iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of September 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. 

Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca.

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Vernon needs housing but car-centric strip mall gets city council support

Can they not look into a strip mall with apartments above the lower-level mall? Would that not help? — Lisa Haring

Kamloops airport goes after cafe owner for $167K in unpaid rent

Another unfortunate sign of the times. There are some major problems just under the surface throughout the Canadian business scene. — Marshall Krueger

BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on BC Conservatives' executive Isidorou

Interesting corollary in politics that we bring up so much from the past as if we never learn from our experiences. There is an old saying that if you aren't a Liberal at 20 you have no heart and if you aren't a Conservative by 40 you have no brains. This young man seems at least to be learning from his "misspent youth". — Brian Porter, Kelowna

'I think it's wrong:' Vernon adds another fee to developers building much-needed housing

Thanks for the excellent reporting. As a Vernon resident of many years, I'm appalled that the city decided to take another chunk of change from the developer. It's not much, but it's like our taxes, a little bit here and there, and it does send the wrong message. — Michael and Jodi White

Smells like 'something has died': Rodent infestations in cars way up in Okanagan

Honk your horn before you start your truck! Just had a new radiator and fan put in our Ford 350. Huge marmot, lots of damage. — Bonnie Derry

Kelowna airport spending $422M to catch up and keep up with air travel demand

Airline travel has become the most disgusting mode of travel. From the over crowded waiting areas to the overcrowded airplanes it is one disease ridden petri dish after another. Then there’s the total disrespect that passengers are subjected to. It’s a mode of travel that I’d rather avoid. — AJ Plourde

Temporary foreign worker sues for 'fraudulent' Kelowna job offer

He sure picked the right lawyer to represent him. — Jack Pearl

Build Kamloops counter petition campaigners break their silence

Just say no. We already voted no. It's city staff's agenda, remember that next time you vote. — John Louvroa

iN RESPONSE

Dear Editor,

Politics in B.C. have always been unusual in my memory whether it was Bill Bennett Junior and his Expo '86, which I took part in, or the Zalms with the headband wearing Lillian, or the two opposing Clarks, or the scandalous mayor who became a scandalous premier then got rewarded for his scandals, Campbell and the travesty of the Green-NDP alliance or the BC United fraud party and now the implosion of the electoral choices we don't want anyway.

Sincerely,

Patrick Longworth

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