There’s a joke about an alcoholic who read about the evils of drinking. It affected him so much he gave up reading.

Dear editor, Recently, the regional district approved a building permit for the Gas N Go to proceed, which has caused a number of comments and letters to the editor. Since this has been four years in the making, it seems appropriate to provide an accurate review.

Dear editor, I just read an item regarding the removal of Scotch broom. I was in New Zealand a couple of years ago and while playing golf with a local, I noticed a large mountainside that was completely covered with the yellow pest.

Dear editor, Just for a minute I would like for us to step back and look objectively at our local governments, some of their decisions and disposition as follows: Comox should be applauded for its adoption of zero-based budgeting this year.

Dear editor, Bravo to Mayor Bates. The two-hospital solution is a compromise that lost sight of its purpose.

Dealing with homelessness will take some effort

Dear editor, Thanks to M. Machum for submitting a well-thought-out letter to the editor on the Dyke Road Gas N Go fiasco and I want to add 10 additional thoughts to this wonderful letter.

Dear editor, There are in all parts of the province those who may have been fooled as was I in making the assumption that the B.C. Conservatives were a spinoff of the federal Progressive Conservative party I have been a lifelong supporter of.

Dear editor, I would like to take a humble step backwards and retract my previous statement that I felt it was the male landlords that seemed to be taking the lead on stereotyping single mom tenants and not giving us a fair chance.