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Van dwellers expect everyone else to pay Re: 鈥淰ictoria mayor gets an earful on Dallas Road vans,鈥� Feb. 5. People who say there鈥檚 nowhere in Victoria to discharge grey water are wrong. They鈥檙e not looking hard enough, as there are locations.

Farewell, our beloved pineapple express It seems the bureaucrats have done it again.

Blame government for聽GP聽fee disparity Re: 鈥� Doctors鈥� association largely to blame for underpaid GPs ,鈥� column, Feb. 2. Lawrie McFarlane complained about the relatively low payment for general practitioners in B.C.

Homegrown talent ignored in ferry purchase Re: 鈥淣orway leads the way with zero-emission ferries,鈥� letter, Jan. 30. It would be interesting to hear a much more detailed rationale from B.C. Ferries, and from the B.C.

Drivers, Dutch Reach could save lives The sad memorial last weekend for a cyclist knocked off his bicycle by a car door opening might be avoided in future by following the Dutch way of opening a car door onto traffic, known as the Dutch Reach.

Joint fire hall 鈥榳est of bridges鈥� a good idea Re: 鈥� It doesn鈥檛 make sense to build fire hall at new Esquimalt Town Square ,鈥� commentary, Jan. 30.

Native plants offer plenty聽of flowers Re: 鈥淣o flowers, please, in the new Victoria,鈥� letter, Jan. 28.

The Year of the Rat? A聽sign from above In the manner of many columnists, I need to begin this with 鈥淚鈥檓 not making this up.

No flowers, please, in the new Victoria It appears the City of Victoria parks department is proceeding with council鈥檚 plans of eliminating the flowers from parks and greenways. They are being replaced with mostly native plants that boast no colour.

Reflecting on whether to聽drive when it snows While it鈥檚 arguably true that Victoria-area drivers are the worst winter drivers in Canada, let鈥檚 not forget, many of them 鈥渃ome from away鈥� as they say in the Maritimes.