Letters to the Editor
Corporate subsidies having an impact on everything
By Letter to the Editor on October 13th, 2021
Editor: Anyone who has observed events in the business world or the economy must be aware of the major drain on everything since the 1970s, by our subsidy of major corporations. Today, business has been so spoiled by their endless lobby groups that protect and coddle them with taxpayer’s money. They have lost contact with ... Read More »
4 responsesTrustees play essential role in Alberta education
By Letter to the Editor on October 13th, 2021
Editor: I would like to thank The Herald for including trustee profiles in your candidate highlight articles. These have allowed more members of our community to become aware of this role as well as some of the issues our local community is facing within education. Prior to the 2017 election, I wrote a letter to ... Read More »
2 responsesAll the election signs are a waste of money
By Letter to the Editor on October 13th, 2021
Editor: As another civic election draws near, I feel compelled to make some comments. First off, I would like to know who decided it was OK to litter our road ways with an absolutely ridiculous number of signs letting us know who we should supposedly vote for. If the total disregard for our streets is ... Read More »
3 responsesVoters need to be selective at the ballot box
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: Our civic election is less than two weeks away. You may have forgotten that if you’re not that interested in local politics. But if you are interested in how many people can live beside you or where parks are placed or how much you’re charged in property taxes or whether the roads are maintained ... Read More »
2 responsesVoters needs to do research before election
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: With the city election upon us very soon it is important that you become informed about the candidates. This year’s lineup of new challengers is very impressive. Research each candidate and see who aligns with your concerns the most. You don’t have to select eight names, you can just vote for those that you ... Read More »
3 responsesWater management a key issue in municipal elections
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: Candidates for election to municipal office in southern Alberta are well advised to consider the future of water use for the communities they represent and for the environment. A summer of rapidly melting glaciers, extreme heat, little to no rainfall, and low river flow resulted in water shortage advisories, declared states of agricultural emergency, ... Read More »
9 responsesWhat system is really better than our own?
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: In response to the “Letter to the Editor” on Sept. 30 titled “Capitalist system is unfair and socially unjust” by Ramma Sawhney:Â What would she propose as an alternative? First of all we do not have a totally capitalist society system. If we did there wouldn’t be all of the handouts of money that ... Read More »
4 responsesAlberta’s education system needs support from Minister
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: To the Honorable Adriana LaGrange, below is a letter to you, to the Alberta provincial government, education stakeholders and everyone whose life is touched by education: On “World Teacher Day” I beg you to take a minute and consider the voices of your teachers, and hear us when we say: our kids are not ... Read More »
1 responseOctober election may be city’s most important
By Letter to the Editor on October 9th, 2021
Editor: October 18 may be the most important election in the history of this city. That day residents determine whether they employ a municipal government who works for them, or if they continue to enslave themselves through runaway taxation and work for government! Administrators at every level are slowly eroding through debt-supported taxation, freedoms and ... Read More »
8 responsesDo your best to stay out of an intensive care nit
By Letter to the Editor on October 8th, 2021
Editor: I have just been released from Foothills hospital after major surgery. What a scary experience, with more patients than beds in ICUs. Two weeks ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with all signs pointing to serious heart attack. They stabilized me at Emergency here in Lethbridge. I was kept on ... Read More »
3 responsesIt’s time for Neudorf and the UCP to get back to work on crisis
By Letter to the Editor on October 8th, 2021
Editor: Everybody deserves a break, a holiday. But in times of crisis that sometimes has to give way to a greater good. In a COVID world, the government has invoked a clause in their collective agreement with nurses to allow them to direct “mandatory overtime or cancelling of pre-approved vacation time”. But what about the ... Read More »
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