Editor:
Re: Pier restaurant election issue, Aug. 22 letters.
I have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with the letter to the editor written by Linda Peters. Why do we need another restaurant at the beach, never mind on the pier?
Has anyone on council or even our mayor seen the three vacant properties where restaurants used to be? Also, note they have been empty over a year on the same block.
I wonder if they are trying to justify the unwanted parking garage that totally does not fit the location.
It is a small beach area that we all enjoy. Please leave our waterfront as natural as can be as we already have enough fences and barricades to deter people from accessing the beach easily. We are sick of the ongoing construction down there.
If the city wants to spend money so badly, why don’t we improve what we have already?
We have four new homes on our block. Does that mean we have to look at four more 30-foot power poles installed, as well as the numerous coils of wires wound around them further obstructing our views, which we paid plenty to purchase our 30-foot lot? If it doesn’t change soon, our little community will look like places in Vietnam or Thailand!
We had a friend from Scandinavia visiting and he commented: “That would never be allowed in our community.” Has anyone on council been to Sidney, that little town just outside of Victoria? The first thing I noticed was the immaculate flower beds, even sidewalks and no wires! What a concept.
Perhaps White Rock could learn a few tricks from that community to improve what we’ve got here. We are a small area that is unique but each year it seems to be slipping away.
Perhaps our new mayor and elected officials will see the future to benefit all of the hard-working taxpayers, not just the condo developers.
Thank you for letting me vent.
S. Ozero, White Rock
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Re: A project worth the construction, Aug. 29 letters.
I was totally baffled by what I read in the letters section by Susanne de Pencier.
Every year you read about the complaints, frustration and closing of restaurants on the shoreline due in part to the ever-increasing amount of development north and east of 16 Avenue.
In the 25 years I have lived in the area, I can’t count how many restaurants have shut down.
On any given sunny Saturday, between East and West Beaches, you can find multiple close-to-empty restaurants. Adding another, doomed-to-be-closed-down restaurant to the pier would not only increase the risk of contamination but, more importantly, take potential customers away from restaurants who are already struggling.
When will enough be enough?
David Johnson, Surrey