Letters Aug. 14: Maybe a snake lane; focus on the positive

Is a snake lane in our future?

Re: 鈥淢issing python found hiding under a vehicle three km from home,鈥� Aug. 13.

Let鈥檚 all keep our fingers crossed that no Victoria council member noticed the 鈥減ython pilgrimage鈥� story in Thursday鈥檚 sa国际传媒.

Victoria council members being aware of this event may lead to Victoria鈥檚 taxpayers forking out a couple more million dollars to add a snake lane to the design of the Richardson Street corridor.

Of note is the fact that even the local reptiles are aware it is the safest commuter route in the area just as it is.

Barrie Moen
Oak Bay

This python embraced Richardson Street

The python must have been trying to get to Oak Bay before the city blocks off Richardson Street as a neighbourhood through street.

Steve New

Victoria

Please focus on the聽positive

Re: 鈥淎mid pandemic, hate is the dominant emotion being expressed,鈥� Aug. 13.

Kudos to Grant McKenzie for speaking up. I agree that we are seeing more anger and intolerance from the general public right now.

People feel helpless in the new COVID-19 world.

Maybe we should focus on positive changes as McKenzie suggests rather than joining the rally cry against people in tents and parks.

Lynne Rogers
Victoria

People are forgetting pandemic rules

I am disgusted that people in sa国际传媒 seem to have forgotten all the things we did at the start of this pandemic.

We had low numbers under Bonnie Henry鈥檚 leadership.

Get back to the way we were behaving, people, as we are going in the wrong direction.

To the young people who feel their lives have been too constricted, your partying is costing lives and people鈥檚 suffering. Let鈥檚 hope that some of the growing numbers aren鈥檛 your friends and family.

How would you feel if a parent or grandparent died because you needed some face time with your friends. Think selfish.

Carol Dunsmuir
Victoria

Community events should be banned

So, as was the case after sa国际传媒 Day, the COVID-19 incubation period following the August long weekend, seems to have now resulted in a spike in new cases 鈥渇rom community events.鈥�

Will the premier and health officials do the logical thing and ban community events for Labour Day 鈥� distasteful as that is 鈥� or are they comfortable with 鈥渋t is what it is鈥�?

Roger Love
Victoria