Unscrupulous!
To my beloved city of Vancouver, you are ripping off West End residents by having two permit zones in our small area (north and south of Robson). This is an unscrupulous cash grab. I am disgusted by how greedy you are.
P. Pavotti, via email
No wonder theyre leaving
A West End business owner was fined $250 for having his dog unleashed. This dog has been walking the same block unleashed for more than 10 years. In all the years his dog has walked the block, never ever has she even so much as growled. Hundreds of people including children, elderly with walkers have walked past this store without any problems.I just cannot believe what this city has become. For those who have already left be glad you are gone it sucks! I hate this city so much. It has changed and I dislike all the political correctness this whole city has become. What a waste of taxpayers dollars! They cant get rid of the meth heads so they make themselves feel important by doing this shit?
Anonymous, via email
A kudo to a kind security guard
I visited the Citizen and Immigration Canada office downtown last week and am very, very, very impressed with security officers and staff in general. Many of the customers were confused about what documentation and processes were required and how to go about having their respective immigration issues resolved. The staff behind the glass remained cool, calm and collected the whole time and repeated instructions clearly and patiently with each customer, sometimes several times to the same customer. One particularly memorable customer appeared very agitated and tried to plead his case to the security guard. The security guard, who could obviously do nothing to resolve the refugee status/monetary/health/stress/tax issues this guy was upset about, nonetheless honed in on the one thing he could help with coins for parking. It was inspiring to see this man identify a problem he could fix and go about fixing it. The agitated refugee in question was thoroughly relieved that at least one of his problems would go away. Well done CIC security man! We salute you!
Anonymous, via email
Smug new parents
Having thought that we West Enders were way too cool to have one of those inane Baby on Board stickers on our cars, spotting a couple of them in our neighbourhood recently leads me to ask the owners this simple question: Do you honestly believe that putting one of these stickers on the back of your car will make me any more careful about avoiding rear-ending you than I already am? Or, in some kind of smug way, do you just want to let everyone know that youve actually had sex on a couple of occasions and managed to conceive a child? Becoming a father is the best thing that ever happened to me but I have never felt the need to advertise it.
Roger, via e-mail
Push back time
I find it strange that Christy Clark has no money for teachers or children with special needs but she has $1.3 million for her propaganda. All those ads about selfish teachers, Im totally insulted theyre spending taxpayers money to insult teachers. Our children are too important to be played with. What youre looking at, Christy Clark, is solidarity. You want to push? Well push back.
Anonymous, via email
Give hockey fans a little Twisted Sister
Have you noticed how Rogers Arena does not play hardly any heavy metal or hard rock during Canucks Games. I just realized why. Because theyre concerned that sort of music will instigate rowdiness and we just had our second Stanley Cup riot in 17 years. But you know what? That doesnt stop any of the other cities from playing Twisted Sister. We need that music to get the crowds into it. Otherwise were at a bit of a disadvantage. Its pathetic we have to be oh so concerned that we cant play heavy metal.
Anonymous, via email
