Letters to the Editor
Helping the wealthy is all the ‘conservatives’ care about
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2022
Editor: Once again we see fellow seniors and rural Albertans blindly supporting the word conservative and ignoring what these Reformers, pretending they are conservatives, are doing to us. Those of us from the world of finance estimate that they have helped the rich steal about $800 billion of our oil and tax wealth since the ... Read More »
2 responsesCity’s budgeting math doesn’t add up
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2022
Editor: In Mayor Hyggen’s recent monthly column in the Lethbridge Herald, he wrote, “With the new initiatives we have recommended, the increase is now proposed at 5.10 per cent for each of the next four years. This is equivalent to a $129.93 per year per single family residence based on an average market value of ... Read More »
3 responsesWhat is the motivation for premier’s trip to Germany?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2022
Editor: Danielle Smith. Does she have Indigenous roots, Ukrainian heritage or is she just the tooth fairy? In the most recent development, her government has decided to sprinkle fairy dust amongst the electorate in the form of inflation relief payments targeted at families and seniors (who make up the bulk of voters) and ignores minimum ... Read More »
9 responsesIt’s time to reduce the salaries in our bureaucracies
By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2022
Editor: It is quite clear that due to out-of-control spending and poor negotiation, the bureaucracy of the federal and most provincial jurisdictions in Canada has ballooned. For example, in Ontario, the amount of workers on the Sunshine List (a list of workers making over $100,000 a year in Ontario) has grown exponentially from 4,494 workers ... Read More »
6 responsesLethbridge property tax increase is unacceptable
By Lethbridge Herald on November 23rd, 2022
Editor: I was horrified to hear about the tax increases, taking our tax to a level I never expected to see. The solution is quite simple though, every bit of discretionary spending should be eliminated. The $44 million in bike lanes should be eliminated. Anything to do with issues that are not the City of ... Read More »
13 responsesBrian Keating talk was truly entertaining
By Lethbridge Herald on November 23rd, 2022
Editor: I was delighted when I heard Brian Keating was coming to Lethbridge so my wife and I immediately registered. We have been listening to him for over 30 years on CBC Calgary. It was always exciting to hear where Brian was that week. He always had entertaining, educational insights into a place in the ... Read More »
1 responseSeniors need some relief from rising costs
By Lethbridge Herald on November 23rd, 2022
Editor: While the council deliberates possible tax increases, for God’s sake please remember we are suffering under a tremendous inflation load. Some sort of relief should be available to seniors on fixed incomes in order to survive. We can hardly afford to feed ourselves, never mind fund municipal initiatives that are not absolutely mandatory. Peter ... Read More »
5 responsesNathan Neudorf needs to lessen the negative impact of the premier
By Lethbridge Herald on November 17th, 2022
Editor: I read with some interest MLA Nathan Neudorf’s article in the Saturday Herald. While I agree with you, Mr. Neudorf, that the Albertans in the south need a voice, I only hope your voice will be the voice of reason to a cabinet that is loaded with, what I believe is, unqualified people in ... Read More »
3 responsesAmericans are fantastic people from a distance
By Lethbridge Herald on November 17th, 2022
Editor: We breathed a sigh of relief following the ongoing saga of the U.S. mid-term election. At the time of this writing, according to a Globe and Mail commentator, it seems to have reached a “least bad” result without a catastrophe. I remember hearing a high ranking U.S. politician congratulating fellow Americans when President Nixon ... Read More »
1 responseTime will tell if Albertans determine Danielle Smith should be premier
By Lethbridge Herald on November 11th, 2022
Editor: I will grant Ms. Smith, our premier-in-waiting, one thing and that is following through on promises made before and during the leadership race. Specifically, her intention of overhauling the health care system and mandating, yes mandating, the non-wearing of masks in schools. Given her dubious assertion that the dangers of mask wearing are “well ... Read More »
15 responsesStatistics show people who consider themselves Christian in Lethbridge a minority
By Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2022
Editor: I read with great interest the latest 2021 Census data which presented data on, amongst other things, the state of religion in Canada, Alberta, and even good ole Lethbridge. The results were fascinating and, I believe, should serve to break a myth that has persisted about Lethbridge for far too long. The myth: Lethbridge ... Read More »
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