To the Editor,
Thank you Nina Westaway for your well written letter to the editor on May 9th entitled ‘Health Care Hand At The Wheel’. It was very informative. I’ve heard people say recently they are thinking of voting NDP and your article supports reasons why this should happen. I appreciate your comments and the time it took to educate people, particularly in regards to Mayor Acton.
We are seniors here in the Pine Avenue Villas, with health issues, in our 55 plus strata complex and what has been implemented for our benefit as residents of Lumby? We don’t get the same benefits as other citizens of Lumby regarding snow removal and street cleaning, yet are taxed just the same. I wrote a letter to the Village of Lumby Counsel a couple years back to no effect. When Judy Farago was the treasurer for PAV she also tried to get basic services for our senior community with no luck. The reason she was told, I recall, is because someone in the Villas here complained about snow removal once, with the result that the snow plow operator and/or the Village of Lumby refused to snow plow here. The Village of Lumby Council then came back with the excuse of too high of insurance for the Village to afford. The simple and fair solution would be for The Pine Avenue Villas to pay the amount for snow plow operation insurance. I asked in my letter to Lumby Counsel “What do we get for our taxes?-The ability to shop in Lumby stores, and that’s it??”
We are citizens of Lumby and should get the same services as other Lumby citizens.
Yes, OK, it’s commendable a 20 unit seniors home is being erected in our town,but –
What about the 87 people living in this Seniors [55 plus] area on Pine Avenue, Lumby BC. ?
Are we not worthy of the benefits the other citizens of Lumby receive? This situation is so unfair. It feels like inequality. It undervalues us older citizens of Lumby.
The past refusal of Lumby Counsel to provide snow removal for our 58 units feels like a slap in the face. Changes need to be made to rectify this situation.
Pam Burton-Wilson, Lumby, BC
