EDITOR,
Regarding recent discussion of our downtown initiatives, which goes on and on, I will re-state these points:
Generally I have no problem with "downtown" (I count the mall near Nesters and Home Hardware in this designation). I shop all over the valley for all my needs. My bank is downtown, my medical clinic is downtown and I enjoy coffee and art stores, too. I shop at Save-On downtown, Nesters, Home Hardware, etc., etc. and Extra Foods, London Drugs, etc., in Garibaldi Estates. Over the whole district, the good, well-run businesses will survive and I will surely frequent them.
I am tired of the "insular whining" about downtown. If you "malcontents" really want to do something useful, get onto CN Railway to clean up their disused track or remove it that is a disgrace! Promote the waterfront development make it a reality, not a "pie in the sky" dream cut the red tape, council, and let's move forward throughout the whole valley, because this is the real Squamish!
Dave Colwell
Garibaldi Highlands
