Vox Populi

Editor: I live in Banff and pay $48 a month for parking while visitors and most others pay nothing. When I visit Calgary I pay anywhere from $2 to park at Mountain Equipment Co-op to $25 to park near the Stampede grounds.

Editor: I want to thank all of the Banffites who signed the no paid parking petition. We had no problem gathering approximately 1,000 signatures (approximately 15 per cent more than required to force council to not introduce pay parking).

Editor: It is 25 years since an independent study determined that parts of Canmore are the most polluted places in the province in terms of smoke and carcinogens as a result of residential wood burning.

Editor: Yes, it really is time to take back our town. I am so sick and tired of special events in Banff. It’s not just the traffic and parking problems either. It’s the noise. We live on Buffalo Street.

Editor: A conversation this week with a Banff bylaw officer about the traffic and parking changes made recently by town council only reinforced my own observations regarding the chaotic situation.

Editor: Bear hugs to all the people who helped with rescuing the buried worker near Dead Man’s Flats on June 21. Moose knuckles for failing to mention the paramedics’ involvement with the rescue.

Editor: Kudos to councillors and others who have been working hard to develop affordable housing in the downtown core.

Editor: Many Banff residents contributed to a Town of Banff quality of life survey this past year.

Editor: Re: New parks policy limits information, Outlook (June 26). Reasonable access to information is critical to the functioning of any successful democracy. Without this transparency, democracy cannot survive.

Editor: My boss, Dale, opened a book store in Lake Louise a few years ago. He frequently gets customers who want to purchase a book that is out of stock at his Lake Louise store, but he knows is available in his Banff store.