Dear editor,
Re: No wooden bridges for Detroit.
It is unfortunate that the next conference of municipalities (at which apparently all Courtenay councillors will be present) will not be attended by members from Detroit, Mich., which recently became the latest North American city to declare bankruptcy.
Apparently, Detroit city councillors knew the value of everything and the price of nothing.
Perhaps if Courtenay is forced to declare bankruptcy in future the province of British Columbia will step in and bail them out. Oh, wait, according to a recent article by Macleans magazine, the Province of B.C. has a 53.6-per-cent chance of defaulting on its debts within 30 years.
Why don’t we go whole hog and build a wooden bridge to Maui? We can always default on our debts and/or let the next generation pay the bills.
Dave Mcleod,
Comox
