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A commentary by a retired person with a home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who formerly had a part-time home in Victoria鈥檚 James Bay neighbourhood. My wife and I purchased a Victoria vacation condo 14 years ago upon retirement.

Subsidizing Victoria, getting little in return Re: 鈥淧aying fair share for Victoria policing,鈥� letter, Sept. 12.

Spelling out the racket/racquet聽rules Re: 鈥淢aking a racket about racquet,鈥� letter, Sept. 10. The International Tennis Federation, based in London and with which Tennis Canada is affiliated, is the world governing body of tennis.

Orchard House is聽not聽a condominium Your photo on Wednesday of the under-construction tallest-in-Victoria Hudson Place聽One rental building said in error that the once-tallest Orchard House tower in James Bay is a condominium building.

Reviving Gorge Park鈥檚 Japanese tea house Since its inception, I have been involved with the initiative to re-establish a Japanese tea house in Kinsmen Gorge Park with financial support from the McLoughlin Amenity Fund.

Don鈥檛 add alcohol to聽B.C.聽Ferries buffet Re: 鈥淏eer and wine will be on B.C. Ferries 91原创 Buffet menu as of October,鈥� Sept 10.

Two reasons for 91原创s to be proud Re: 鈥淐elebrating two triumphs, Jeanne Socrates and Bianca Andreescu,鈥� Sept. 8.

Logging of old-growth forests must be stopped Re: 鈥淭he old-growth logging showdown,鈥� Sept. 1. How sad that the NDP government has allowed not only the continuation, but an escalation, of the logging of B.C.鈥檚 valuable and unique old-growth forests.

Build a floating bridge across Saanich Inlet A 3.5-kilometre floating bridge (similar to Kelowna鈥檚) from Coles Bay to the Mill Bay ferry terminal (or just north of it) could be the solution to our traffic woes. This makes total sense geographically.

There鈥檒l still be an聽Ogden Point Re: 鈥淔orget Ogden Point 鈥� it鈥檚 the Breakwater District,鈥� Aug. 27. It seems to me that Ogden Point is a specific feature or attraction within the newly named Breakwater District.