NDP leader Adrian Dix couldn’t contain his glee at the result of the harmonized sales tax referendum. Bill Vander Zalm is thrilled too, still apparently unaware that he has taken money away from the poor and given it back to his fellow wealthy B.C. residents.

Support for the HST was weak, even among Liberals. This does not bode well for the party in the next provincial election, because the Liberals didn’t win the last election by a massive margin. Any siphoning of support to a resurgent BC Conservative Party, or a decision by former Liberal voters to stay home, will badly hurt the party.

I would really like to know how it is that many gas stations in 91Ô­´´ can justify charging over $1.35 per litre.

Our relatively peaceful neighbourhood has now been turned into a NASCAR race track weekdays starting at 5:30 a.m., continuing on all day and well into the night. On weekends, we have joined the MotoGP motorcycle racing circuit.

91Ô­´´ residents are not getting their money’s worth from TransLink.

One particular matter which we shared was the importance of ensuring the transition from our past paid-call fire department to the establishment of a budgetary phasing in of full-time fire halls. This was not an easy task and requires the use of taxpayer monies for years to come.

The HST matter is not truly over, and perhaps never will be. Now comes the blame game.

If a young bear had been tranquilized and relocated days earlier, it would not have been laying dead in the middle of the street.

I was happy to read an article that said not only will families save a lot of money from the recently-announced lower BC Hydro rates, but companies will, too.

Our new blue recycling box disappeared last Thursday, along with the blue and the yellow paper recycling envelopes. It’s a mystery.