Letters to the Editor
Thanks for great work at Legacy Park
By Lethbridge Herald on July 28th, 2022
Editor: I would like to acknowledge the parks manager Blair and his crew at Legacy Park. What an amazing crew they have over there this year. The irrigation crew have done a great job with trying to ensure the best efforts to save our living assets. The crew with weed removal, good work. The graffiti ... Read More »
1 responseSociety is not helping drug addicts by pampering them
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2022
Editor: In Al Beeber’s Lethbridge Herald headline “Council addressing homeless encampment issue on Tuesday,” I noticed that the mayor and council are looking at throwing another $700,000 at the problem without really looking at any real solutions. I’m tired of trying to change the choice of words used by many in society, so I’ve decided ... Read More »
10 responsesWhat exactly was compassionate about the camp cleanup?
By Lethbridge Herald on July 23rd, 2022
Editor: The Herald’s July 15th account of the “compassionate cleanup” of the homeless encampment in the Civic Centre left me with more questions than answers. What exactly was compassionate about it? Did we find homes for all of them? Or did we find them a new campsite with a better location? Or did we just ... Read More »
22 responsesAlberta voters need to turn their backs on Danielle Smith’s bid to lead the UCP
By Lethbridge Herald on July 22nd, 2022
Editor: It pays sometimes to take note of natural processes when considering Alberta politics. And here I’m thinking of the digestive tract as being most emblematic. In one end goes reams and gobs of general social and economic data, and out the other squirts a sometimes quite nasty and bilious effluent of dogma, invective and ... Read More »
42 responsesIt’s time to stop supporting criminal behaviour
By Lethbridge Herald on July 21st, 2022
Editor: It is like the Wild West in Lethbridge, constantly having to dodge the drug makers, dealers, distributors and takers. Your own yard is not safe – fences, gates, security lights et cetera do not stop its use as a transit through the neighbourhood, a bathroom, a smoke stop, a place to sit and converse ... Read More »
23 responsesPreston Manning’s proposal about commission deserves support
By Lethbridge Herald on July 20th, 2022
Editor: On July 14, Health Canada announced its approval of the Moderna Spikevax for children from the ages of six months to five years old. That evening, on the CBC’s “The World at Six”, in a segment starting at minute 8, a pediatrician, Dr. Daniel Flanders, says with regard to convincing vaccine hesitant parents, “When ... Read More »
17 responsesHomeless camps aren’t a danger to anyone
By Lethbridge Herald on July 20th, 2022
Editor: We are concerned about some of the letters and roasts expressing opposition to the encampments. These letter writers seem to think they are in danger from the encampments. We live immediately across from the Civic Centre encampment. Not only do we not live in fear, but we walk past the encampment every day on ... Read More »
10 responsesMoving bins neither more efficient nor less costly
By Lethbridge Herald on July 16th, 2022
Editor: Historically, from when the first garbage pickup was created, it has always been in the back lane. Back lanes were considered places to keep these unsightly bins. Back lanes were specifically constructed for this purpose! Now I am being asked to put up to three unsightly bins in my front yard (or on the ... Read More »
5 responsesPersonal attack on Beeber for column wasn’t called for
By Lethbridge Herald on July 16th, 2022
Editor: The nasty, personal attack on Mr. Beeber by Mr. Ryane in his letter to the editor was completely uncalled for. It reflects very badly on the judgment of Mr. Ryane. Mr. Beeber is entitled to his opinions, and in this instance an opinion that is reasonable and quite properly shared by many if ... Read More »
13 responsesThere is nothing conservative about the UCP leadership candidates
By Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
Editor: Those of us who were proud to be brought up in a conservative family world find it hard to believe what the Reformers have brought to the table. Not one of them is smart enough to suggest we should be following our hero Peter Lougheed in collecting proper royalties and taxes and running this ... Read More »
25 responsesBeeber and the NIMBYs should leave the homeless alone
By Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
Editor: Mr. Beeber and friends need to get down off their high horses and off the backs of people less fortunate. His concern for the “safety” of mothers and children in the past several years is deceptive. People without a permanent residence have a right not to be hassled by the NIMBYs and the self-righteous, ... Read More »
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