Archive 1997-2016
James Gordon (Insight, Oct. 11) contributes yet another attempt to topple our Head of State and he misses the point like so many others: the key issue to be discussed is our Head of State (the Crown), not the Monarch — he focuses on the person rather than the institution.
With reference to your article on small coffee houses in the March 29 edition: I realize the city is one of your major advertisers, but surely you owe it to your readers to be a little more objective, even if it will upset some of our “leaders” at City Hall?
As a resident of Elgin Street since March 1999, I was interested to learn from your March 15 article, “Complaints surprise bar owners,” that some bar/restaurant owners on Elgin Street “had no idea that residents were so upset.”
While I agree that “people moving into the area should be quite aware that there are a number of bars and restaurants and that there are times it’s going to be a little loud,” my particular concern about noise is the “3 a.m rush-hour traffic” that dramatically increased and became quite constant during the summer of 2001. In my view, the recent increase in noise complaints have more to do with the increase in the numbers of people lingering after bar hours and the lack of respect some bar patrons show our neighbourhood, which includes a children’s park and a schoolyard, and less with the establishments mentioned in your article.
I read with interest the comments made by Bob Chiarelli in the Centretown News article “Pool Supporters Celebrate Victory.”
Mr. Chiarelli is quoted as saying that, “One reason is there was a different game of politics at the old City Hall. Now we deal with issues on the basis of their merits, not the politics behind them.”