LETTERS
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Faith will see city through ‘hurt-filled mess’ matic ways to dig the City of Nanaimo out of this financial, reputation-destroying, hurt-filled mess. There is not a person on the planet (oh, except Christ) who hasn’t done a royal screwup at some time. Stay respectful. Be diligent. And, with some help from some loving Christian citizens you’ll ride a wave out of this. God bless you as you serve Him and His.
Gloria Leahy Nanaimo
To the Editor,
Re: Conference centre hosts delegates, Vision Nanaimo, May 27. How nice to read of the three upcoming conferences scheduled for our Vancouver Island Conference Centre this spring. Especially the 500 delegates coming for the Inclusion B.C. conference who will discuss justice, diversity, and inclusion for all. In addition, the United Church of Canada conference, a church
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People get sideswiped by public-sector strike action and have no say in the matter, says letter writer.
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Re: Give to charity, but do so wisely, Editorial, June 17. Charities are a big part of what makes a community great. I agree it pays to enquire exactly where your money is going and how much is being spent wisely and how much is being spend on administrative costs. The Nanaimo Foundation runs strictly on volunteers and probably 98 per cent of our funds go to local non-profits. People can go to our website and vote or rate the matters that are important
to the citizens of Nanaimo. This will help us decide where the gifts of legacies and endowment monies that have been left to us will be spent. All money remains in our community. Be sure to go to www.nanaimo foundation.com and rate our community. I think you will be surprised that many things in Nanaimo will be rated very highly. I also agree that it has been proven time and time again that Nanamoites are a generous bunch.
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Re: Parkland bought without public process, May 20. Nanaimo is fortunate with our numerous parks and beautiful surrounding countryside. So why does the city buy lots more land for parkland at three times its assessed value, and why are they not telling us who were the lucky vendors getting our tax money? After all, there could just be a conflict of interest here.
Ralph Forshaw Nanaimo
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Re: No movement in teacher talks, June 17. At one time in B.C., school teachers were not regulated by government legislation that they must be a member of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. They had their choice of being a member. The taxpayers elected a NDP government that made it law that all teachers must join into membership with the BCTF. Today, we have continuous labour disruptions and confrontations on an ongoing basis. No one should blame past NDP provincial governments for these blunders. The blame centres on the majority of B.C. JATW 2014 taxpayers that voted for the NDP governments.
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public? We are the ones who take the brunt of the strike but have no say in any of it. What about the kids who have fundraised all year for a special field trip, or the Grade 12 student who will miss exams? I pay my taxes to receive a service, whether it be teaching my children, protecting my house from a fire or getting my road cleared of snow. When a publicsector union goes on strike, all taxpayers should get a partial refund of taxes paid for services not rendered. The unions claim to want a ‘fair deal.’ I say it’s time to find a better way, so that the taxpayer who foots the bill for everything gets a fair deal.
Sandra Turner Nanaimo
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Union strikes aren’t fair to taxpayers Re: No movement in teacher talks, June 17. When will the unions wake up? I am not against unions, but I am against public-sector unions. My problem with public-sector unions is all the people who are sideswiped by their strike action. If a grocery store goes on strike, what happens? The employer will lose business; the employees will lose wages and possibly jobs. Their customers can go to other grocery stores and life goes on. There is a real financial incentive for both parties to avoid a strike or to settle quickly. When a publicsector union goes on strike we have a completely different situation. The general public has no alternatives as the union has a monopoly. The so-called employer here (the government) actually saves money with a strike. The employees lose wages and may lose jobs, but that’s highly unlikely. The employees think that eventually public pressure will force the government to settle. There is no financial incentive for either party to end the strike. But what about the third party in these disputes, the general
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Although I don’t know them, I appreciated the way in which the three Christians represented me – a fellow believer in Christ – at this week’s city council meeting. I appreciated that they spoke respectfully, intelligently, with sincerity, and did not repeat each others’ comments. It is my sincere desire that these same believers councillors were accused of vilifying will help in prag-
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