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Commissioner ignores his own role

Re: 鈥淪tiff penalties on ex-police chief鈥檚 record,鈥 Sept. 27.

Hard to sympathize with organizer

Re: 鈥淐amp organizer slams mayor, talks of long stay in Langford,鈥 Sept.聽25.

Reconciliation budget seems to be low

Re: 鈥淐ity spent $23,000 to remove statue of Sir John A. Macdonald,鈥 Sept. 26. The article pointed out that the $23,000 spent to remove the Sir John A. Macdonald statue was nearly half of the reconciliation budget for the year.

Quiet bikes a danger to blind people

Re: 鈥溾楩loating鈥 bus stops remove conflict,鈥 letter, Sept. 27. 1. Floating bus stops create conflict for blind pedestrians. 2. Cars can be heard by the blind. Bicycles cannot. 3.

Stem-cell treatments help thousands

Re: 鈥淪tem-cell 鈥榗ures鈥 touted,鈥 Sept.聽27. As a board-certified specialist in regenerative medicine, I feel compelled to comment. The use of the phrase 鈥渦nlicensed clinic鈥 is misleading. It implies that clinics can be licensed. They cannot.

New ICBC fee is聽a聽cash grab

Re: 鈥淟earner, unlisted driver fees could hike ICBC rates,鈥 Sept. 28. So ICBC intends to get itself out of its financial mess by adding $50 to every car owner鈥檚 insurance in September 2019.

Mayor suggested bias in favour of Elsner

Re: 鈥淪tiff penalties on ex-police chief鈥檚 record,鈥 Sept. 27. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps showed her bias about former police chief Frank Elsner the minute she uttered the sentence: 鈥淗e鈥檚 the best thing that ever happened to us.

A mat on the floor is not a housing solution

I am disappointed in Housing Minister Selina Robinson鈥檚 statement on a plan for transitioning campers from Goldstream Park after the province-imposed deadline of Oct. 2. In her statement, Robinson suggests transition to shelter as one solution.

Mayors let us down over Elsner

Re: 鈥淢ayors slammed in report on ex-police chief鈥檚 misconduct,鈥 Sept.聽28. Victoria鈥檚 and Esquimalt鈥檚 mayors have just told us they do not want to be responsible for their actions.

Chrystia Freeland makes us proud

Re: 鈥淭rump dumps all over sa国际传媒, rejects NAFTA meeting with PM,鈥 Sept. 27. I wonder why U.S. President Donald Trump doesn鈥檛 like Chrystia Freeland, Canadian minister of foreign affairs.