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Apologies needed after聽bridge closure Re: 鈥淐limate activists take over Johnson Street Bridge,鈥� Oct. 8. The Victoria mayor and council should be ashamed of themselves in all of their enviromental smugness.

Looking forward to聽seeing the lights Re: 鈥�$500,000 Christmas lights dazzler planned for Centennial Square,鈥� Oct. 4. I haven鈥檛 been more proud of the Downtown Victoria Business Association since the good ol鈥� Ken Kelly days.

Build a bridge instead聽of a tunnel The decision by the mayors鈥� task force to build an eight-lane tunnel to replace the four-lane Massey Tunnel may be a tad rash. Two factors that would nix a tunnel may not have been considered. One, claustrophobia.

Help homeless instead of buying lights Re: 鈥�$500,000 Christmas lights dazzler聽planned for Centennial Square,鈥� Oct. 4. If you go to Centennial Square at night and early morning, it is full of homeless people.

Use vacancies to聽roll聽back legislature wages Re: 鈥� Sergeant-at-arms retires, citing harm to reputation ,鈥� Oct. 2.

Red Arrow flyover was聽terrifying If the fly-over on Sept. 26 of Victoria Harbour and the B.C. legislature by the RAF Red Arrow aerobatics jet team was supposed to elicit 鈥渟hock and awe鈥� from the public, it failed to do that for many on the ground.

Joining climate protest inspiring for senior On Friday, I joined the thousands of young people heading down to the legislature. I wanted to show my support for what they are doing and saying.

Harrumph Brigade protests too much I see the Harrumph Brigade is out in full force since the climate strike action on the lawn of the legislature 鈥� much whining about how the the young people could reduce their impact on the environment by taking red

Pay attention to what young people are saying Some advice to all the political parties. I hope you are paying attention to what鈥檚 going on with the youth of this world, our future, the world鈥檚 future.

Divert fossil-fuel subsidies to renewables During this week of the global climate strike, and the inspirational and emotional address by Greta Thunberg at the United Nations rebuking the leaders of the world, it is clear that the world must put its r