Surrey - The Editor, Re: "Adversity is exhausting our city," the Now, Jan. 9. Thank you, Beau Simpson, for writing the column that you did. I think you absolutely nailed the major overarching issue that's hanging high above us and that people haven't been discussing enough.
I hope that you will continue down this theme in future columns to raise the accountability of city council and a mayor who has become quite arrogant recently.
Also, I think many readers would appreciate more scrutiny of how existing police resources are being allocated and how future hires will be deployed. I think the RCMP is not being held accountable.
It's easy for politicians to say we need more police officers, but when the existing force cannot contain what has now become a war zone, can we be sure that more hires are the solution? Or can we finally focus on prevention? Keep up the great work and I hope you will use your position of influence to put the spotlight on the key issues as you did with your column.
Ravinder Punia
Surrey