Solution sought
When I started reading the August 31 issue of the Peak, my dilemma was which story to comment on. There were definite reasons for commenting on all of them.
The front page was yelling “Dilapidated hotel taints town centre,” so I started there.
If an individual’s home was boarded up and deemed unsafe, the municipality would have the owner correct the safety issue and, if it was not done, deal with it accordingly at the owner’s expense. If this is not the case, then our city is not doing its job.
Jason Schreurs wrote such an excellent editorial [“Hazardous eyesore”] in response to this matter. There is not much I can add, but I do give him my wholehearted applause.
This is our town, we pay taxes and keep city employees in their well-paid jobs with benefits. Our town is not beholden to one individual who sees fit to do things according to his plan.
Jack Barr should be ashamed of himself. He said he knows the building is “an issue in town” and he would deal with the building tomorrow if he could, but “it’s all about the money.”
Maybe he should have thought about that before he bought the building. Did he think it would fix itself?
Accepting responsibility will become a thing of the past unless individuals and corporations alike are held accountable. It is time to become part of the solution.
Sheri Moloughney
Michigan Avenue
Protect fish stocks
A Richmond-based tour company has been bringing groups of people since March for what it calls its Sunshine Coast Seashell Tour [“Shellfish picking activity increases,” September 7].
At present, people holding a valid BC tidal water fishing licence are permitted to take 15 oysters and 75 clams at one time.
Why are there no regulations in the Fisheries Act that limit the number of people harvesting a beach at one time? How often are stock assessments done of shellfish on local beaches? Can fish management assess if a beach can sustain these harvests? Why are current fishing quotas being set in Ottawa?
I would like to see seasonal closures and possession limit changes to protect our shellfish stocks.
Janice Edmonds
Gibsons, BC
