To the editor:
Having lived and done business in the 100 Mile area for 20 years, I have had many occasions to appreciate the job our elected representatives are doing in heading up the structure of our community.
Whether it be our mayor and council, our MLA, or our regional district representatives, I am happy to say that whether I happened to agree with them on a particular issue or not, I always had a sense of their working from a genuine position of “community first.”
Seemingly absent are the self-serving decisions we often hear of – usually in jurisdictions larger than ours.
To these mentioned parties I would like to acknowledge all the hard work that you do for us and for all of our communities. I also appreciate your generally accessible, responsive and friendly manner and, last but not least, your honesty.
I hope and believe that I speak for many in expressing, “Thank you very much for what you do! You are doing a lot of what makes this a great community to live in and enjoy.”
And in such mention of appreciation, I would be remiss if I did not include the 100 Mile House Free Press. This great small-town newspaper whose informative articles, biographies and news bits contribute so much toward our community culture.
For a few years, I received a local paper from another small community and, believe me, by comparison we are extremely well served by “our” paper.
And to the leadership of other entities, such as our school board, I have not mentioned you, as I simply have not had enough contact with your organizations to be familiar as I am with those noted above.
Dave Hickey
100 Mile House
