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VESTA respects decisions of voters

To the editor: Re: "Vision Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­nabs school board majority, again," Nov. 23. I'm not sure why there is all this focus on the fact that VESTA endorsed Jane Bouey and Al Blakey.

letter of the week

To the editor: Re: "12th & Cambie (Bash and Blame)," Nov. 23. The comments on COPE's results in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­civic election by Tim Louis lead me to wonder if he lives up to the ethics and principles he expects others to live by.

VSB chair explains Kitchener decision

To the editor: Re: "Letter of the week," Nov. 23. Bruce Levens questioned the wisdom of the VSB's decision to preserve the original heritage school house of Kitchener Elementary.

Truthiness trumps truth online and in newsprint

Complex research dumbed down

The best and worst of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­commuter cycling

Ignoring the political rhetoric that has attached itself to Vancouver's bike lanes as firmly as Lycra on a road cyclist, the fact is we have a very decent cycling infrastructure in this city.

Cartoon's Jesus quote really Paul's

To the editor: Re: Geoff Olson's cartoon, Nov. 9. The cartoon drawn by Mr. Olson shows a Jesus-like person sitting in front of the Occupy Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­tents with slogans, facts and quotes connected to this person. I am confused.

COPE biggest loser of civic election

The big loser in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­on Saturday night was COPE. The venerable party of the left all but got wiped off the map. It didn't help that they chucked their most popular candidate, David Cadman, in an early nomination battle.

City hall wins over taxed homeowners

To the editor: Re: 12th & Cambie, "Tax and shift," Nov. 16. So now we know. During the period 2006-2011, while inflation was 11 per cent, business taxes increased 5.51 per cent and residential taxes increased 33.55 per cent.

Letter of the week

To the editor: As the new Lord Kitchener school at 25th Avenue and Collingwood Street takes shape, I cannot help but question the wisdom, or lack thereof, of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­School Board's decision to "preserve" the original old elementary school as a

Trustees, gov't need to work together

To the editor: I continue to be frustrated with the ongoing toxic relationship between the school board, the union, the teachers and the government.