Letters July 13: Misbehaving cyclists on parade day; explaining centre vs. center; and harrumph to you!

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On Pride Parade day, take another bike route As seniors, my spouse and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Victoria Pride Parade along Government Street opposite the Empress.

Next to us was an individual in a wheelchair and on the other side a young family with two toddlers. It was wonderful to be in such a multigenerational crowd celebrating inclusivity.

One cyclist protested that the bike lane was not blocked off. Really, the street was full of hundreds of parade participants and thousands of spectators. This polling revealed a 71 per cent opposition and only a 14 per cent support for that project. This was coupled with a campaign to ignore and trivialize legitimate residents’ concerns, to force an unpopular project on the residents of Fairfield/Gonzales.

I’m a baby-boomer, and I was taught in school years ago that the word “center” is a geographical definition; such as the center of a circle, or the center of a field, or the “center of gravity” calculation that pilots have to do before safely taking an airplane up into the air. Furthermore, Canada’s traditional spelling maintains a small link with our other official language, French.E&N rail corridor offers great potential Re: “An economic case for keeping the rail corridor intact,” commentary, July 6.

 

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