Editor:
Dislike trees that interfere with the monetary value of view investment; form a lobby group to limit their right to thrive on our public land.
Hate dogs or skateboarders; form a lobby group to make rules to marginalize them. Have a self-righteous objection to smokers; form a lobby group to demonize them and limit their rights, too.
Don’t care about wildlife; destroy their habitat so that they either die or adapt to living in basements.
The Semiahmoo Band punishes residents by building a chain-link fence around the former park and parking lot and putting up no-trespassing signs at the reserve end of the Little Campbell river footbridge – increasing racial segregation – but still feels free to use White Rock roads, schools, hospitals, etc. without supporting these amenities monetarily.
We’ve become a city of narrow-minded, selfish, small social enclaves, fighting for power and control, intolerant of ‘the other.’
Our dysfunctional city council and mayor preoccupy themselves with their own power struggles, instead of showing vision and leadership.
Imagine a place that is inclusive rather than exclusive.
C. Dunphy, White Rock