West End shout-out
I want to give a shout-out to the almost 13,000 people who signed the petition against extreme rezonings for towers in the West End, especially to stop the rezoning of 1401 Comox (St. Johns Church site) for a 22-storey Yaletown-type tower, and thanks to all who have stood on street corners talking to their neighbours, gathering signatures, hosting meetings, writing letters and spoken at last weeks public hearings. You make me proud to be a West Ender! And my rant to the rest of you: Council makes its decision June 27. Get off your asses and call or write to [email protected]. If you dont, you deserve the hiked-up rents, demolished buildings, lost privacy, sunshine, and greenspace that will follow throughout the West End. The developers/speculators are at our doorstep! Rise up!
Veteran West Ender, via email
Put this in your pipe
This letter is in response to the transit user and health care organization volunteer who complained about people having a smoke at the bus stop outside Commercial/Broadway Station: If you genuinely object to someone smoking tobacco there, surrounded as you are by cars and buses belching carbon monoxide-laden diesel fumes, then you are either a scientifically-illiterate and prissy bigot, or obsessive to the point of mental illness. Either way, you have more to worry about than either cigarette smoke or tailpipe emissions. Youve banished us from every pub, cafe, restaurant, private members club, and beach. Are you going to harass us on the curbs of busy roads now?
Anonymous, via email
How to save a life
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has $110 million for Afghanistan. Meanwhile the federal government is closing the Kitsilano Coast Guard base. Is this sheer madness or what? Mr. Harper, we understand you are a prairie boy, and you dont understand maritime regions, but squandering our money on some foreign adventure, while canceling a service that is essential to the welfare of citizens of this region... Slap on the wrist for you!
Anonymous, via Rantline
Is he telling the truth?
This is a rave for the VPD. I was leaving a booze cruise last Saturday night, when I had a sudden urge to write graffiti on the wall. I got caught by two undercover cops who pulled me over. At first I denied it, then finally admitted to it. They were very cool and calm and they let me go with a warning and a promise to cover it up the next day. The only problem is, I was so drunk that I couldnt find it on Granville St. Ive learned my lesson and I promise to never tag again. Im really sorry.
Anonymous, via Rantline
A nice rave
This is a thank you rave to the lovely couple who found my mothers purse on Comox St and returned it to her. Its nice to know that theres still good people on this earth.
Linda, via Rantline
Lets hear it for St. Pauls!
I want to thank the cardiac unit at St. Pauls Hospital. Due to their professionalism and proficiency,
Im able to make this phone call. Keep up the good work. Im alive today thanks to them.
John MacElroy, via Rantline
