Editor:
The type of reasoning voiced by the writer of "Legal actions eat tax increase" (Coast Reporter letters, June 29) is that of a person who would rather stay unhappily married than get a divorce because it's cheaper, or the person who stays in a dead end job because it's easier than looking for a better job.
It would have been cheaper and easier in the short run for the present council to have retained the two individuals who were recently relieved of their jobs. This has been demonstrated by past councils that inherited and then chose to maintain status quo. As residents of Sechelt, the rumblings we heard from many citizens was that change was necessary and needed.
Change is never easy - especially in politics where we see the individuals running for election or re-election doing or saying things that will make the least amount of waves in order to get elected/re-elected. This is often to the financial detriment of the tax paying citizens.
I think the current council has demonstrated courage, perhaps at the expense of their own popularity, by doing what they believe will be best for the citizens of Sechelt in the long run (short term pain, long term gain) and they should be commended, not condemned, for it.
In fairness, the issues raised in the above letter were issues long before Nov. 19, 2011 (election day) rolled around.
Rather than trying to find fault with our council, wouldn't it be more beneficial for us all to get behind them in the hope that they succeed and, in turn, make our lovely community even lovelier? We would all be the winners then.
Carolyn White
Sechelt
