Letters to the Editor

To the editor: It appears from the voting numbers that Thunder Bay was indeed wanting change on most counts, but they faced too many choices in candidates also eager for change.

Thunder Bay voters wanted change, and they got it. Mayor Lynn Peterson paid the price. Peterson, the lone candidate seeking her same seat to lose in Monday’s municipal election, will hand over the reins of power to Mayor-elect Keith Hobbs on Dec. 6.

When their new baby girl was born, Ariel Ticona and his wife Elizabeth decided to name her Esperanza which is Spanish for hope. It seemed only fitting. When she was born her father was still trapped half a mile underground in the Atacama Desert.

To the editor: Council approved the wind farm project. This is another example of a council in its dying days trying to ram through super projects.

To the editor: William Lyon Mackenzie once noted that today’s campaign promises are tomorrow’s taxes. Any candidate who proposes to freeze taxes while improving or even maintaining services can’t do the math. Taxes pay for services.

To the editor: As a former city councillor for Thunder Bay and a member of the police commission, I am fearful that a complete change in our current city council will send us back to the days of intimidation and mistrust within the council.

Red River Coun. Brian McKinnon made perhaps one of the worst political moves in Thunder Bay’s history on Monday night. A week after voting in favour of all 18 of Horizon Wind Inc.

Red River Coun. Brian McKinnon made perhaps one of the worst political moves in Thunder Bay’s history on Monday night. A week after voting in favour of all 18 of Horizon Wind Inc.

What do ice cream, a new pair of shoes and Thunder Bay’s municipal election have in common? It’s always nice to have a choice, whether you’re talking flavors, shoe sizes or in our case, 50 candidates for city council.

To the editor: Retailers in Thunder Bay are missing an economic opportunity from many physically challenged people, seniors and those suffering from other mobility-limiting health issues. Recently after vacationing in the U.