Comments on: City of Victoria updates timeline on Johnson Street Bridge http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/?p=402 Blue Bridge News and Opinions Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gregory Hartnell http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/?p=402&cpage=1#comment-85 Gregory Hartnell Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:25:06 +0000 http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/?p=402#comment-85 There were three letters about the 'Joseph Strauss Bridge' printed in the Monitor section of the Times Colonist today, Sunday, August 23, 2009, on page C3. They were the first letters placed in the upper left hand corner, a good spot, and one of them was a severely edited letter written by yours truly in my capacity as President of the Concerned Citizens' Coalition: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/index.html I was also very pleased to see that they used a quote from letter-writer Mary Mackie of Parksville refering to its designer for a cut line over an ominous photo of the bascule bridge by Darren Stone: 'Why is Victoria talking about replacing another Joseph Strauss gem, the Blue Bridge?' Why, indeed. There were three letters about the ‘Joseph Strauss Bridge’ printed in the Monitor section of the Times Colonist today, Sunday, August 23, 2009, on page C3.

They were the first letters placed in the upper left hand corner, a good spot, and one of them was a severely edited letter written by yours truly in my capacity as President of the Concerned Citizens’ Coalition:

http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/index.html

I was also very pleased to see that they used a quote from letter-writer Mary Mackie of Parksville refering to its designer for a cut line over an ominous photo of the bascule bridge by Darren Stone:

‘Why is Victoria talking about replacing another Joseph Strauss gem, the Blue Bridge?’

Why, indeed.

]]> By: » Update Friday. Yule Heibel’s Post Studio © 2003-2009 http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/?p=402&cpage=1#comment-80 » Update Friday. Yule Heibel’s Post Studio © 2003-2009 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/?p=402#comment-80 [...] Ross Crockford’s blog post to our Johnson Street Bridge site, also posted yesterday: City of Victoria updates timeline on Johnson Street Bridge. The opening paragraph should get your attention: At its next Council meeting, on Thursday, August [...] [...] Ross Crockford’s blog post to our Johnson Street Bridge site, also posted yesterday: City of Victoria updates timeline on Johnson Street Bridge. The opening paragraph should get your attention: At its next Council meeting, on Thursday, August [...]

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