reviled “hippies.” The Bay responded by having the windows washed almost constantly with lots of spray. It worked. I don’t recall any controversy.
A much better example of where the voters repudiated the old mayor and council because of poor governance practices would be Langford, where Stew Young and has slate of candidates were all defeated by the Langford Now slate, which campaigned on more open, transparent governance and community engagement.Lengthy delays in billing for ambulance visit As an elderly resident of a care home in Victoria, I am fortunate to receive excellent care, including all the prescribed COVID vaccine doses.
I have no idea how many similar stories exist, but I suspect that they are legion. Our provincial government may have been sitting on substantial sums while the workers in the ambulance services have been complaining about their lack of support. One can not imagine any viable business surviving such delays in billing.Make Richardson a one-way street Re: “A fix to the St. Charles obstacle course,” letter, Oct. 29.
On behalf of all the many obstacles on the St. Charles “obstacle course” , I would like to ask anyone who uses St. Charles as a shortcut to the graveyard to please slow down. We’ve installed speed bumps and signs to remind you to slow down, but for some reason drivers keep looking for ways to get there even faster.
True: Eliminating parking could speed up traffic on our street, but speed’s not what we really need. We’re not obstacles for you to get around, I’m sorry. That being said, the comparison of Greater London with Greater Victoria is absurd. Far more congestion is caused in the centre of Victoria by construction work than cycle lanes, and the potholes are so pronounced in places traffic is reduced to a crawl simply to save the shock absorbers.
The recent local elections show that a sizable and growing proportion of the B.C. electorate understand and support the idea that progressive environmental changes are required now.
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