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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013
LETTERS
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Immigrant job funding a slap in face The Editor, Re: “Immigrants have ally,” the Now, Feb. 21. Seriously? Funding for newly landed immigrants to the tune of $667,000? I certainly agree that everyone should have an opportunity to work, but to have the way paved is an outright slap in the face to all the educated, capable taxpaying residents who are getting the shaft watching jobs pulled out from under them and taken by newcomers. Once again, the city of Surrey has ceased to amaze me by welcoming immigrants and refugees with open arms while shoving aside the right person for the job. I wonder what the reaction would be if I, a born and raised British Columbian who only speaks English, went to a foreign country and had help taking a job from a local? Shame on you Surrey. Blair Martin, Cloverdale
Thanks for supporting blues in White Rock The Editor, Re: “Powder Blues Band still doin’ it right, just less often,” the Now, Feb. 7. On behalf of the White Rock Blues Society, I want to express our gratitude to Tom Zillich and the Now for covering our
show at the Pacific Inn Resort on Feb. 16. On the Thursday before the long weekend, as B.C. celebrated its first Family Day, Tom wrote an interesting and informative article after interviewing Tom Lavin of Powder Blues Band fame and his efforts to help the next generation of blues artist, James “Buddy” Rogers. On the following Tuesday – the first day we could determine what our online ticket sales status was at the Surrey Arts Centre – we found an additional 60 tickets had sold since the previous Friday. Within another two days, we had sold out the show. As a non-profit organization, our funding is limited to 20 per cent of ticket sales after fixed costs, with 80 per cent going to the artists. Our mandate is to keep the blues alive. Without your paper’s interest and support for the arts, people wouldn’t be made aware of the live music events taking place in our community. Even though we have a weekly newsletter going out to more than 650 blues fans, that hardly scratches the surface of the number of music fans out there. Tom’s article reached many interested readers who bought tickets and made the show a huge success. Many thanks for the work you do in servicing the community. Rod Dranfield President, White Rock Blues Society
Wi-Fi ‘allergy’ is not accepted as condition The Editor, Re: “Some students allergic to Wi-Fi, says Surrey dad,” the Now, Feb. 19. The self-described medical condition is not accepted by the entire medical community... not yet. Quoting from Wikipedia: “...self-described sufferers of electromagnetic hypersensitivity are unable to distinguish between exposure to real and fake electromagnetic fields, and it is not recognized as a medical condition by the medical or scientific communities.” Sources are on the Wiki page. Perhaps an unbiased article would have mentioned that. James Hogan Vice Principal, Surrey Connect
Money for mailouts could be better spent The Editor, I want to complain about Russ Heibert and his lame mailouts. I have received so many over the years... and now he is asking peoples opinions on abortion? Another thing – what is the cost of these mailouts? I wonder, if all local Conservative
MPs redirected the monies used to send these useless mailouts and devoted it to the closed down coast guard station, could it be saved from the chopping block? Wayne Collins, Surrey
Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize child care The Editor, Re: “Don’t make me pay for your child’s daycare,” the Now letters, Feb. 19. Thank you for printing this letter. Too often, papers print one-sided letters and the average taxpayer is forgotten. Our family’s taxes already pay for low-income families (that qualify) for a $35-a-day subsidy per child for daycare. Sure, it would be great if childcare was subsidized but what seems to not be mentioned is the money comes from us, the taxpayer. Nothing is free. Childcare is expensive. My choice was to stay home, raise our children and live off my husband’s salary. It is not easy, but we live within our means. I love being a stay-athome mom and I realize not everyone can do what I do, but that’s my job – to raise my children. It’s not my job to pay for you to have someone else watch yours. Kris Winter, Delta
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