LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Langley needs to turn “unblinking eye”

Editor, I am thrilled that the city is still considering a funicular to whisk visitors uphill from the marina. At last, our circumference-challenged sailors will be freed from the shackles of gravity! Still, I have some doubts. We already spent $2.4 million on a marina expansion, do we really need to lavish another half million on our suffering yacht owners?

March 7, 2015 4:00 pm

Editor,

I am thrilled that the city is still considering a funicular to whisk visitors uphill from the marina. At last, our circumference-challenged sailors will be freed from the shackles of gravity!

Still, I have some doubts. We already spent $2.4 million on a marina expansion, do we really need to lavish another half million on our suffering yacht owners?

And is it really the city’s job to continually prop up the low-wage tourism industry? Maybe, just maybe, is it time for city hall to turn its pale, unblinking eye in another direction? A direction that involves making Langley a little more family friendly? You know, with boring stuff like sidewalks, playgrounds and middle-class jobs?

BRIAN LOWEY

Clinton