Letters to the Editor
Treated like modern-day ‘lepers’
By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2019
The recent letter and online comment regarding our plague of opioids as experienced locally exposes the reader to the human and darker side of current public perception. Not for the first time, debate generated more heat than light. This left me troubled. We can agree that it is a problem which appears intractable with no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whatâs the rush to ponder full-time councillors?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 28th, 2018
One of my quirks is I hate surprises. I mean I really hate surprises. So you can imagine my dismay when I picked up Fridayâs paper and saw the headline âFull-time councillor talk resurfaces at deliberations.â They have passed proposals for creating four or more full-time positions.Itâs a surprise because almost two years to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Analyzing city councilâs finance meetings
By Lethbridge Herald on November 27th, 2018
Lethbridge, youâre facing property tax increases for indeterminable years in the foreseeable future, and one of the nuttiest faux pas of fiscal irresponsibility came out of council deliberations, debating the feasibility of transitioning Lethbridge, now a city of 100,000, to a ward system of representation.Long overdue â how many corporations operate with part-time employees directing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Points to ponder regarding climate change hysteria
By Lethbridge Herald on October 28th, 2018
I would like to suggest that those frightened by the current hysteria regarding carbon-based climate change consider : 1. The petition signed by over 31,000 scientists decrying global warming as a fraud (www.petitionproject.org). Iâll warn you up front, Edward Teller (father of the H bomb) is a signee. 2. Chinese carbon emissions versus the rest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s the purpose of carbon tax?
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2018
The word âpoliticsâ is a compound word that accurately describes the people in it. âPolyâ means many and âticsâ are blood sucking creatures. This definition is humorous but bears some resemblance to what is going on with the carbon tax discussions. So many people are saying the carbon tax is a good thing, but I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau legacy
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2018
Trudeau the first gave us metrification, Trudeau the second, petrification, leading us into the âstoned age.â Ken Hicken Lethbridge... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA engaging in fear-mongering?
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2018
MLA Shannon Phillipsâ comments in the Lethbridge Herald (Oct. 17, âUCP cuts dire for teachers, says Phillipsâ) amount to nothing more than fear-mongering. She has no firm information to back this up! She claims that 151 teaching positions can be lost over the next four years. It is a well-known practice of political parties who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moving problem around isn’t a solution
By Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2018
Two news features appearing in the Sept. 11 Herald proved an exercise in contradiction. On the front page, Police Chief Davis, in the article âPolice chief recommends âThe Watchâ program to help cope with opioid crisis,â states in that piece, âWe can staff appropriately to be constantly displacing drug users and crime,â and further along ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The pitfalls of overproducing
By Lethbridge Herald on August 29th, 2018
Business dictates continuous âgrowth.â Growth of what? We overproduce everything. Overproducing creates slowdowns, layoffs, financial crunches. Then conservatives demand more subsidies and tax relief so business can overproduce atmospheric gases to replace the oxygen people want to breathe. Conservatives say breathe less for business. Progressives insist we must have more of everything so we arenât ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Making excuses for poor performance
By Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2018
I am still amazed how socialists continue to make excuses for the performance of the NDP government. Some commentators have made false assumptions; I am not a signed-up conservative, I hold no membership in any party, my only memberships being in the UAW and more recently the UFCW. I am foremost an Albertan who is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assimilation or multi-culturalism?
By Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2018
I have been thinking about the new influx of immigrants into Canada. A lot of folk tell me it is the duty of immigrants to become assimilated into the larger culture. This is apparently what they call multiculturalism. But, did everyone who came here, come here to assimilate? In 2012, the Universities of Delaware and ... Read More »
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